The group did a beach clean up at Kamilo Beach. The group did not only succeed in cleaning up debris. But, also succeeded in gathering people in the community to do this activity with them.

1. HUI HOLOHOLO
Mālama, Kaiāulu, ʻĀina

2. Aloha kākou! Meet our group Hui Holoholo.
🌊 Kyla Fox 🌊 Hui Holoholo
Aloha kākou,
We are Group #1, Holoholo Hui.
The following is a PowerPoint
presentation for our COM 344:
Sustainability, Communication, &
Culture course.
🌊 Jaylen Shiroma
Insert picture of Jaylen at
event

3. What is our project?
Our project was a beach clean up at Kamilo Beach in Kaʻū
and a reforestation at Hakalau National Wildlife Refuge.
Our main goal was to come together with our
community, kaiāulu, to participate in mālama ʻāina
activities.
These activities are the first step to educate and
communicate with our community about sustainability
and culture. To make impact not only that day but for
the rest of our lives for future generations.

4. Why we choose this project?
“He aliʻi ka ʻāina, he kauā ke kanaka.”
The land is the chief, man is its servant.
As kamaʻāina, it is important that we take care of the land and
ocean because the ʻāina always provides for us.
We choose this project as an initial step in preserving and
protecting the ʻāina. The job does not stop after one day of
work, it is an ongoing process. However, this is a good start on
protecting our natural resources for our future generations.

5. What is an ahupuaʻa?
In the Hawaiian culture, ahupuaʻa were a significant part of the Hawaiian
Ecosystem. Providing easy access to fresh resources from the mountain
to the sea. Basically, everything needed to survive.
Rather than privately owned land, all the land was controlled by the
chief. A konohiki regulated the restrictions on places, gathering of
plants, and fishing during specific seasons.
Traditionally, it is through this practice and many others that the
community was able to live a sustainable lifestyle.
Ahu - alter, shrine | Puaʻa - pig
Ahupuaʻa - Land division marked by an alter with a pig head mounted

6. Kamilo Point Beach
● Kamilo is located in the ahupuaʻa of Waiʻōhinu, in the South
side of Kaʻū.
● Kamilo relates to the Milo tree. Milo meaning “to curl or
twist,” relates not only to the twisting and curling of the
tree but the twisting and curling of the currents.
● The twisting and twirling of the currents creates the
phenomenon, depositing of the debris at Kamilo.
● In traditional times, Kamilo was the location for collecting
logs, that would drift from other locations, to make canoes.
● The ahupuaʻa of Waiʻōhinu was known for itʻs two winds
hoʻolapa and puaʻōhiʻohiʻo, which we experienced
following our oli komo.

7. Kamilo Point Beach

8. Hakalau Forest: National Wildlife Refuge
● Hakalau forest is located on the windward slopes of
Mauna Kea, Hawaiʻi.
● The forest refuge is about 32,000 acres and contains
some of the remaining wildlife of native forests,
plants, and animals.
● The purpose of the refuge is to protect, conserve,
and manage this native forest for the endangered
species.

9. Hakalau Forest: National Wildlife Refuge
In addition to our PowerPoint, we did numerous sharing on
our personal & our stakeholderʻs social media.
As part of our next step, we plan to continue sharing what
we learned with others to perpetuate the land and culture
for future generations.

10. Meet Our Stakeholders
🌱 Kīpuka
Native Hawaiian Student Center
🌱
Hawaiʻi
Wildlife Fund
🌱
Future
Generations

11. Meet Our Stakeholders
Hawaiʻi
Wildlife Fund
Mahalo to our Stakeholders / Hosts:
Nohea, Kallie, & Uncle Russell
Our experience would have not been
complete with the knowledge our hosts
shared with us.
Our cultural connection in this project
includes ʻike kuʻuna, or the passing of
traditional knowledge.
Mahalo for sharing your manaʻo with us.

12. Meet Our Stakeholders
For both projects Kīpuka hosted
community members which
included student volunteers to
assist. There were approximately
24 different volunteers each time
along with student employees.
One thing shared from Kīpuka is
the importance of kilo, observing.
Whether it was observing the
environment, the animals, the sky,
or the rain.
🌱 Kīpuka
Native Hawaiian Student Center
Nohea and Kailee work for the Hawaiʻi
Wildlife Fund. They make trips down
to Kamilo beach about once a week. It
is an overwhelming amount of work
for just two people.
That is why they are thankful for
volunteer groups like Kīpuka who
volunteer their time and manpower to
clean up the beach.
Nohea and Kailee are born and raised
in Kaʻū and they feel it is their kuleana
to educate, restore, and protect the
ʻāina that has taken care of them.
🌱 Nohea & Kailee
Uncle Russell works for Hawaiʻi
WIldlife Fund. He goes to Hakalau
once a week to maintain the
grounds along with other workers
when there arenʻt group.
Uncle Russell shared manaʻo
about the forest being home to
many native species. An important
thing he shared with us is when
bird watching, be quiet, so you can
listen to the birds because they
hear us before we see them.
Uncle Russell

13. Team Member 1’s Experience
1
What I learned at
Kamilo?
Kamilo is a beautiful remote beach,
where a lot of marine debri washes
up. I was not prepared for the
magnitude of this issue. What I
learned from this experience is that,
saving the ʻāina and kai starts when
we all change our lifestyles. To save
our ocean we must reduce the
amount of plastic we use in our
daily lives.
2
What I learned at
Hakalau?
Hakalau was an amazing experience,
one thing I learned is the special
ecosystem of native plants at Hakalau
is home to many native bird species,
like the ʻākepa. It was amazing to go
bird watching and see these native
bird species first hand. Even more
heartwarming to knowing I planted
trees to contribute to their home.

