Calendar of Events
Big Island
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Keau‘ohana Rainforest
Learn MoreHawai‘i Environmental Restoration (HER) works to restore and protect the Keau‘ohana State Forest Reserve, Hawai‘i’s largest remaining lowland rainforest, by removing invasive species, replanting native flora, maintaining trails, and engaging the community through volunteer-driven conservation efforts.
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Waikōloa Dry Forest
Learn MoreThe Waikōloa Dry Forest Initiative restores and protects Hawai‘i’s rare dryland forests through wildfire prevention, invasive species control, and community-driven conservation, with volunteers playing a vital role in planting native trees, clearing invasive growth, and ensuring the long-term health of this unique ecosystem.
Kauaʻi
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Ahupua‘a o Waipā
Learn MoreFor over 20 years, the Waipā Foundation has stewarded 1,600 acres along Hanalei Bay, fostering community connection to the ʻāina and preserving Hawaiian traditions through laulima, the spirit of working together.
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Coastal Mālama
Learn MoreThe Surfrider Foundation protects oceans and beaches through volunteer-driven conservation, including the Kauaʻi Chapter’s Net Patrol, which removes hazardous derelict fishing gear from remote coastlines to prevent harm to marine life and restore coastal ecosystems.
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Kāhili Beach Preserve
Learn MoreKāhili Beach Preserve, a 17-acre coastal sanctuary protected by the Hawai‘i Land Trust, ensures public access, shoreline conservation, and habitat protection, with ongoing volunteer cleanups, educational programs, and community stewardship to preserve its natural beauty for future generations.
Maui
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Hāmākualoa Preserve
Learn MoreEstablished to help steward the Hāmākualoa Open Space Preserve, Malama Hāmākua works to protect cultural sites, restore native plants, and develop a community garden, relying on grants, county support, and volunteers to revitalize the land.
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Honokōwai Valley
Learn MoreHonokōwai was once a thriving village of 600 families, sustained by the valley’s rich resources until sugar plantations diverted its water, forcing its abandonment in the early 20th century. In 2002, Ed Lindsey founded Maui Cultural Lands to restore and preserve this historically and archaeologically significant site.
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Kaheawa-Hanaula
Learn MoreMaui Cultural Lands, in partnership with First Wind, is restoring the Kaheawa Wind Power site by removing invasive species and replanting native flora, with volunteers and the Lindsey ʻohana successfully reintroducing over 24,000 native plants to help regenerate the ecosystem and restore the land to its natural state.
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Launiupoko
Learn MoreMaui Cultural Lands is restoring an ancient heiau at Launiupoko by removing invasive species, replanting native wiliwili trees, and maintaining the site through ongoing community stewardship to preserve its cultural and ecological significance for future generations.
Oʻahu
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Hāmākua Marsh
Learn MoreHealthy Climate Communities engages schools, volunteers, and local groups in native reforestation, climate education, and conservation efforts at the Hāmākua Marsh watershed, helping to combat climate change, restore ecosystems, and foster community stewardship.
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Loʻi Waipahu
Learn MoreLocated in the Waikele wetlands, this 7-acre project is transforming from an invasive species hotspot into a productive food garden for the Waipahu community. Through student-led stewardship, food accessibility, and ancestral knowledge, the goal is to begin feeding the community by 2030.
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Loko Iʻa Kapapapuhi
Learn MoreThe Kapapapuhi Restoration Project works to revive the largest freshwater and estuary system on Oʻahu, located in Honouliuli, ʻEwa, along Kaihuopalaʻai, West Loch. As stewards of three loko iʻa within Kapapapuhi Point Park, we are restoring these ancient fishponds to combat food insecurity and sustain our people’s well-being.
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Loko Iʻa Pāʻaiau
Learn MoreThe 400-year-old royal Hawaiian fishpond Loko I’a Pāʻaiau, located in the Kalauao ahupua‘a in the ‘Ewa moku, symbolizes Hawaiʻi’s past peace and lōkahi. Once home to Moʻi Wahine Kalanimanuia, it is now a National Historic Register site, lovingly restored by the community. Click below to join the next workday.
