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PREVOST: Hello. Aloha, my name is Michele Prevost, and I live on the Hamakua Coast, and I
<br />oppose the drinking water facility proposed there. First and foremost, water is sacred, and we
<br />must protect it, and we are blessed to have that water here. Let us consider the impact. One key
<br />word is plastic bottles. We have to think globally and act locally. This is why I oppose more
<br />plastic bottles in my community and worldwide. We cannot continue to abuse the Earth in this
<br />way. It is not pono, and it is not sustainable. Warning, if we do not respect the Earth, humans
<br />will die in masses. We must respect the Earth that gives us life. Please let us on the Big Island
<br />support sustainable living. Mahalo.
<br />PAIK-MANDER: Aloha, my name is Koohan Paik-Mander, and I keep thinking about the
<br />international panel for climate change, the report the UN put out last year. I think it was really
<br />pivotal in the global conscience, consciousness about where we're at with the survival of all
<br />species on the planet.
<br />So, here we are today, January 3rd, 2019. Remember this year, 2019, is going to be the year
<br />when historians look back and go, that's when people changed and woke up. If we survive as a
<br />species, that's when they'll look back. Because of that pivotal IPCC report. It catalyzed a
<br />movement in Europe called "Extinction Rebellion" where people in England were demanding
<br />that their lawmakers realize that we are at a pivotal moment where now priority must be given to
<br />the perpetuation of life on Earth, not just regulations, ordinances, and zoning—although that is
<br />extremely important. I'm not arguing with that.
<br />In any case, we started Extinction Rebellion here in Hawaii, and we took the logo in England,
<br />and we adapted it for Hawaii, and you can see, it's an hourglass with Heaven and Earth, and it's
<br />running out of time.
<br />But, I wanted to talk about how does Extinction Rebellion relate to a plastic water bottling
<br />operation? Well, here's how. I have some photos. You may have seen them already. This is
<br />the photograph of the albatross. This was taken about 10 or 15 years ago when people first
<br />started realizing that our animals are becoming extinct due to plastic ingestion, because they
<br />don't know it's not food. It's everywhere, not just in Wake Island where this picture was taken,
<br />but also in the Antarctic where polar bears can't find any fish anymore because of the depletion
<br />of fish, and now, they're trying to suck on plastic bottles. Like the plastic bottles that will be
<br />shipping out from the Piilani water bottling plant. Many whales filled with tons of plastic in the
<br />ocean have washed up dead. Many whales all over the world. And, here in the northwest
<br />Hawaiian Islands, we have a Laysan albatross feeding its baby plastic because that's all there is
<br />in the ocean anymore. In fact, I believe that the amount of plastic is equal to that of plankton.
<br />Plankton gives oxygen to the ocean. The ocean is the number one provider of oxygen to our
<br />atmosphere, so as we continue to produce carbon into the atmosphere, how are we going to
<br />counter -balance that with oxygen if they're killing all the plankton?
<br />Finally, here's a snapshot of the middle of the open seas. No land anywhere. Check out all the
<br />plastic. And, a river in the Philippines. I don't see any water, do you? It's just plastic. And, it
<br />goes on and on and on. There are thousands of pictures like this all over the world. So, it's a no-
<br />brainer. We must make changes. This is what Extinction Rebellion is asking, and I'm going to
<br />pass out a letter, an open letter that was written by an international panel of leaders of Extinction
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