STAND UP FOR THE `AINA
JOIN BUST-A-DUMPER
MAY 5, 2008

If you see a DUMPER on streets & highways or lands owned by the City, call 911 immediately or leave a message 24/7/366 at 768-3203.
If you see someone dumping on
STATE LAND, call 643-3567 anytime 24/7/365
If you see someone dumping on privately-owned land, call 911.

For more information about refuse, recycling, hazardous materials etc., visit the City & County of Honolulu's opala.org website.
HONOR YOUR MOTHER EARTH

QUICK `N DIRTY CLEANUP
Kapa`a Quarry Road
Meet at Kalaniana`ole Highway entrance opposite Le Jardin Academy

 12:30 - 2 PM
SUNDAY, MAY 18
The week after Mother's Day

&

PAU HANA PARTY
Boardrider's on Hamakua Drive
2:15 pm - 4 pm
SUNDAY, MAY 18

Starting at 12:30 and running until 2 pm, half of the QUICK 'N DIRTY CLEANUP volunteers will fan out along the mauka edge of Kapa`a Quarry Road picking up trash & litter starting at the Kalaniana`ole Highway entrance working their towards the now-closed entrance to the old landfill just before the dip in the roadway. The other half will start at the dip and work their way along the makai edge of the roadway back towards the entrance.

After 45 minutes, the two groups will cross KQR and return to their starting point.
At the conclusion of the workday, all volunteers are invited to a hosted Pau Hana Party at Boardrider's on Hamakua Drive from approximately 2:15 pm to 4 pm.

Normally, these community stewardship activities which alternate between the mauka and the makai edges of Kawainui Marsh are held on the Second Sunday of each month; occasionally, however, WAA schedules them on other Sundays because something special is happening on the regular day - for example, Mother's Day on May 11.

WHAT TO WEAR ON MAY 18 - boots or closed-toe shoes with gripping soles, long pants because you may need to go into the bushes, and a cap or hat. Bring along a long-sleeved shirt which can be removed. Gloves, trash bags, safety vests, tools, bottled water, bug spray & sun screen will be provided.

Pre-registration is not required for adult volunteers although students in grades 7 - 12 seeking community service credits must pre-register by phone or by e-mail.

For more information and for student pre-registration, call 247-6366 ext. 2#, 224-4496 or 223-4481 or send an e-mail to info@waa-hawaii.org.

NOTE: The next workday has not been scheduled because the Windward Ahupua`a Alliance - which established the B-A-D program - is going through an organizational assessment process. For more information on how to get involved in deciding what will happen next, please visit WAA's website at http://www.waa-hawaii.org.
Our campaign to end illegal dumping and the environmental, economic & cultural damages it causes has taken off full speed ahead. We'll be updating this website often so please send us an e-mail to let us know what's happening in your a picture being worth a thousand words so send them along as well.
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LEGISLATIVE UPDATES: A number of bills dealing with illegal dumping, landfills, and derelict vehicles were introduced at the start of the 2008 Legislature. Unfortunately, only one survived dealing with electronic waste. We'll have to wait until another legislative session when new people are elected to deal with real solid waste solutions.
With respect to other enviro concerns, other than the "Right to Dry" bill to allow clotheslines in all single-family homes and a bill requiring solar heating in all new single family housing construction projects starting in 2010 survived.
On the last night of the deadline to deck bills for Third Reading, we had ELEVEN bills die because the Speaker of the House of Representativs Calvin Say would not extend conference committee discussions past the 6 pm deadline even though the State Senate leadership agreed to do so.
Again, change is needed. If you care about the environment, please vote carefully this fall.
We'd really like to post information about community stewardship activities anywhere in Hawai`i so please let us know about your upcoming activities; we'll let all other readers know how they can help. We may have started BUST-A-DUMPER because of our disgust at what has happened along Kapa`a Quarry Road and to Kawai Nui Marsh, but we want everyone in every community to malama Hawai`i. If you wish to reach us the old fashioned way, send mail to us at Windward Ahupua`a Alliance, P. O. Box 6366, Kane`ohe, HI 96744. Or call and leave a message on the voicemail at 247-6366.

Here are just a few of our pictures from our Windward Hall of Shame.



Here's some of the beauty we're protecting



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