by Todd Yamashita | Oct 7, 2016 | Cultural, Malama Honua Selects, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
by Todd Yamashita There is a rebirth of sorts happening on Molokai where local organizers have put culture front and center as a means of celebrating the world’s paddling community as well as honoring the island’s iconic leaders. Drawing over a thousand attendees,...
by Todd Yamashita | Sep 14, 2016 | Education, Environment, Malama Honua, Malama Honua Selects, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Pick up a Bit of Beach Trash on Saturday for International Coastal Cleanup! By Miki Tomita Years ago, I was part of an environmental action group whose main focus was the problem of marine debris. We used to spend hours and hours every month hauling broken crates and...
by Alison Andrews | Jul 31, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Malama Honua Selects, World Wide Voyage
Aloha ʻāina is love for the ʻāina (land), love for your kūpuna (ancestors), love for your culture, love for your lāhui (people, nation). But it is more than a feeling or a belief. Aloha ʻāina needs to be acted upon and practiced over and over in different spaces and...
by Alison Andrews | Jul 27, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Education, Environment, Malama Honua Selects, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Michelle Knoetgen One of the stops on Leg 21 of the Worldwide Voyage, Hurricane Island has been called a “ghost island” because, one day in 1914, an entire community of rock quarry workers evacuated, and not due to a violent storm. They dropped their tools,...
by Bryson Hoe | Jul 25, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Education, Environment, Malama Honua Selects, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Michelle Knoetgen On the rocky shores of Appledore Island, Maine, we were greeted with periwinkle shells held fast by sea grass, hand made by a college student named Athena: one of the many touches that made us feel welcome. A peaceful bird sanctuary...
by Alison Andrews | Jul 18, 2016 | Environment, Malama Honua Selects, Nā Kelamoku, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Kailee Jackson, member of Nā Kelamoku April 30, 2016 and July 10, 2016 The view from the hike up into the Waimea Valley to plant native trees on April 30, 2016 PC: Kailee Jackson. Nā Kelamoku, Polynesian Voyaging Society’s Youth Leadership Initiative,...