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What is Malama Honua?Mālama Honua means to care for our Earth. We should think 1000 years. Mālama Honua means to give back to the island to me. It means maintaining the island and care for everything that makes up the world. For example, the land, oceans, cultures, live beings and many communities. It also means to take care of the things we need daily like how the ancestors did. Our resources must be used efficiently and we have to understand that we must tend to them with great care. Simple things like picking up trash around campus or while going on walks on the beach can make a huge difference. LAne Observations
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Mokauea PreMokauea is an island with Oahuʻs last Hawaiian fishing village. I would love to go to Mokauea to learn about the aina there and help to clean of any waste that may have built up there. I hope we learn the history of the island and what it has to offer to us. If we clean up and help the sustainability of the island, I think it would be awesome. Picking up trash and cleaning rubbish from the island could be useful for the island and myself. I also would love to experience paddling to the island. I think it would be so fun.
Hoʻolohe reflectionI think there would be other ways to be connected to the Hawaiian culture instead of working in the land so I would therefore disagree with the article. You can connect to the Hawaiian culture by teaching the language, giving back to the land and perpetuating the culture. For example, coming to this school is something that keeps me connected to the Hawaiian culture. I love to work in the land and care for kalo patches, fishponds and beaches. These are some of the contributions I bring in to connecting to the Hawaiian culture.
1ST Quarter ReflectionIn this first quarter, I learned many new things that could be very useful in my lifetime. I learned how to live a sustainable life with the use of aquaponics, etc. We learned about the different kinds of resources the land offers and how we could use it. The most important thing I learned is about the aina and how we need to care for it. The aina offers so much and we should honor it. I think caring for the aina makes me a bigger person and everyone should do the same. I also learned history about our school which is very important because it has many stories behind it.
Learning trip to WaimanaloOn this fieldtrip I learned many new and exciting things about the land and plants. I learned about the organic plants and what is done to keep them healthy and sustainable. I also learned about the different types of kalo I have never known about. My favorite part of this whole fieldtrip was actually working and pulling weeds from the ulu patch. I really enjoyed helping and it brought our class together as one. Even though it was very tiring, we had fun. Another favorite part of mine is going to the aquaponics section and learning about the different kinds of plants grown. I find it very interesting that awapuhi was being grown from an aquaponics pond. In the future I would love to go back and help on the clean up days.
Eating a locally sourced mealIn class, we learned about locally sourced foods and how they are grown. Locally sourced foods are sold at farmers markets, local stores and markets. Local foods are a movement of people who prefer to eat foods which are grown or farmed relatively close to the places of sale and preparation. In our economy, buying locally sourced foods is highly suggested. It supports local and chances are the food is grown with no chemicals. So, for my locally sourced meal I had a Papaya grown from the Big Island, Poi from Waiahole, Kalua Pig cooked, caught and made by my uncle Louie. Lastly I had sashimi sliced and caught by my other uncle Bubba. My meal was very hard to make because now days our food and spices gets imported from the U.S. I can take away that it is very hard now days finding locally sourced meals on the islands of Hawaii.
My Tomato Plant
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