Maui’s Energy Future – Community Meeting

Wed, July 20, 2011 @ 6:30PM Hannibal Tavares Center Pukalani

WHAT: The third in a series of community forums and information sessions on geothermal development in Hawaii. The event will feature presentations from Native Hawaiians on community-based models for geothermal development, cultural issues and the protection of cultural resources, OHA’s role in Wao Kele O Puna forest management, the revenue OHA receives from Geothermal development, and native Hawaiian/public ownership of geothermal ‘minerals’ as assets of the ceded land trust. Also to be discussed is the issue of “peak oil” and its impacts to the global and local community.

WHERE: Hannibal Tavares (Pukalani) Community Center – 91 Pukalani St. Pukalani, Maui, HI 96768 MODERATED BY: IDG (Innovations Development Group, a Native Hawaiian company with geothermal projects on Maori Trust lands in New Zealand) CEO Patricia Brandt, the forum’s panelists will include Mililani Trask, Esq. (Indigenous Consultants LLC), Ku’uleiohuokalani Kealoha Cooper (Kealoha Estate), Cy Bridges (IDG Cultural Advisor), Robert Lindsey (Trustee, OHA Hawaii Island).