Hooulu pono to grow, sprout, propagate to increase, to inspire, to excite

For the benefit of all. The overall purpose and mission of project hooulu pono, is to leverage the knowledge and experience gained over the last 30 years utilizing biocultural restoration practices to address the challenges of climate change while also meeting the needs of the community to feed itself. Bridging indigenous wisdom and practice in the context of an ancient hawaiian loko IA with modern science and technology is critically important to address the challenges of climate change for US. I KA WA mamua, i KA WA mahope, looking to the past to help chart our way forward is the lelo noeau that most resonates with our work in this project.furthermore, we do this work with two thoughts that we have gained over the past 30 years first, to create more opportunities for a generational approach in which opio, makua, and kupuna come to learn together and share knowledge for the benefit of future generations informed by the past and second, ignite awareness and use of ones gifts and talents to contribute and adopt a producer versus a heavily weighted consumer mindset, in an island community with limited resources.