The Willow Project would emit more climate pollution annually than more than 99.7% of all the single point sources in the country. It would be harmful for the natives living there, animals, and the rest of the environment. The video below explains more about it
Below is a letter written by people who live in the area where the project would take place, they talk about the pros and cons of it
And this has a pre-written letter that will get sent to Biden, the final decision maker regarding the project, saying you’re against the Willow Project
I know I’ve said this endless times before, but I just need to say it again.
Hawai‘i is NOT your playground.
Unsustainable tourism has been destroying our islands for generations now, with overpopulation and overdevelopment causing unaffordable living expenses and forcing so many of my people off our sovereign land.
Tourism gathers endless money and uses it to remove our identity from our own islands. It displaces us to build hotels and restaurants, leaving so many of my people homeless or poverty stricken. Tourism then sterilizes our culture, and forces us to become your tour guides, your waitstaff, your hula dancers, your entertainment.
This is not the life we deserve.
My people are more than backgrounds to your vacation. My people deserve more.
Tourism brings disease, and lets Covid cover our islands in a fog of death. I have lost many loved ones to this illness, I am still loosing loved ones to this illness.
We are still in a pandemic. People are still getting sick. People are still dying.
Hawai‘i is not a place for you to run wildly and spread disease.
Hawai‘i is not merely a vacation destination.
My people and our islands and our culture deserve better.
Do not support tourism in Hawai‘i, support my people instead.
See the link below to learn more about ‘Āina Momona, a Native Hawaiian led community organization that supports efforts to revive and restore our land and our culture.
I also wanted to share this documentary clip, it’s only 3 minutes long, but it discusses the rise in tourism and the emotional impact on my people. It’s raw and real and so important.
And I know I’ve linked it before, but please read the article below to learn more about the harmful nature of tourism in Hawai‘i.
