Shake Energy Collaborative

Another fun event, live streaming tonight on Sierra Club of Hawai'iʻs page!

Happening tonight! Tune in right here on Facebook at 6pm. ⁠
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Hui! 📣 We have another panel full of grassroots energy justice warrior wahine this evening! Join us for another powerful conversation on how the energy transition can facilitate equity and sovereignty through community owned energy systems! ⁠⁠
The energy conversation is often dominated by technical "expertise" but these leaders are 100% experts on how to best steward energy development that benefits community well-being at a scale that demonstrates a deep kuleana to our natural resources. ⁠⁠
🌺Lori Buchanan is a Native Hawaiian born on Molokai and has decades worth of professional experience in the field of environmental conservation in Hawaii. She is the Vice-President of Hoʻāhu Energy Cooperative, serves as project coordinator for the Molokai Maui Invasive Species Committee, and owns and operates several small businesses. ⁠⁠
✊🏽Kapua Keliʻikoa-Kamai is Native Hawaiian born and raised in the Waiʻanae Moku. She currently a resident of Waiʻanae Valley Homestead where she served on the board for several years and is now an advisor. She has done extensive work in advocating for her social justice in her community and sovereignty rights. ⁠⁠
👊🏽Kamalani Keliʻikelu was born and raised in Laie and graduated from Kahuku High School. Kamalani is currently president of Ku Kiaʻi Kahuku community group and works in the Hawaiʻi State Senate for Kurt Fevella. ⁠⁠
☀️Ali Andrews is the CEO of Shake Energy Collaborative, a public benefit corporation developing renewable energy projects that are designed and owned by the communities that host them. Shake was born out of research for her Masters in Design Impact at Stanford University, in which Ali and her team explored designs for more meaningful, bidirectional community engagement in the energy industry. ⁠⁠
Moderator Sebastien Selarque is a graduate student in Urban Planning at UH Mānoa, and research assistant at Hawaii Natural Energy Institute whose work focuses on investigating root causes, identifying systemic solutions, and developing solutions that bolster societal, economical, and environmental resilience.