Na Mia Nishiguchi, ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Kalani
ʻO ka noho ʻana i kahi ea palekana a olakino ʻaʻole ia he kuleana—akā ko mākou kuleana kumu.
ʻO Hawaiʻi kahi ipu hoʻoheheʻe o nā moʻomeheu a me nā kānaka. ʻO ko kākou ʻāina a me ke kai makamae ke ʻano o ko kākou ola ʻana. ʻAʻole mālama ʻia ka pili ʻana i ka ʻāina i ko kākou honua hoʻonanea; ke lawe mau nei makou i ko makou mau mokupuni nani. Aia ʻo Hawaiʻi ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau e like me ka piʻi ʻana o ka ʻilikai, ka ʻeʻe kahakai, ka maloʻo ma Maui a me Lahaina i ke ahi ahi. ʻO kēia mau pōʻino he mau hoʻomanaʻo mau ʻaʻole ia he hoʻoweliweli mamao. He mea mua kēia mau pilikia a pono mākou e koi koke i ka hana ʻike. Pilikia kā mākou mau ʻōpio a me nā hanauna e hiki mai ana me ka lawe ʻole ʻana i ka hana a me ke kuleana i kēia manawa.
ʻO nā ʻōpio nā alakaʻi o ka lā ʻapōpō; a i kēia lā. Ke piʻi nei ka poʻe ʻōpio mai nā wahi a pau o ka mokuʻāina e hana i nā hana alakaʻi i kēia mau pilikia mua. ʻO kekahi laʻana me Climate Future Forum, kahi mākou e hoʻonui ai i nā leo ʻōpio, e hōʻoia ana ʻaʻole i hoʻokomo wale ʻia ka poʻe ʻōpio i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ke kaiapuni, akā ke alakaʻi nei i ke poʻo. Ke pani nei mākou i kahi pūʻulu o nā haumāna kula kiʻekiʻe e hopohopo nei i ke kūlana o ko mākou aniau. I kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua mālama ʻo Climate Future Forum i ka hanana mua ma ka Moku'āina ʻo Capitol e hoʻokomo i nā ʻōpio i ke kaʻina hana kānāwai. I Nowemapa o 2024, ua mālama mākou i ka hanana nui loa ʻo Climate Future Forum a mākou i ʻike ai me 20+ mau hui i komo, 80+ mau alakaʻi ʻōpio i komo i nā kūkākūkā koʻikoʻi me nā poʻe loio, ʻelima mau hui kulekele hoʻoikaika, ka nui o ka pāpaʻi ʻia a me nā loio kūpaʻa he nui. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole ʻo kā mākou ʻōpio wale nō ka mea e hana i ka hana e kōkua ai i ka mālama ʻana i ko lākou mau mua.
Ma o ka ʻike pilikino i ka noho ʻana ma ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Kapela no ka Lunamakaʻāinana ʻo Kapela a me ka hoʻolālā ʻana i kahi ʻōlelo hoʻoholo no kahi Hebedoma Kūlohelohe i ʻike ʻia e DOE e hāpai ʻia i kēia kau kau kānāwai, ua loaʻa iaʻu ka ʻike nui i ka ʻike a me waho o ka lālā kau kānāwai. ʻO ke kaʻina hana hoʻoholo hoʻoholo e hiki iaʻu ke launa pū me nā ʻōpio a me nā luna aupuni e hana i ka hoʻololi aʻu i makemake ai e ʻike i ko mākou mau kaiāulu. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka manaʻo e hoʻolauna i nā pilikia pili i ke aniau i kā mākou ʻōpio, he manawa kūpono ia e paʻa ai koʻu puʻuwai. Manaʻo wau e hoʻoholo i kā mākou ʻōlelo hoʻoholo me ka manaʻolana e hoʻoikaika i nā haumāna e hana i nā hana kūpono i nā wahi hoihoi, e pili ana i nā wā e hiki mai ana. Hoʻolālā wau i ka hoʻohui ʻana a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai e paipai iā lākou e hoʻonui i ko lākou leo i ka hoʻoholo ʻana. He hopena koʻikoʻi ka Hebedoma Kūlohelohe no nā kula DOE. Manaʻo wau i kahi pule kahi e hoʻomaka ai nā haumāna i nā kūkākūkā e pili ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau, e noʻonoʻo i nā manaʻo hou, a me ka manaʻo hoʻoikaika e lawe i kā lākou mau hana i ka lālā ʻahaʻōlelo. E wehe ka pule i nā puka i nā hana hou a me nā wahi makemake no nā haumāna e hana i nā loli kūpono. Ua aʻo au e hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia nā kulekele e pili ana i ko kākou kaiapuni me ka nui o ke kaomi a me ke kākoʻo.
ʻO ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kānāwai i kekahi manawa, ua like ia me kahi hana no nā pākeke a ʻaʻole kahi wahi no ka ʻōpio e loaʻa ai ka leo. Ma o nā hui e like me Climate Future Forum, Legislators like Representative Kapela, a me nā alakaʻi ʻōpio aʻu e hui pū nei me kēlā me kēia lā, ua ʻike au he leo ikaika kā mākou a pau e hoʻoikaika ʻia. Loaʻa iā mākou nā kuleana āpau e koi i nā kānāwai e hoʻokumu i ka ikehu hou,
ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana i ke aniau ma loko o nā kula a me ko kākou wā e hiki mai ana. He kuleana ko kākou a pau e hoʻouna i nā hōʻike no ke kākoʻo ʻana a i ʻole ka hōʻole ʻana i nā bila kikoʻī, e hoʻonohonoho i nā hanana, e hoʻonui i ko mākou leo, a e kākoʻo i ka wā e hiki mai ana no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana.
They say the future belongs to the next generation, but our future is being decided now. Policies, industries, and leaders are prioritizing profit over the fate of our future. We have the right to fight for a safe and healthy climate as stated in the Navahine Plaintiff case results and recognized by Gov. Green. Global and local disasters remind us all that inaction is not an option if we want a livable future. We must utilize our rights and shield the future we wish to see. One thought, one concept, or one idea can be the beginning of a globally-changing initiative. It’s time we quit complaining and begin fighting. Fighting for a clean future is our fundamental right and we shall not stop until our voices are heard, policies are changed, and our future is secure.
He ʻōpio ʻo Mia Nishiguchi ma Kula Kiekie o Kalani a he mea hana no ka Lunamakaainana Jeanné Kapela ma o ke Keiki Caucus Legislative Internship. He Lunamakaʻāinana ʻo ia ma ke Keʻena ʻOihana Hoʻonaʻauao ʻŌpio o Hawaiʻi, he alakaʻi alakaʻi kulekele ʻōpio no ka Climate Future Forum a me ka ʻAhaʻi ʻAi ʻAi ʻAi ʻAiʻi o Hawaiʻi, a he ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa NOAA Ocean Guardian Youth. Hoʻolālā ʻo ia e aʻo i ka ʻepekema politika a me nā pilina pili honua a makemake e hoʻomau i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā leo ʻōpio a noho ikaika i ka lālā ʻAhaʻōlelo. I kona manawa kūʻokoʻa, hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka hana matcha, ka huakaʻi, ka vlogging a me ke kau ʻana me nā mea aloha.
