§226-108 Sustainability. Priority guidelines and principles to promote sustainability shall include: (1) Encouraging balanced economic, social, community, and environmental priorities; (2) Encouraging planning that respects and promotes living within the natural resources and limits of the State; (3) Promoting a diversified and dynamic economy; (4) Encouraging respect for the host culture; (5) Promoting decisions based on meeting the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations; (6) Considering the principles of the ahupuaa system; and (7) Emphasizing that everyone, including individuals, families, communities, businesses, and government, has the responsibility for achieving a sustainable Hawaii. [L 2011, c 181, §2]
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