Health & environmental accountability
Researching cumulative impacts and monitoring environmental information, industrial operations, and regulatory compliance.
COMMUNITY ADVOCACY SINCE 2013
Our work.
Education, research, monitoring, organizing, and civic engagement for Keaukaha and Panaʻewa.
OUR MISSION IN ACTION
A healthy community.
A living future.
Protecting and advancing the health, safety, environmental integrity, cultural resources, and quality of life of Hawaiian homestead communities.
ʻĀina, kai & wai
Advocating for clean air and water, transparent monitoring, responsible wastewater management, and the protection of gathering practices.
Community voice & knowledge
Sharing information, organizing, and bringing community perspectives into public meetings, testimony, and decisions.
Hawaiian homelands & future generations
Protecting cultural resources and traditional practices, and examining proposals—including geothermal development—that may affect our communities.
WHO WE ARE
Our home.
Our voice.
Our kuleana.
Keaukaha Action Network is a community-based environmental justice organization grounded in the people, places, and practices of Keaukaha and Panaʻewa.
Organized in 2013 as a community-based branch of the Keaukaha Community Association, KAN carries forward a commitment to community advocacy, health, safety, and the protection of Hawaiian homelands and resources.
We work through education, environmental advocacy, monitoring, organizing, research, testimony, and civic engagement. Community knowledge and lived experience belong in decisions affecting our ʻāina, kai, wai, ea, and well-being.
WHAT GUIDES US
IntegrityTransparencyCommunityAlohaKuleana