How did we get here? Three-and-a-half-day school weeks. Prisoners farmed out to the mainland. Tent camps for the migratory homeless. The steady degradation of already degraded land.
The contributors to The Value of Hawai'i outline the origins of our current state, and offer points of departure for a Hawai'i-wide debate on our future. The brief essays address a wide range of topics-Education, the Environment, Hawaiian Issues, Tourism, the Arts, Political Culture, Law, Labor, the Military, Transportation, Homelessness, and many more-but the contributors share a belief that taking stock of where we are right now, what we need to remember, and what we need to preserve and to change, is the challenge that all of us must face now.
A Note on the Text and Acknowledgments vii
Intrduction Craig Howes 1
Part 1 Ka Wehena
Reinventing Hawai'i Tom Coffman 9
Hawaiian Issues Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwo'ole Osorio 15
Part 2 Ka 'Oihana
The Economy Sumner La Croix 23
Tourism Ramsay Remigius Mahealani Taum 31
Agriculture Charles Reppun 39
The Military Kathy E. Ferguson Phyllis Turnbull 47
Race/Ethnicity John P. Rosa 53
Labor Lowell Chun-Hoon 61
Transportation Karl Kim 69
Part 3 Ke Aupuni
Government Chad Blair 77
Law and the Courts Melody Kapilialoha MacKenzie 85
Public Education Mari Matsuda 93
University of Hawai'i Neal Milner 101
Prisons Meda Chesney-Lind Kat Brady 109
Part 4 Ka Nohona
Social Services Susan M. Chandler 117
Homelessness Trisha Kehaulani Watson 125
Domestic Violence Susan Hippensteele 133
Health and Healthcare Deane Neubauer 141
Arts Marilyn Cristofori 149
Journalism Ian Lind 157
Part 5 Ka 'Aina
Terrestrial Ecosystems Patricia Tummons 163
Climate Change Chip Fletcher 171
Energy Henry Curtis 179
Water D. Kapua'ala Sproat 187
Sovereign Ground Dana Naone Hall 195
Historic Preservation Sara L. Collins 201
Hawaiian Sustainability Davianna Pomaika'i McGregor 209
Part 6 Ka Puana
Ha'ena Carlos Andrade 217
Notes and Further Readings 229
Contributors 251
Overview
How did we get here? Three-and-a-half-day school weeks. Prisoners farmed out to the mainland. Tent camps for the migratory homeless. The steady degradation of already degraded land.
The contributors to The Value of Hawai'i outline the origins of our current state, and offer points of departure for a Hawai'i-wide debate on our future. The brief essays address a wide range of topics-Education, the Environment, Hawaiian Issues, Tourism, the Arts, Political Culture, Law, Labor, the ...