HĀ Summit Huakaʻi
Mālama ʻāina koholāleleHui Mālama i ke Ala ʻŪlili (huiMAU) is a community-based hui (organization) of ‘ohana from Hāmākua Hikina (East Hāmākua) on Hawai‘i Island, founded in 2011 and recognized as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization in 2015. We are committed to cultivating kīpuka (safe, regenerative spaces) that foster and regenerate the growth of place-based ancestral knowledge, healthy food- and eco- systems, and strong ‘ohana with the capacity to live and thrive in Hāmākua for generations. As we strive to transform our community’s dependency on external resources to an interdependency on internal abundance, we actively regenerate our relationships with the ‘āina and ‘ohana from which we source our physical, intellectual, and spiritual well-being.
Huakaʻi experience: By engaging deeply with the moʻolelo through art and aloha ʻāina, each participant will get to experience for themselves and as a collective what hā means in the context of Koholālele in Hāmākua. For us at Koholālele we value the moʻolelo from our kūpuna because we find in their profound words the wisdom and guidance that informs our daily practice of aloha ʻāina and how to move with hā. A wise poet once said, “As far back as we can remember is as far forward we can envision and bring to life.” Our kūpuna who lived and survived upon our ʻāina kūpuna made sure those moʻolelo lived on forever so that we too would be able to live, thrive, cultivate, experience hā in the places we call home. Level of intensity: 2 - shoes required |
Peace Garden preparationThe mission of Mālaʻai: The Culinary Garden of Waimea Middle School is to cultivate the relationship between students and the land through growing and sharing nourishing food in our outdoor living classroom. Our work reaches beyond the boundaries of our garden, connecting land stewardship, culture, health and pleasure with lifelong learning. A garden is a natural ecosystem which requires human input, and in turn, feeds those who tend it. It is a place where people work together and work with the living world. By definition School Peace Gardens are places of safety, tolerance and acceptance. Participants practice interpersonal, and cooperative skills working together in gardens. Self-reflection and understanding is nourished in this safe environment. School Peace Gardens are an excellent place to nurture and practice the HĀ outcomes for both children and adults.
Huakaʻi experience: By making food for each other and eating from the land we tend, we are nourished in a multiply-reciprocal manner which is wholistic and embodies the HĀ outcomes. In sharing the history and the importance of Hanauna Ola, this next voyage of Makaliʻi, participants make a connection to history and the story being played out in real time through the efforts to provision our voyagers with ʻAi pono. They become a part of the story, connecting their day on this land to the voyage and their own story. Level of intensity: 2 - shoes required |
mālama ka loʻi o nāpoʻopoʻoPōhāhā I Ka Lani is a Hawaiian non-profit organization rooted in Waipiʻo Valley to revitalize and advance indigenous Kanaka Maoli cultural knowledge and land stewardship of this sacred place of our ancestors. Our work is to embody the essence of Pōhāhā I Ka Lani, "the emergence of intelligent stewardship to perpetuate and advance Hawaiian resources", by continuing to host educational, community, and cultural groups & workshops at our various sites of Waipiʻo Valley, stewarding the ʻāina to ensure the history, ancestral knowledge, and spirit of this wahi pana are perpetuated. The loʻi kalo & agroforestry terrace system is a culturally significant archaeological site as well as a man-managed ecosystem built upon observant engineering of ʻōiwi stewardship which utilizes Waipi’o Valley’s abundant water resources perpetuate Hāloanakalaukapalili and the the traditions of our ancestors.
Huakaʻi experience: Participants will become aware of this wahi pana and ecosystem which will help them to understand what it takes to be able to sustain utilization and management of such significant cultural & ecological resources over many generations. In sharing the history and the importance of the ancient village site of Nāpoʻopoʻo and it’s terrace ecosystems as a cultural piko (connection point), archaeological site, and historical agriculture area as a sustainable man-managed resource, participants will make connections to the ʻāina, history, utilization (ancient and modern), and become a part of the story of the Nāpoʻopoʻo village site. Level of intensity: 2 |