by Dennis | Jul 9, 2013 | Stories of Place, World Wide Voyage
Lāna‘i (Karen Holman) — As Hokule’a and Hikianalia set sail across the oceans that connect us all, they become a needle, threading a lei of dedicated communities around the planet that inspire us by their efforts to care for our island Earth. Our journey has...
by Dennis | Jul 2, 2013 | Stories of Place, World Wide Voyage
Maui (Mary Anna Waldrop) — Waihe’e Coastal Dunes and Wetlands Refuge (June 21) “What fires me up is reaching back into the past to see what our kupuna did to care for the land so that we can learn from them to live more compatibly in our own time.” It was easy...
by Dennis | Jun 27, 2013 | Stories of Place, World Wide Voyage
Olowalu, Maui (Miki Tomita) — We began our Olowalu journey with Keola Sequeira, one of the original craftsman of the double-hulled voyaging canoe. Uncle Keola shared with us his research and experiences into hull design and canoe building of Mo‘olele, a 42-foot...
by Dennis | Jun 26, 2013 | Stories of Place, World Wide Voyage
Maui (Miki Tomita) — Crew members spent the morning learning from and working with the dedicated leadership of ʻAoʻao o Nā Loko Iʻa O Maui, the non-profit organization dedicated to revitalizing Koʻieʻie Loko Iʻa for educational, archaeological, cultural, and...
by Dennis | Jun 25, 2013 | Stories of Place, World Wide Voyage
Maui (Miki Tomita) — E ke hoa, aloha aina O Akua ka po, Akua ka la, Nani palena ole ke kau malie o ka mahina o Akua i luna o makou ka ohana o Hokulea ma Maalaea Kau ka la i luna i kona hale, O Haleakala, Kipa makou ka ohana o Hokulea i ka aina o na kupa o...
by Hokulea | Jun 11, 2013 | Stories of Place, World Wide Voyage
Hilo, Hawai‘i — Crew visits ʻImiloa Planetarium with Kaimana of Hōkūalakaʻi and the ʻŌpio of Kūlia I Ka Pono. The young crew of Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia visited the ʻImiloa Astronomy Center Planetarium to explore the night sky under cover. We listened to Kaimana...