14. Team Member 2’s Experience
1
What I learned at
Kamilo?
At Kamilo, I learned the ocean currents
have been known to twist and turn,
“milo,” sometimes creating natural
geysers.
I also learned about the a real life
ʻaumakua experience between a shark
of Kaʻū and one of the hosts family. Her
grandfather would feed the shark and
the shark would watch over him.
2
What I learned at
Hakalau?
Hakalau allowed me to channel a
different type of appreciation for this
place I call Home.
Due to Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death, the number
of ʻŌhiʻa growing in Hawaiʻi has
decreased. It felt amazing to learn about
what I can do to make a difference and
plant some to grow and rebuild our
native forests.

15. Measuring Success
With a project like ours, the work is never done,
so how do we measure success?
We removed 5,079 lbsof marine debris from Kamilo Beach.
We planted 1,536native plants at Hakalau National Wildlife Refuge.
However, our success is not measured in numbers but the quality of our
experience. As you can see, “Aʻohe hana nui ke alu ʻia,” many hands make
light work. The ʻike kuʻuna we learned, the pili ʻuhane we experienced, and
practice of lawena these are the true measure of our success.
Our next steps, continue to share the ʻike kuʻuna and make decisions to
perpetuate and share this knowledge for and with our future generations.

16. Kamilo Beach

17. Hakalau Forest Refuge

18. Hakalau Forest Refuge
🌱 Hakalau
From our experience at Hakalau we
planted the native species:
Āweoweo, Kolea, Olapa, and ʻŌhiʻa
In restoring our Native Plants to rebuild
our native forests we are restoring the
home of native species. In addition, we are
bringing back the traditional food source
of the native honeycreepers.

19. Resources
🌱 Hakalau
Hakalau Forest Reserve has several goals. One of
those goals are to:
“Protect, maintain, and restore sub-tropical
rainforest community on the leeward slope of
Mauna Loa as habitat for all life-history needs to
promote the recovery of endangered species “
This is our ultimate goal in reforesting Hakalau.
For more information please visit:
https://www.fws.gov/pacific/planning/main/docs/HI-
PI/Hakalau/HakalauPU3.pdf

20. Resources
🌱 Rapid ‘Ōhiʻa Death
One of the plants we planted while at Hakalau
included ʻŌhiʻa.
In Hawaiʻi, we have been experiencing Rapid ʻōhiʻa
death (ROD) also called ceratocystic fimbriata.
ROD is a new fungal pathogen attacks and kills
ʻōhiʻa trees.
For more information check out the link below.
www.rapidohiadeath.org

21. Resources
🌱 What can you do?
One of our stakeholders, Kīpuka The Native
Hawaiian Student Center, hosts malama kaiāulu
(community service) events every semester. Most
events are open to the community.
For more information check out their website:
Kipuka.uhh.hawaii.edu
Follow them on Instagram:
@kipukauhh
Come and visit them at:
UH Hilo ( PB10-01)
🌱

22. Conclusion
🌱 🌱 🌱Sustainability Communication Culture
Historically in Hawaiʻi, we learned
all the resources needed came from
the land and the sea.
Through this project, we learned
what we can do in our daily lives to
leave less of an impact of this Earth.
Simple changes to sustainable
options is our next step in
continuing our work.
Communication played a big role in
being able to complete this project.
Communicating with each other
and our stakeholders. We learned
specific language and terms used in
the ocean and the forest.
Now, we must continue to
communicate and share what we
learned with others.
ʻIke Kuʻuna known as traditional
knowledge is key to the
continuation and making real
change.
Now, we have the responsibility to
learn and teach others this cultural
knowledge because if we donʻt
now, who will?

23. Conclusion
🌱 Mālama - Take Care | Kaiāulu - Community | ʻĀina - Land
“E kuahui like i ka hana.”
Let everybody pitch in and work together.
Our experience was a clear example of how many
hands working together can make the load lighter.
This is a reminder that we can accomplish more
together than on our own. There is strength in coming
together as a community and we can accomplish
anything.

24. Work Cited
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Atlas Obscura (2018). Kamilo Beach. Formerly a lovely white sand beach this Hawaiian stretch is now a trap for countless tons of
trash. Retrieved from https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kamilo-beach
Mambra S. (Dec. 27, 2017). Marine Insight. How is Plastic Ruining the Ocean?, Retrieved from
https://www.marineinsight.com/environment/how-is-plastic-ruining-the-ocean/
Pukui, M. K. (1983). ʻŌlelo Noʻeau: Hawaiian proverbs & poetical sayings. Honolulu, Hawaiʻi: Bishop Museum Press.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (2018). Hakalau Forest. Wildlife & Habitat, Retrieved from
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/Hakalau_Forest/wildlife_and_habitat/index.html
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https://www.fws.gov/refuge/Hakalau_Forest/about.html