The students of Ka Papa Kai spent the day caring for our ‘āina by removing invasive weeds from our Native Hawaiian Plant Garden and by cleaning up twenty pounds of trash from the shoreline. Great job! By doing this, they are helping to ensure a healthy marine ecosystem. Ka Papa Kai learning all about the Papahānaumokuākea […]
E Alu Pū Network Honored
E Alu Pū, a network of like-minded community organizations who care for and work together to manage and protect our fragile resources, was honored at the Hawai‘i Conservation Conference in Hilo this year. E Alu Pū was presented with the Conservation Innovation Award, given to the instigators or champions of a procedure that leads to […]
Hawai‘i Conservation Conference
MPW was represented at the 23rd Annual Hawai‘i Conservation Conference this month in Hilo. The theme this year was Hanohano Hawai‘i Kuauli – Celebrating Collaboration and Wisdom Across Hawai‘i’s Ecosystems, and that is just what we were able to do. We were joined by hundreds of participants all working to protect and manage our unique […]
Summer 2015
Twenty enthusiastic students joined our five-day Ka Papa Kai Summer program and learned all about marine science through fun and exciting, hands-on activities designed to increase their knowledge of our unique marine ecosystem. The students learned about the tide pool habitat, species identification, marine debris and environmental stewardship, erosion and coral health, and enforcement of […]
KUPU & the Hawai‘i Youth Conservation Corps
We were honored this summer to host a group of fantastic KUPU – Hawai‘i Youth Conservation Corps (HYCC) interns for a week. HYCC is centered on environmental conservation, restoration, education, and cultural awareness. HYCC gives individuals the opportunity to work outdoors with environmental agencies (like MPW) across Hawai‘i and to learn the principles of natural resource stewardship, […]
Resource Management
Ka Papa Kai, our Marine Science for Youth program, is back in session and the students spent their first class learning all about traditional resource management and how it translates into resource protection today. Using the ahupua‘a model as a guide, students learned how what happens mauka (uplands) affects makai (ocean/shore) and explored ways to […]
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