Thompson urges Hawaiʻi to lead on sustainability, stewardship
The Polynesian Voyaging Society president and mālama Honua advocate speaks of the challenges ahead and the hope he has witnessed in people around the world during Hōkūleʻa's worldwide voyage.
On June 6, 2017, Hawaiʻi Governor David Ige signed two climate change preparedness bills into law, advancing the Hawaiʻi’s commitment to a sustainable future in which the planet we call home is cared for, rather than exploited.
During the ceremony, Polynesian Voyaging Society President Nainoa Thompson offered powerful remarks about the future of the planet and the great challenges still ahead, but also of the hope he witnessed and experienced in his interactions with people around the world as Hōkūleʻa made its way around the world.
The Worldwide Voyage was inspired by Thompson’s friend and mentor, astronaut Charles Lacy Veach, who believed that the ultimate test we will face in this century will be one of returning to an ecological balance in which humans live sustainably on this blue island we call Earth.
