Native Hawai’ian Hawane Rios explores her connection with the Mauna Kea volcano in the context of the threat of the construction of the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope. She has humbly seen spirits and connected to the land there, and argues that it is not time to build more on Hawai’i; rather, it is time for people to harness a spiritual, traditional wisdom to remember this connection and recall our place as stewards of the earth.
