Cultivating community resilience around food, energy, water, and knowledge systems.
Olohana is involved in a variety of projects with many different partnering organizations, agencies, companies and individuals.
Olohana partners with local farms, community and conservation lands around our islands to set-up food forest systems. This network of food forest aims to increase the food security for our communities. Food forest sites and partners include: Lana’i Maunalei Restoration Read More …
Olohana works with communities to help them pass on knowledge between the generations using the ITK™ process. Olohana also works through the PRiMO Indigenous Knowledge and Environment Hui to help bring an indigenous voice to efforts such as the National Climate Assessment.
Olohana partners with experts from indigenous communities around the world to develop food and energy systems for their communities in ways that strengthen their communities, cultural ties, and collaboration with other native peoples. Partnerships with Shidler School of Business, Agroforestry Read More …
Olohana works with our partners, such as the NOAA Pacific Services Center and the PRiMO Indigenous Knowledge and Environment (IKE) Hui, to organize and support an native expert advisory council (NEAC) comprised of Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islanders, and Native Alaskans Read More …
Olohana partners with the Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail and the Makali’i Polynesian Voyaging Society to offer community resilience and climate adaptation planning. The ITK™ Resilience Training Program uses a place-based learning model comprised of a land-based component (maha’ai) and a nearshore-based component (‘aukai) aimed Read More …
The Native Science Research Center (NSRC) enables professors, students and communities from around the world to work together to advance indigenous and local knowledge and scientific research around climate change and weather systems. All knowledge systems and knowledge generated are developed Read More …
Letting the community tell their own story Olohana partners with Lomikai Media and our local communities to produce videos on our food, energy, water and knowledge system projects. Lomikai Media recording studio and video production services actively supports a range Read More …
The purpose of the Global Breadfruit Heritage Council is to honor and protect the genetic, cultural/spiritual, environmental, and product integrity of breadfruit. Olohana is supporting the formation of the GBHC as a mechanism to promote local and regionally correct agroforesty Read More …