TOOLS FOR THE ‘ĀINA PROTECTOR A webinar to empower the community Webinar held live via Zoom Wednesday, March 31st, 2021 6:00PM – 7:30PM REGISTER HERE Maui Tomorrow Foundation is proud to host a new installment in our free webinar series that helps empower the Maui community to use three tools to check on land […]
Regenerative Soil Practices are Foundational to Efficient Water Use
by Bill Greenleaf Water use is a critical aspect of ecologically sound development, which is a core element of Maui Tomorrow’s mission. When we talk about water use, it can be helpful to first take a look at the nature of water in soil. Two things can happen to water when it rains or when […]
Hotel Wailuku: Two Opportunities To Stop It
UPDATE 1/26/2021 Good news! Maui Planning Commission recommended approval of the ordinance, and will forward itʻs recommendation to the Maui County Council. We will let you know when that comes up. Also, mahalo for all of the GoFundMe contributions so far. We have raised $865 toward our goal of $5,000 to help offset our legal […]
URGENT: Opportunity to Testify Requesting Amendments to the WUDP THIS FRIDAY, October 9th
There is a new opportunity this Friday to provide public input about the Maui Water Use Development Plan. The Maui County Council vote on the Maui Water Use & Development Plan (WUDP) was postponed from Sept 11th to Oct 9th, and Haiku Community Association held a Town Hall on the WUDP on Sept 24. At […]
Grow Maui Jobs in Agriculture and Housing Construction: Maui Tomorrow Supports Two Charter Amendments
Maui’s economy needs to be diversified! For decades, we have been placing more and more of our eggs in one basket. In the 1960s and 1970s, the visitor industry was helpful in countering the decline of Maui’s agricultural industry. However, as tourism kept growing, with no end in sight, it began to overwhelm our residents […]
North Shore Citizens Feel Left out of Maui Water Use and Development Plan Decisions
Maui’s Water Use and Development Plan (WUDP) is 1,200 pages long, 20 years overdue and has been read by very few. It’s hard to see specific plans in the bulky WUDP document, but the message is there in the text and charts: ‘Iao aquifer (Wailuku-Waiheʻe) supplies 60% of County water customers and it’s nearly maxed […]