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We have until May 13th, 2015 to collect 100,000 names to have an official response from President Obama on rainwater and stormwater harvesting.
Learn more about the petition: http://www.arcsa.org/?page=Petition
Students from local and elemntary schools came to our campus for the "Manoa Experience, 2015". Our lab was fortunate to have about 60 people visit the hydraulics lab where researcher study fluid mechanics.
I am so glad we have event like these. These types of tours give students a taste and feel of what college is like. Interfacing with people that look and talk like them are important because we can share just a small snippet of our story that say's I'm just like you and you can be whoever you want to be. I wish my ohana new about this when I was growing up in Waianae.
Here are a series of haiku verses that make a poem inspired by the Environmental Justice Tour. It is a prayer, something to remember this experience.
"Lualualei"
Na: Lelemia Irvine Lualualei Ulehawa, OG home Ancient settlement Lualualei Tradition emerged, māʻō* Fishing tales, beach fire Lualualei Garden Grove of Kānaka Pōhaku, right there Lualualei Home of rich moʻolelo Birthplace of Māui Lualualei Urbanization’s hideout For what? At what cost? Lualualei Ka ʻumeke kaulana Feeding bowl, fertile Lualualei Turf for Puʻu ʻŌpala C&D Burial Lualualei Military bungalow Hazardous dump, there Lualualei Wahi pana, over there Cave of Hina, there Lualualei Prayers lifted for justice now! Kiaʻi unite! * over there |
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