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My (first) Hero: Kanu Hawaii
Kanu Hawaii is a group that promotes individual and collective action in concordance with "Island Living" (sustainable, community oriented, grounded in connection to place, valuing diverse traditions.) A group of 40 young people founded Kanu Hawaii in 2005 to address "Shrinking opportunities, environmental degradation, the loss of communities, inequality, apathy, greed, intolerance… in Hawaii and throughout the world" They promote the "Island Values" of:
Humility and patience
Obligation to family and community
Hard work and sacrifice
Honoring our ancestors
Acting for the sake of children
Aloha aina
Taking only what we need
Leaving places better than we find them
Respect for the beliefs and rights of others
Generosity and reciprocity
Building unity
They are also driven by the concept of "Kuleana"--the social responsibilities that come with rights and privileges.
Kanu Hawaii has created a brilliant social action website (www.kanuhawaii.org) that encourages individuals and groups to make pledges ("commitments") to behaviors that sustain these values, share these commitments with others, and gives feedback on the overall effect of these behaviors on the Islands of Hawaii.
Their "Island Style" activism is grounded in the proposition that the c**ulative effect of individual actions can be significant, that activism is best done in mutually supporting groups, humbles people before they start shaking their fingers at others, gives people confidence to tackle bigger challenges and gives individuals and groups the moral authority to advocate for even bigger change.
In Short, They Rock!
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Comment by Jeff McNeill on March 5, 2010 at 5:02am
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While humility is a great value, the greatest challenge in Hawaii (having recently lived there for 7 years) is not humility but creativity, innovation, and learning how to be entrepreneurial. These are the things most in need and humility is simply not a substitute for creative endeavors which build the economy and enable greater care over the environment.
One reason why EVOKE is insightful is that we have 10 different powers and only one or a few are not enough for us to really tackle these tough challenges.
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Comment by Nick Heyming on March 6, 2010 at 3:42am
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Cool group! Island living really is different, people too frequently try to implement one-size fits all solutions when it takes local insight to get anything truly sustainable done.
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