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Spawning Guide Workshop - Kealakekua
May 23, 2013

KWP Volunteer Day at Pu‘u Pili
May 25, 2013

Sixth Annual Hawai‘i Island School Garden Network Summer Symposium
June 7-8, 2013

Kū ‘Āina Pā Summer Intensive
June 9-14, 2013

Spawning Guide Workshop - Ho‘okena
June 20, 2013

Hawai‘i Public Seed Initative: Train the Trainers
September 13-15, 2013





Recent News

A local not-for-profit center is connecting West Hawaii communities interested in conservation and management of their fishery with easy-to-use tools that allow greater stewardship of fish populations. The Kohala Center developed a voluntary spawning guide, a colorful poster rich with pictures and information teaching users to fish more responsibly, to help preserve Hawaii’s vibrant and precious marine resources.
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Jim Cain doesn't sugarcoat it: Farming is tough work. Profits can fluctuate from year to year, making long-term planning both vital and next to impossible. It's not a 9-to-5, and it's rarely five days a week. It requires commitment and passion and a joy for working outdoors. In short, farming is not for everyone.
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School garden teachers, classroom teachers, administrators, staff, volunteers, and interested community members from around the state may register now for the annual Hawai‘i Island School Garden Network (HISGN) summer symposium in June on Hawai‘i Island.
The symposium, “School Learning Gardens and Sustainability Education: Bringing Schools to Life and Life to Schools,” will be held June 7–8 in Kamuela at the Gates Performing Arts Center at Hawai‘i Preparatory Academy and Māla‘ai: The Culinary Garden of Waimea Middle School.
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Monday, July 09, 2007
The Kohala Center Leaflet: July/August 2007 Newsletter

  • Our Food, Our Community, Our Future
  • Inspiring New Leaders
  • Reconnecting to Her Roots
  • Work Days at Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden
  • La ‘Ike Kahakai O Kahalu‘u: "Riding the Crest of the Wave"
  • Journeys
  • Introducing Sam
  • Food Summit Speakers
  • Michael Dimock


Monday, June 18, 2007
The Kohala Center Leaflet: June 2007 Newsletter

  • Reshaping Our Energy Future
  • Encore!
  • ‘Opihi Talk
  • Embracing the Future
  • New Leadership at OHA
  • EES Alumna Awarded Fulbright Scholarship
  • NEWS FLASH!
  • Learning to Solve Our Own Problems
  • Marian Chertow
  • Jeremiah Johnson
  • Michael Davies
  • Claire Gagne
  • Zeke Hausfather
  • Dawn Lippert
  • Grassroots Planning
  • Island for Learning
  • Powerful Rewards


Monday, May 07, 2007
The Kohala Center Leaflet: May 2007 Newsletter

  • Where Science & Humanities Meet
  • Karen Kemp: TKC’s New Senior Scientist
  • Talking about Energy
  • Food System Project
  • Ho‘ea Ea Food Sovereignty Conference
  • Sharing Results
  • Knowledge through Nature
  • Kahalu‘u Success Stories
  • Digital Collaboratory
  • Linking Worlds
  • Options for a Sustainable Future
  • Science Symposium
  • For the Pure Love of It!


Thursday, April 05, 2007
The Kohala Center Leaflet: April 2007 Newsletter

  • Yale Forestry Program
  • Getting into the Field
  • April Deadline Approacheth
  • Celebrate Earth Day
  • Doing It with Aloha!
  • Reef Etiquette Film Wins International Prize
  • Recycling for Good
  • The Value of Divergent Thinking
  • Planning for Forest Stewardship
  • Hands-on Environmental Education
  • Developing ‘Thinkers’


Monday, March 12, 2007
The Kohala Center Leaflet: March 2007 Newsletter

  • The Hand of Man
  • Irreplaceable Resources
  • Cornell Reception
  • Tangibles
  • Intangibles
  • Scholarships to Study at Brown or Cornell
  • E Komo Mai! (Please Join Us!)
  • The Long Arc
  • A Landscape-Scale Strategy
  • The Cornell-TKC Connection
  • Kohala Sanctuary
  • Feed Me Knowledge


Wednesday, January 24, 2007
The Kohala Center Leaflet: January/February 2007 Newsletter

  • Water of Power, Water of Life
  • Getting to the Heart of the Matter
  • Igniting a Passion for Plants
  • Dry Forest Symposium
  • Math Explorers 2
  • Two Steps from Kealakekua
  • Making Teachers Smile!
  • Summer Opportunity for Island Youth
  • Paradigms of Land Management: Past & Present
  • Island of Hawai‘i Agriculture and Food Sustainability Project
  • Plants in Material Culture
  • Why Tenacity and Creativity Matter in Math


Tuesday, December 19, 2006
The Kohala Center Leaflet: December 2006 Newsletter

  • Winter Solstice
  • Natural Laboratories
  • A Paradigm Shift
  • Call for Volunteers
  • Call for Students
  • Buckets for Good
  • Art in the Tent
  • Hawai‘i Wildlife Center’s New Home
  • The Kohala Center Story
  • Hawai‘i Field Ecology
  • No Cans Wasted