August 2021—Kahalu‘u Bay’s coral reef and its vibrant inhabitants continue to educate us and the passionate community stewards dedicated to protecting them. On behalf of Kahalu‘u Bay, we invite new and longtime residents interested in protecting and deepening their relationship with Hawaiʻi’s reef ecosystems to join our ReefTeach program! By helping to educate beachgoers about […]
August 2021—If you’re visiting the islands soon, or know someone who is, we encourage you to check out and share “Visiting Hawai‘i? Pack these essentials to protect island ecosystems,” a resource we created to inform guests prior to their arrival about proper reef-friendly sun protection and waste minimization.
August 2021—We hope you’ll join us on our next Hoa‘āina Stewardship Day on Saturday, September 4! On our most recent visit to Kohala Mountain’s Koai‘a Tree Sanctuary, 15 island residents and visitors joined members of our Cloud Forest Ecosystem team to engage in meaningful hana (work) to help our native plants through this extra dry, […]
Do you know the difference between a dryland and a mesic forest? Or how to tell our native ‘ilima apart from its non-native “twin”?
Ho‘omaika‘i (congratulations) to the Hawai‘i ‘Ulu Cooperative (HUC) and its 100-plus farmer-members, who recently celebrated five years of growing and selling ‘ulu (breadfruit), ‘ulu-based products, and a variety of minimally processed traditional Hawaiian crops.
Tūtū Pele provided researchers from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a valuable learning opportunity to test low-cost sensors that could benefit communities worldwide to measure, track, and inform residents about local air quality.
This invasive insect has progressively destroyed pasture grasses that cattle feed on, with some areas seeing complete loss of grasses within one year. To date, TLSB has only been found on West Hawai‘i Island, but its potential to spread could devastate ranching communities across the islands.
July 30, 2021 (Hawai‘i Public Radio)—In the 1970s and 80s, there were land struggles, assertions of indigenous rights, and attempts to figure out alternative ways of doing things. Cooperatives were one answer — business ownership, supply and demand, could be shared by forming agricultural cooperatives, electric cooperatives, retail or housing cooperatives, even credit unions. Teresa […]
July 11, 2021 (Honolulu Civil Beat)—Hawaii wants better tourism management, but what immediate actions do residents most support? And is the Hawaii Tourism Authority the best management agency for the long term or should management fall to some other entity? »Read more
July 9, 2021 (Hawaii Tribune-Herald)—The number of surf schools allowed to operate and students in the water at Kahaluu Bay would be spread throughout the day under draft rules proposed by the state Department of Land and Natural Resources. »Read more