Celebrate World Ocean Day during June
By Staff | May 28, 2021
MAALAEA Launched in 1992, World Ocean Day is a global movement that takes place annually on June 8 and unites conservation leaders and environmentally conscientious individuals and organizations in addressing the myriad threats facing marine wildlife and ecosystems. In recognition of this auspicious day, Pacific Whale Foundation (PWF) will offer events and programs throughout the month of June designed to inspire awareness of our blue planet and the ocean that directly or indirectly sustains all life. On June 7, PWF Conservation Coordinator Shelby Serra will host Responsible Recipes, a pre-recorded cooking presentation that underscores the importance of choosing fish and other seafood that is sustainably harvested.
Virtual Open House for the Kahana Solar Project slated this month
By BY WALTER CHIHARA - | Mar 5, 2021
KAHANA The United States’ departure from the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation in 2017 eerily foretold the ignorance of worldwide weather changes that would devastate civilizations everywhere. First came searing heat waves and windstorms igniting wildfires and untold devastation in the western states of the U.S. Then, most recently, numbing cold fronts with sub-zero temperatures not seen in over a century paralyzed the country with freezing snow conditions that brought death and destruction from deep in the heart of Texas to New England.
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Sam Puleiku (from left) of Pua Woodcarving waits on Mandy and Paul Marks of Billings, Mont., at a recent Kahului Swap Meet. Puleiku was selling works carved by her husband, Takavaha Puleiku.
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
KAHULUI They may not be hosting the packed crowds that swarmed the Maui Swap Meet at this time last year, but the new Kahului Swap Meet held Saturdays at Maui Marketplace and the Maui Gift & Craft Fair held Sundays at Lahaina Gateway represent lifelines to vendors who have seen their livelihoods “devastated” by the downturn in business caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Hui No‘eau launches #HuiKids
By Staff | Dec 24, 2020
All #HuiKids lessons are free to the public. Visit huinoeau.com/huikids for monthly calendars outlining new video releases, scheduled live art lessons and suggested supplies for each lesson.
MAKAWAO Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center is proud to launch #HuiKids a free online learning channel where kids can create art remotely alongside hui teaching artists. Each year, the hui typically serves over 1,300 Maui students through its field trip program, in addition to 285 students each month in partnering public schools through the Na Keiki No’eau after school outreach program. “Outreach programs all came to a halt in March, after which we immediately started brainstorming ways to continue reaching these students. We also knew that children have bonded with our teaching artists, so we wanted to find a way for them to still interact with their favorite art teachers, even though we couldn’t meet in person, and