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Cities, Disasters, Education, Islands, Permaculture, Planning; sometimes all at once. Phd candidate @geog_uhm

Honolulu, Hawaii
Joined May 2013
Chatting shortly with a bunch of great folks about #foodsystems in Hawaii
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“Demand for access to public services to enable use of public transport is too high! So we’ll just shut it all down.” @MayorRickHNL there has got to be a better way.. Let’s start with fare-free bus transit. That would be #DaBes
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USDA to permanently boost food stamp benefits by 25 percent! apnews.com/article/health-co…
In the blinding light of recent fires, Hawaii's late modern history of innovation/failures in response and comprehensive planning for ecosystem (service) management is worth a look. vice.com/en/article/qj8n5m/h… 1/18
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From the late 1800s until the start of WWII, as agricultural water concerns turned into community water crises, a bold vision of forest ecosystem management took hold in the Hawaii's landscapes, enabled by public-private labor coordination and adoption of new technology.
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In China after "the introduction of sweet potatoes, exceptional droughts only increased the probability of peasant revolts by around 0.2 percentage points" aka: He ʻuala ka ʻai hoʻōla koke i ka wī (Sweet potato is the food that ends famine quickly) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Reso 21-131 from CM @RadiantCordero will require People's Open Market vendors to have 30% of offerings locally grown, caught, or cultivated by 2025.
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Since '73, POM has aimed to increase low cost access to fresh agricultural and aquacultural products and other food AND support diversified ag/aquaculture by providing sites for local farmers/fishermen/etc to sell their surplus and off-grade produce.
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"Concerns about the use of a semi-autonomous robot to surveil communities prompted the New York City Police Department to end its use of Spot robots." vice.com/en/article/wx5xym/h…
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Fresh report on Hawaii's agricultural footprint finds Oahu increased acres in production for most crops since 2015, with kalo showing the greatest % increase 🤙 hdoa.hawaii.gov/salub2020/
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See SPOT. See SPOT used by HPD for mass surveillance of temperature in houseless camps. See SPOT returned and the $150K used for helping instead of dehumanizing people. See HPD held accountable for financial excesses. See CITY improve. wired.com/story/new-york-ret…
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Honolulu City Council is hearing Bill 6 tomorrow, which includes an amendment to create a Local Agriculture Grant program. Your testimony in support is needed hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/me…
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The current bill would allocate $1M to the grant program. CM Kiaʻāina, who introduced the initial funding amendment, is wisely seeking to expand the fund to $5M
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Recent study by @themarkup of the COVID vaccine websites for each state found Hawaii's to be 2nd worst in privacy. themarkup.org/coronavirus/20…
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The analysis found 17 ad trackers and 37 third-party cookies on the @HawaiiDOH's hawaiicovid19.com webpage
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