Kauluakalana

Ulupo: our ulupo program focuses on land restoration and resource management activities at ulupo nui, our primary 'aina program site in kailua, o'ahu. Activities include removal of invasive species, planting of native species, soil remediation and revitalization, expanding the cultivation of kalo and other food crops, and caring for ulupo heiau and other rock structures as part of an ancient agricultural complex. We engage our community in these activities in order to raise awareness regarding the balanced and respectful use of our natural resources in kailua. In 2020, we maintained 41 lo'i kalo (wetland taro patches), including 9 newly opened patches and cleared 400 square feet of the ulupo heiau rock structure of invasive weeds.

Pili mai:(meaning "to come together") brings together families and educators to facilitate their reconnection to haloa (the first kalo plant and elder sibling of the Hawaiian people), each other, and our homeland in order to celebrate, inspire, and organize the regeneration of our community around the cultural practices of poi making. The primary component of this program is a multi-month program for a cohort of kailua-connected families and educators, centered around learning and perpetuating the process of growing, harvesting, preparing, and pounding kalo into poi. Participation is by invitation only.

Ka pahuhopu o kawainui: this is an out-of-school, Hawaiian culture based, 'olelo-rich, 'aina education program designed for middle school to early high school-aged learners from kailua and neighboring ahupua'a in ko'olaupoko, o'ahu. The program focuses on engaging youth with cultural practitioners from our community in intergenerational transfer of Hawaiian knowledge and practices including story-telling, mele, food cultivation and preparation, and community-based land stewardship and restoration.