HONOLULU A Honolulu city councilor says she wants visitors to take a pledge to respect and help protect the islands natural resources.
HONOLULU— A Honolulu city councilor says she wants visitors to take a pledge to respect and help protect the island’s natural resources.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Councilwoman Kymberly Pine wants tourists to Oahu to sign a form with a pledge to be environmentally responsible and culturally sensitive during visits.
Pine has proposed a bill to enlist the Office of Economic Development or another city agency to help establish the Keep Hawaii Hawaii program.
A city council committee is expected to discuss the proposal at an Oct. 22 meeting.
Pine says the program could work with the visitor industry to promote its environmental goals.
Similar pledge programs have been established in Hawaii and Kauai counties, but Pine’s program would be the first in Hawaii to coordinate with a local government agency.
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Information from: Honolulu Star-Advertiser, http://www.staradvertiser.com
How a bout asking locals to take that pledge, instead? If you could only see Kauai’s beaches in the mornings after our alcoholic youth have trashed them with beer bottle, bon fire pallets, McDonalds bags, not to mention the abandoned stripped cars left everywhere. This isn’t a visitor issue. People don’t spend a fortune to travel and stay here to litter. Trashing Hawaii’s environment is a LOCAL problem.
Amen, Jake!