Stop the Development Mentality

[MauiScubaSteve]

The word at the Renaissance this afternoon is extension. I started this thread when demolition was less than 90 days away (previous extensions?) so this time it was closer to the end by a week. The grapevine does not have a new closing date, unlike for previous extensions, maybe when it's announced to the public.

I don't really feel that this thread could have had much of an impact that quickly, it was probbably decided before I started. If I get fired or transfered on a trumped up charge maybe somebody up there heard me.

There were over a thousand views on this thread. Depending on how and when Starwood tries again, I may get back to you. Meanwhile, I will try to follow up on many of the really good suggestions.

 

[MauiScubaSteve]

Funny coincidence, this was in Yahoo's AP Science right now...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061025/ap_on_sc/caribbean_coral_threat_4

And this in Reuters Science...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061024/sc_nm/environment_wwf_planet_dc_3

 

[mrjimboalaska]

Great Reads those links are.....
While I do not buy into the Global Warming Theory, We humans are using up our natural resources at an alarming rate.
Nature used to control our population, but thanks to modern science, Natures tools have been illiminated...

 

[Thalassamania]

Global Warming is not a theory, it's a fact. The cause of Global Warming has spawned a number of theories that you can argue about.

 

[Charlie99]

I don't really feel that this thread could have had much of an impact that quickly, it was probbably decided before I started. ....There were over a thousand views on this thread. Depending on how and when Starwood tries again, I may get back to you.

You probably should try to enlist others on-island to help you.

www.maui-tomorrow.org might be of some help, although they seem to be pretty busy with a couple of big West Maui developments.

Another fruitful long term strategy is to work on electing the right people. For example the Alan Arakawa vs. Charmaine Tavares race for Maui Mayor gives you a pretty clear cut choice on attitudes toward development.

 

[KrisB]

Some interesting news on the Cousteau resort on the Big Island:
http://www.divester.com/2006/10/30/cousteau-vs-cousteau-at-the-big-island/

 

[Al Mialkovsky]

Global Warming is not a theory, it's a fact. The cause of Global Warming has spawned a number of theories that you can argue about.

It's a fact, it's also a fact that we've had global warming again and again, many times before man even existed.

 

[Wildcard]

A little more on JM Coustaeu...
Updated: 1:14 p.m. HT Oct 25, 2006
HILO, Hawaii - The widow of legendary oceanographer Jacques Cousteau has spoken out against a 1,500-unit condominium development on the Big Island that her stepson, Jean-Michael Cousteau, is helping build as a consultant.

The 434-acre project, Sea Mountain at Punaluu, would be the biggest single development ever undertaken on the east side of the island. It will mostly consist of condominiums but will also include a hotel and a resort.

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Francine Cousteau, Jacques Cousteau's second wife and president of a group called the Cousteau Society, said she opposes the venture.

"It has been brought to our attention that many are under the impression that Jean-Michel Cousteau has the support of The Cousteau Society in his endeavors," Francine Cousteau said in a statement. "We are extremely concerned about the potential environmental implications of the Sea Mountain resort."

The project has drawn vehement opposition from environmental groups who say it will harm threatened and endangered species like the hawksbill turtle. They also say it would ruin the cultural and aesthetic qualities of the area.

Jean-Michel Cousteau has vowed to make the project environmentally and culturally sensitive.

His nonprofit organization, the Ocean Futures Society, has been involved in about a dozen similar projects in places such as Fiji and the Cayman Islands.

The Ocean Futures Society has said it will hold educational programs and build a cultural center as part of the development. Cousteau said his society would take its name off the project if it is not done in an environmentally conscious manner.

Jean-Michel Cousteau, 68, split from the Cousteau Society in 1992 while his father was still alive. The younger Cousteau had been executive vice president of the organization for 20 years.

The divergence of how to carry on the Cousteau legacy continued to widen in 1996, when Jacques Cousteau successfully sued his son over the use of the family name on the eco-resort in Fiji.

The lawsuit prohibited Jean-Michel from using the family name on the resort without attaching his first name just as prominently. Jacques Cousteau died the following year, but the feud continued.

More recently, the Ocean Futures Society and the Cousteau Society locked horns over who owned the Calypso, Jacques Cousteau's ocean-exploration vessel.

Jean-Michel Cousteau was in the Amazon jungle filming for his nature TV show and could not be reached for comment.