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January 2015
North Kohala Community Cleanup at Kēōkea/Niuli‘i
January 17, 2015—The Kohala Center is calling upon community members to assist with environmental restoration at Kēōkea Beach Park and the community of Niuli‘i in North Kohala in the wake of a powerful storm that brought heavy winds and flooding to the Hawaiian Islands earlier this month.
Find out more »Modern Ahupua‘a: The Next Step
January 17, 2015—Seeds are the basis of life. Every plant senses environmental cues such as rainfall, soil, insect or disease pressure and makes small genetic changes that are reflected in the next generation’s seeds. Plants that are successful produce seeds that have become localized to thrive in our diverse island microclimates.
Find out more »Ginger Ninja at Pu‘u Pili
January 19, 2015—Aloha and Happy New Year, wonderful volunteers! Please join us on Martin Luther King Day for a day of invasive weed control in the wet forest of Kohala.
Find out more »Three Sisters Garden
January 24, 2015—Facilitated by Hayley Blondin. Open to all K-12 teachers; content will emphasize grades K-5. Augment your toolkit for making connections between the classroom and the garden in this interactive, resource-rich workshop. Hayley will share curriculum plans and resources to develop a unit around the planting, cultivation, and harvest of the traditional Native American Three Sisters Garden. Resources include grade-level appropriate readers, writing prompts, recipes, craft ideas, planting materials and tips, sample student work, and much more. While originally designed for third grade, this unit can be modified to meet the needs of any K-5 elementary classroom. This workshop will focus on the Three Sisters Garden, but will cultivate techniques and ideas about how to develop unit plans for other gardens such as salsa gardens, canoe-plant gardens, and pollinator gardens.
View or download the Teachers Teaching Teachers Workshops poster (PDF).
For more information and to register, contact Donna Mitts at dmitts@kohalacenter.org or 808-936-2117.
Find out more »Crop Insurance and Recordkeeping Workshop
January 26, 2015—AgriLogic Consulting, one of the largest developers of crop insurance programs for the USDA, will be conducting a FREE “Train the Trainer” Workshop to educate technical assistance providers and agricultural producers on crop insurance and recordkeeping. Agricultural community leaders such as co-op managers, loan specialists, rural developers, business planners, and market research specialists are especially encouraged to attend, but all agricultural producers who wish to learn more about insurance and recordkeeping are welcome.
Find out more »Introduction to Health Impact Assessment as a Policy Tool
January 27, 2015—You are invited to attend a presentation sponsored by The Kohala Center and Habitat Health Impact Consulting that will address the way in which Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) can be used as a tool for incorporating health and well-being concerns into public policymaking. HIAs help identify and address the likely health benefits and risks of a decision made in fields outside the health sector. They use a flexible approach that brings together public health expertise, scientific data, and input from community and other stakeholders to examine the potential health risks and benefits of key policy proposals. Based on the potential effects identified, HIAs provide practical recommendations to capitalize on opportunities to improve community health and to minimize any potential health risks.
Find out more »KWP Volunteer Work Day: Koai‘a Tree Sanctuary
January 31, 2015—Fountain grass is from Northern Africa, where it is well-adapted to droughts and frequent fires. It displaces slow-growing native dry forest species in Hawai‘i, and when it burns, it creates hot, fast fires that kill native seeds and plants. Unfortunately, the fountain grass itself is not killed by these fires, so the resulting cycle of growth and fire creates dense thickets of a single species: fountain grass.
Find out more »February 2015
Conservation Innovation: Imagery at Different Scales
February 5, 2015—The Hawai‘i Association of Watershed Partnerships (HAWP) presents a capacity building workshop for conservation professionals statewide. The workshop will highlight innovative approaches in conservation and natural resource management, specifically imagery and image technology. Sharing technology-based practices is critically important for resource managers to keep pace with rapidly expanding technologies and applications. The workshop will feature presentations on satellite imagery applications and advances, LIDAR, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), remote camera applications, and field applications for smart tablets.
Find out more »Plants and Us: Nutritive Cycles and Natural Farming in the Garden
February 7, 2015—Facilitated by Kalu Oyama. Open to all K-12 teachers. FoodCorps Service Member Kalu Oyama will share her knowledge on balancing our garden soil and improving plant vigor using natural farming methods. The presentation will include a discussion on the similarities between plants and people and the four nutritive stages. Participants will make fermented plant and fruit juices and take home materials on natural farming.
Find out more »Kahalu‘u Beach Park Clean-Up Day
February 7, 2015—Please join us for our first beach clean-up of 2015 on February 7 from 9 a.m. – 12 noon. We can use as many hands as possible as we will be cleaning up not only the beach areas, but also the parking lot and area along the wall adjacent to the main road. Plastic buckets, bags, and scoopers for cigarette butts will be provided, but please bring your own gloves. Check in at Kahalu‘u Bay Education Center to pick up your materials for clean-up. Refreshments will be provided by Starbucks, one of our many community supporters. For more information please call 808-887-6411 or email kahaluu@kohalacenter.org.
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