The Nature Conservancy in Hawaii

365 Ways to

Mālama Hawai'i

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Planting Awareness

Project Stewardship students planting native plants

Kapolei High School students planting native plants. The Conservancy partnered with the school to raise students' environmental awareness.

Maoli Nō - Truly Native

This DVD tribute to the native plants and animals of Hawai'i takes viewers on a visual and musical journey through the islands' forests, streams and reefs and the unique native life found in them. Get your free copy from The Nature Conservancy while supplies last!

Maoli Nō - Truly Native

Educators may also download lesson plans and ideas that will help integrate Maoli Nō into their curricula.

Every day we benefit from Nature's bounty in every facet of our lives. Just once a year, Earth Day rolls around, aptly during the season of renewal, to remind us of our personal responsibility to also give back and do what we can in our own back yard, to care for the natural world that sustains us.

Read a personal message by Suzanne Case, Hawai'i executive director, as she reflects on what Earth Day means to her.

We invite you to join with us in celebrating Earth Day on your island — so we can keep Hawai'i beautiful and sustainable into the future!

If you can’t make it to our jamming Moloka'i Celebration, be sure to join Conservancy staff at other great Earth Day venues statewide. Hope to see you there!

Moloka'i Celebrates Earth Day

When: Friday, April 18, 5 to 9pm
Where: Mitchell Pauole Center, Kaunakakai

Wowing the crowd at last year's celebration.

Since 1995, The Nature Conservancy of Hawai‛i has sponsored this annual Moloka'i Earth Day Celebration. Each year, this major community event attracts more than 1,000 of Molokai’s 7,000 residents. The purpose of the fun, festive and family-oriented event is to educate residents and visitors about the part they can play in preserving our natural and cultural resources.

The theme of this year's Moloka'i Earth Day Celebration —Momona ka papa ke e’ehu ka 'āina (The reef thrives when the land is healthy) — appropriately honors the 2008 statewide declaration of 2008 as the Hawaii's "Year of the Reef."

More than 1,000 of the island's 7,000 residents join the fun

There will be ‘ono food, great entertainment, lots of prizes and educational displays.Learn how to take action to preserve, conserve and care for our precious island of Moloka’i. Join in the fun and help us celebrate 2008 Earth Day – and make Moloka‘i an even better place to live!

For more information, contact Kathy Tachibana at the Conservancy's Moloka‘i office (808) 553-5236.

Check out other Earth Day events happening on your island!

It's the Year of the Reef!

Hundreds of people launched the IYOR-Hawai'i campaign at the State Capitol.

In January 2008, Hawai'i launched the International Year of the Reef - Hawai'i campaign to raise awareness about the value and importance of coral reefs and threats to their sustainability, and to motivate people to take action to protect them.

The local celebration of this is a partnership effort of Mālama Hawai‘i, The Nature Conservancy, the Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources, Coral Reef Outreach Network, the County of Maui, and many other groups. yearlong global campaign

Find out how you can help save our reefs!

Mālama Hawai'i

About 10 years ago, the Conservancy was among a handful of organizations that co-founded Mālama Hawai'i to raise environmental awareness and create action to mālama (care for) our island home. Today, Mālama Hawai'i is a hui (association) of over 70 organizations and hundreds of individuals committed to the vision that Hawai‘i, our special island home, be a place where the people, land and sea are cared for, and communities are healthy and safe.

Check out their calendar of events and volunteer opportunities!

Fair Catch

Forged by the Conservancy, Mālama Hawai'i and SeaWeb, the Fair Catch campaign with its common-sense approach, "take what you need, not what you can," brings together scientists, recreational fishermen, native Hawaiians and conservationists to promote responsible fishing in Hawai'i.

The Conservancy partners with many government agencies, non-profit organizations and community groups across the state to protect our fragile island environment, from ridges to reefs. Volunteers provide the backbone of alien algae and beach cleanups and other efforts to combat invasive pests that threaten our native forests and watersheds. Here are some community groups who want and need your help:

Community Partnerships

Mālama Maunalua
Makai Watch
Paepae o He'eia - Friends of He‘eia Fishpond
Polynesian Voyaging Society
Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species (CGAPS)
Hawai‘i Invasive Species Committee (HISC)
Kaua‘i Invasive Species Committee (KISC)
O'ahu Invasive Species Committee (OISC)
Moloka‘i Invasive Species Committee (MoMISC)
Maui Invasive Species Committee (MISC)
Big Island Invasive Species Committee (BIISC)

Volunteer Opportunities

Are you interested in helping the environment? Working with others who share your love of nature? Contributing your time and skills to an organization you believe in? If you answered yes to any of these questions, we've got some great opportunities for you. To find out more, e-mail volunteerhawaii@tnc.org or call Janice Staab at (808) 587-6232.

Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Photo © Andrea Charuk (Maunalua Bay algae cleanup); Photo © Pauline Sato/TNC (Hawaiian navigator Nainoa Thompson and children); Photo © Catherine Toth/TNC (IYOR launch at State Capitol); Photo © Pauline Sato/TNC (Project Stewardship students).