Hawaii SEED's video: July 2017 - Hawai i Conservation Alliance Conference Panel

Hawai'i SEED hosted a panel at the July 2017 Hawai'i Conservation Alliance annual conference. Abstract: At this critical juncture, should Hawaiians allow our fragile ecosystems to be used for testing unproven, genetic engineering technologies? Or should we explore how Hawaiians together can develop holistic strategies and responses to environmental crises built upon indigenous knowledge, techniques and sovereignty? Do we pursue the unproven technological “quick fix?” Or do we strive for creating lasting international cultural, social and ecological impacts, which originate from a Kanaka Maoli-led movement, consistent with the ethos that the “'aina and the people are one.” Our panelists were Hawaiian cultural practitioners and educators Dr. Ku Kahakalau and Kelsea Kanohokuahiwi Hosoda; and national experts Dana Perls of Friends of the Earth and Jaydee Hanson of Center for Food Safety.