Hiki Ola

Facilitated workshops to advance native hawaiian craftwork, especially traditional weaving practices utilizing native vine 'ie'ie. Each workshop was free to the community, included a day in the forest and hands on practical craftwork.

Completed the $177,499 racial, equity and justice conservation cooperative agreement to bridge native hawaiian and pacific islanders to farm bill programs through workshops, critical demographic analysis, and reporting.

Hiki ola provided project management services for local conservation organizations assisting them in planning and executing reforestation project work. Hiki ola provided a 2-month college internship program to assist interested students in conservation non-profit work. Hiki ola continued work on a community-based agroforestry project that will be used to demonstrate the cultivation and use of various medicinal and edible native and canoe plants.