August 2021—Supporting the delicate, sacred reproductive cycle of corals is vital to their regeneration and continued survival. For the fourth consecutive year, our Kahalu‘u Bay Education Center team worked with […]
August 2021—Two touch-free mineral-based sunscreen dispensers at Kahalu‘u Beach Park are aiding our efforts to educate beachgoers about reef-friendly sun protection alternatives. With visitors returning to Hawai‘i in record numbers, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]