KAMUELA, Hawai‘i—May 5, 2016—How will climate change, deforestation, urban growth, and water quality impact the future of Hawai‘i’s ecosystems? Teams of students and teachers from several Hawai‘i Island schools presented findings from place-based scientific research projects conducted this school year through The Kohala Center’s Hawai‘i Island Meaningful Environmental Education for Teachers (HI-MEET) program. The environmental […]
May 2, 2016 (Honolulu Star-Advertiser)—Darren Strand, president of Maui Gold Pineapple Co., sells fresh and frozen pineapple to customers as far away as Japan, but getting Hawaii’s emblematic fruit into local public school cafeterias is a tougher order. “It’s really frustrating to see how much pineapple they eat in the schools and none of it’s […]
April 11, 2016 (West Hawaii Today)—Some brought leafy cuttings in gallon buckets, while others laid out baggies of tiny hot peppers and boxes of roots and tubers. Most brought seeds: squash seeds, pepper seeds, carrot seeds, herb seeds, and beans of all sorts, to name a few. » Read more
March 26, 2016 (West Hawaii Today)—NORTH KOHALA — A $6 million trophy property on Kohala Mountain Road — plus a sweeping expanse of cliffside land near Keokea Beach Park in North Kohala — will be protected under a new initiative of The Kohala Center designed not only to safeguard lands but bring them back to […]
Please join us for full-day Learning Journeys in East Hawai‘i Island (Friday, March 25) and West Hawai‘i Island (Saturday, April 2) with our master school garden teachers. Each day will include garden tours, summaries of their unique programs, ideas for lessons and local resources, and a chance to do some hana lima at each site. Please bring a […]
March 24, 2016 (Kohala Mountain News)—Lands along almost the entire coast at Niuli‘i have been donated to The Kohala Center, a Waimea-based non-profit organization dedicated to long-term protection and cultural stewardship of land. The 48-acres span about a mile of the cliff coast from Keokea Park to Neue Bay near Pololu Valley. » Read more
March 22, 2016 (Big Island Now)—The Kohala Center has received two agricultural land gifts on the Big Island in the past year-and-a-half totaling $8 million, sparking a new ‘Āinaho‘i Program, created to preserve previously private owned lands for long-term protection. » Read more
KAMUELA, Hawai‘i—March 21, 2016—A new program created by The Kohala Center encourages landowners who are contemplating selling their properties, but are concerned about future use, to consider donating them to the Waimea-based nonprofit. » Read more
KAILUA-KONA, Hawai‘i—January 25, 2016—The 2016 Nahelehele Dryland Forest Symposium will highlight dryland forest ecology and restoration efforts in Hawai‘i. The symposium will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, February 26, at the Courtyard King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel in Kailua-Kona. » Read more
KAMUELA, Hawai‘i—January 20, 2016—FoodCorps is currently recruiting service members throughout Hawai‘i who are passionate about teaching children what healthy food is, where it comes from, and expanding hands-on nutrition education programs. The deadline to apply for the 2016–2017 school year is March 31. » Read more