Housing & Hawaiian Homestead
Housing & Hawaiian Homestead
Kipahulu Ohana
In partnership with Haleakalā National Park, Kīpahulu ʻŌhana manages the Kapahu Living Image Taro Farm, an active educational site where visitors and local youth can learn about traditional wetland taro cultivation. Additionally, through their Malama I Ke Kai initiative, the organization works alongside community members and state agencies to protect nearshore marine resources and promote sustainable, traditional fishing practices.
Maui Nui Makai Network
The Maui Nui Makai Network is a collaborative partnership of community-based organizations across Maui, Molokaʻi, and Lānaʻi dedicated to protecting and restoring nearshore marine ecosystems. Guided by traditional Hawaiian values and customary practices, the network empowers local communities to take an active role in co-managing their coastal resources alongside state agencies. Through shared knowledge, advocacy, and community-led monitoring, the network works to sustain healthy reefs, abundant fisheries, and cultural practices for present and future generations.
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Lahaina Community Land Trust
Born in the aftermath of the 2023 Maui fires, the Lahaina Community Land Trust was formed with a mission to protect and perpetuate Lahaina, by restoring and caring for its ʻāina and ea through keeping its people home. LCLT is guided solely by the people it serves — from community members who lost homes to those with generational ‘ike of this special place — and works to safeguard Lahaina families from displacement and leverage disaster relief to foster permanent community stability.
All of LCLT’s own practices were created with intention to align with ancestral ʻāina stewardship practices, embracing collective kuleana to steward ʻāina for the benefit of future generations, engaging in continuous community consultation and collective governance by Lahaina for Lahaina, and focusing on cultivating waiwai for not only individual ‘ohana, but the entire community.
