Archive for July, 2007
Putney Travel students do service-learning in Kawai Nui Marsh
Sixteen students from a number of states on the mainland traveled to Oahu during July to assist Ahahui Malama i ka Lokahi in their conservation and restoration projects at Kawai Nui Marsh. The Putney Travel group, which is headquartered in Vermont, sends high school students to Hawaii to do service-learning projects each summer. Among the sites they work at is Ulupo Heiau and Na Pohaku o Hauwahine, which are under the curatorship of Ahahui Malama i ka Lokahi. The visiting group is being supervised by AML President Chuck Burrows, Hanaloa Helela and Kaimi (Rick) Scudder. The students have worked to open auwai’s, cut and move Hau, and weed the taro lo’i at Ulupo Heiau. At Na Pohaku o Hauwahine they have helped clear brush off of archaeological sites, build trails, and weed and dig out the alien plants and muck in the wetland demonstration pond. Ahahui is very appreciative of the significant amount of work being accomplished by these visiting mainland students. Other mainland student groups are encouraged to do likewise. Call AML at 808 593-0112.
Check out the Honolulu Advertiser story on the Putney group working at our site:
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070727/NEWS01/707270336/1001/NEWS01
Add comment July 16, 2007
Kawai Nui marsh in the news
Check out this large article about Kawai Nui Marsh!
‘Ecological treasure’ is coming back to life
Honolulu Advertiser – Honolulu,HI,USA
They have spearheaded the restoration of the Ulupo Heiau on the southern end of the marsh and development of a 28-acre cultural site nearby. …
Add comment July 9, 2007
Service Project at Ulupo Heiau on July 14th
You’re invited to kokua (help) and malama (care for) Ulupo Heiau on Saturday, July 14th starting at 8:30 a.m. and going to 12:30 p.m. Ulupo Heiau (Night of Inspiration) one of the first sacred temples to have built as a “mapele” (agriculture) heiau by the first people or menehune and dedicated to Kaneulupo. The Kailua Hawaiian Civic Club and ‘Ahahui Malama i ka Lokahi are the co-curators at this State Historic site complex and conduct service projects every second Saturday of the month to restore the ethno-botanical and culutral features.
We meet at the parking area by the Heaiu and behind the Windward YMCA.
Bring: Lunch, water, rain gear, sunscreen, work gloves.
If you can, also bring tools such as sickles, handsaws, machete, hand cultivators or chain saws.
For more info and to signup: call Kaimi Scudder at 593-0112 or email at “email@ahahui.net”
If you have not been to Ulupo Heiau in the last year or so, you are in for a big surprise. See what community volunteers can do to malama ‘aina!
Add comment July 9, 2007
