Blog Archives

Bokashi

2/1/2019

When I first read his "bokashi action" post, I thought Kaleo mā were cooking up some exotic version of pork hashey. Then I looked it up and learned something; in short, itʻs a Kepanī method of anaerobic composting. Hereʻs that original post:

Uuponui: Bokashi action using onsite mango saw dust, and wai from our puna. Going to compare this to our monkeypod saw dust bokashi and then wheat bran and keep you guys posted. How you make yours?

Photo: Kaleomanuiwa Wong

Slabbing Mango for Papa Kuʻi ʻAi

1/28/2019

Uluponui: Sometimes we gotta cut down the invasive trees in our lives and turn them into tools of change and re-kanak(a)-tion. (Check out Kaleo's @uluponui on instagram for the video.)

Kailua Canoe Club, Planting it Forward

1/26/2019

UluponuI: In 9 months, one of these small loʻi going be more than enough for the poi that will be powering the women and men of Kailua Canoe Club during the Na Wahine O Ke Kai and Molokai Hoe races. We planted 2 cause thats how. Mahalo president @kaaleleo for having the first board meeting of the season at the piko of Kailua. Mahalo hoi e anake Suzi no nā kiʻi nani.

Photo: Kaleo Wong

Double the Action, Double the Impact

1/12/2019

Hikaʻalani peeps at work on two fronts: acommunity workday at Ulupōnui with folks from the Hawaiʻi Peopleʻs Fund. AND a planting day at the newly dedicated pā ʻilina at Waiʻauia with members of Hālau Mōhala ʻIlimaʻs Apiki and Lanihuli classes.

Photo: Kaleo Wong

Photo: Kīhei de Silva

HUKI!

1/9/2019

Uluponui: Some of today's action with Dickinson College. 22pp (person power) to huki this pōhaku out of our new loʻi site. (For a look at Kaleo's video, click on over to his instagram account @ uluponui.)

Photo: Kaleo Wong

Ours Will Not be Bones Scattered in the Wind

1/6/2019

For some of our iwi kūpuna, it has been twenty years of waiting in boxes and bags on shelves of "temporary" curation units. For all, it has been ten years of our "weʻll find a place" promises and their mostly quiet patience. At last, hiki iā lākou nā iwi kūpuna ke hoʻi i ka moe kau a hoʻoilo. At last they can return to uninterrupted sleep – "the sleep of summer and winter." The Waiʻauia preserve has taken them in, and we ʻōiwi of Kailua will mālama these kūpuna until our last aloha ʻāina. (KdS)

Photo: Nick Tomasello @nicasello