Greens call for sustainable agriculture and food self-reliance. We support small-scale, diversified farming and aquaculture. Private cars pollute the air, clog cities and waste energy reserves. What waste we do produce must be recycled. None of the previous proposals will save the environment if the human population continues to grow at the current rate.
Greens support world-wide zero population growth.
We would promote contraception research, distribution, and education at home and overseas. Most population growth here is due to migration from foreign countries and the Mainland. This migration is spurred by the growth of the tourist industry, which creates more low-paying menial jobs than local residents can fill. Tourism and development, largely in the hands of giant off-island corporations, drive Hawai'i's current economy. Mass tourism also degrades Hawai'i's unique physical and cultural environment, inflates the cost of living, and drives up housing prices.