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Revised: Thursday 17 May 2012 12:50pm MST minus 3 hours for HST
Help make KIUC a better Co-op


Listen to KKCR call in show about KIUC and go to the following public meeting on May 17th.
KIUC < CUIK

Maybe it's time to abandon KIUC for a more useful Cooperative Utility for the Island of Kauai.
Resilience or Death

Preparing our farms for the end of agriculture as we know it. We call it Permaculture.
Hawaiian customary hunting rights

By charging trespass the state was imposing a blanket prohibition on customary practices.
Makaweli Poi Reprieve

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs revisits decision to close Makaweli Poi Mill in Waimea.
The Twilight of Protest

Change on the individual, family, and community level will have the most to offer the world.
Keeping US Navy addicted to oil

House Republicans order Navy to quit using biofuels if they cost more than fossil fuels.
Oil Wars on the horizon

In the race for the remaining oil, we’re entering an era when “war” and “oil” are synonymous.
Smart Meters on Maui

It is surprising that the information collected by Maui smart meters goes directly to the mainland.
KIUC creates fear & confusion

KIUC is installing Smart Meters - Check the difference between the Dumb & Smart meters.
Down the Skyscraper

the modern skyscraper—a phallic challenge to the heavens—is an study in failed ambition.
The End of Extend & Pretend

What can the Eurocrats possibly do to keep their freight train from running off the rails?
Still Standing Among the Wreckage

Time and nature will help take care of the accumulated suburban dreck on the ground.
Fukushima denial & extinction ethics

For 70 years, we’ve been building nuclear reactors with design lives of about 40 years.
Is Meat Glue safe?

It sticks together cuts to make a larger cut. Want to know about poultry paste or pink slime?
Navy admits threat to sea mammals

Sonar blasts expected to damage or kill many more sea mammals than previously estimated.
PMRF Aegis missile test

2nd generation Aegis ballistic missile system completes successful intercept flight test.
Global Thermostat

Will we be intelligent and responsible enough to curb our energy addiction in time?
E KOMO MAI

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Kauai is often called the "Garden Island". It is lush and fruitful - yet threatened. If this island cannot be self-sustaining there is little to hope for the rest of this world.

We define sustainability as:

• Using unrenewable resources no faster than they are recycled.

• Using renewable resources no faster than they are regrown.

• Restoring the variety and balance of living species.

• Enhancing the art and knowledge of human cultures.

Sustainability is not, however, a means for the continuing the status quo.

We have named our website “Island Breath” or “Breath of the Island” because in Hawaiian that phrase would be...

“Ea o Ka `Aina”

"The Spirit, Life or Sovereignty of the Land”

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"Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka `Aina I Ka Pono"

"Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness"

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