Hawaii Islands Academy

Hawaii Islands Academy The vision of Hawaii Islands Academy (HIA) is to amplify Native Hawaiian presence, voices and values within academia.

Hawaii Islands Academy started as a Native Hawaiian graduate student-driven initiative targeted at raising awareness and interaction between Native Hawaiian scientists and local communities. Hawaii Islands Academy provides community members opportunities to explore applied solutions to contemporary issues with a focus on engaging personal awareness of cultural and social implications throughout our Islands.

Aloha ʻāina kākou! Show support for a Kahoolawe license plate by filling out this quick 2 minute form: Please share this...
01/26/2025

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Background: This initiative marks a significant moment in history, as it celebrates 50 years since the first landings on Kaho'olawe by the Protect Kaho'olawe Ohana (PKO), a group that has long fought for the island’s restoration and cultural revitalization. Kaho'olawe holds immense cultural, histo...

If you love coconuts, coconut trees, kalo (taro), and ulu (breadfruit) learn some at the Coconut Rhinoceros Bettle (CRB)...
09/13/2024

If you love coconuts, coconut trees, kalo (taro), and ulu (breadfruit) learn some at the Coconut Rhinoceros Bettle (CRB) symposium:

06/12/2020
06/10/2020

Food shortages in communities statewide because of the COVID-19 pandemic helped higlight the vulnerability of Hawaiʻi’s food supply. We currently import

11/28/2019

Windward Community College (Oahu, Hawaii)

Listing: Mahi ai kalo HWST 296
Time: Tuesday afternoons
Location: WCC and Kākoʻo ʻŌiwi

Catalog description:
This course expands on the traditional Hawaiian kalo growing knowledge covered in the first class to include the ecology of wetland kalo systems, focusing on traditional loʻi techniques, and the integration of nutrient flow analysis through the ahupuaʻa and nutrient management practices for lo‘i kalo. Additional emphasis is placed on both scientific and practical approaches. Cooking and eating are used throughout the course to demonstrate linkages between kalo and human nutrition and wellbeing. The course will consist of a mixture of lecture and hands-on field experience.

Student Learning Outcomes:
1. Show knowledge of traditional Hawaiian and modern agroecological terms and processes

2. Demonstrate knowledge of nutrients, nutrient budgets, or nutrient cycling in loʻi kalo agroecosystems

3. Identify major patterns of nutrient flows in ahupuaʻa/watershed systems, and the impacts of changes to those patterns

Get your local grown tree on Hawaii Island!
11/28/2019

Get your local grown tree on Hawaii Island!

Fresh cut pine trees from the mainland are a popular choice for holidays, even here in tropical Hawai’i. According to Hawaii-grown Christmas Tree Market Potential, a study funded by the DLNR…

11/28/2019

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