“This is capitalism destroying the natural world.'
Unlike Wai Kai, the surf village, which released itsIn an editorial for Honolulu’s Star-Advertiser, Keaulana wrote that he founded Honokea to reconnect surfers and non-surfers back to the core values of Hawaiian surfing: family, wellness, sustainability, safety, fun and kuleana and to serve the next generation of watermen and women.
Some justify these projects as leading to the creation of more local jobs and argue the additional income to the area is a bonus of these pools. Haseko has said the Wai Kai project has employed about 300 construction workers, and upon opening, alongside its retail and restaurants,“It is just one of too many examples of how far we’ve departed from the knowledge, values and practices that sustained our islands since time immemorial,” the Sierra Club's Tanaka said.