Community Heroes - Puna Rising Ohana

Gary Rosenberg interview

Part 1 Gary Rosenberg, one of Puna’s visionaries, is building a community, an ’ainā-based school to create the agro-leaders for tomorrow. Here is the first of a four-part series on Gary’s vision for how human, animals, vegetation and the ’ainā…

Men of Pa’ a: Imu Mea Ai Project

Iopa Maunakea, The Men of Pa’a, and a group of Kapuna teach a mainland group of folks how to properly and reverently prepare an Imu to cook a meal for them. He also takes them down to Cape Kumkukahi to…

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Aunty Emily Interview

Interview with Aunty Emily Naeole in which she talks about growing up in Puna and the changes she has seen. Part 2 of the interview with Aunty Emily Naeole discusses her experiences with Hawaiian Home Lands and the obstacles she…

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Jim Albertini – Puna Hero written by Graham Ellis

Located in Kurtistown for over forty years is Malu ‘Aina (Land of Peace) the Hawaiian name given to the Center for Non-Violent Education and Action. Malu ‘Aina is a spiritual community based on peace, justice, and sustainable organic farming. Situated…

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Susie Osborne: Cofounder and Development Director of Kua O Ka Lā

Written and recorded by the Kilauea Eruption Recovery Team Susie Osborne has made it her life’s mission to serve the culture and people of Hawaii through founding and maintaining the public charter school Kua O Ka Lā. This school, which…

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Magin Patrick, Founder of Project Hawai’i, Inc.

Project Hawai’i, Inc. provides services to over 1,600 individual homeless children annually across the islands of O’ahu, Maui and the Big Island of Hawai’i. The nonprofit strives to change the lives of children by providing a sense of stability through…

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Todd Lolla, aka Uncle Tilo

Uncle Tilo grew up in the Midwest and remembers harvesting rainwater on his family’s dairy farm up thru the mid 1970’s. He is a graduate of the South Dakota School of Mines, with a degree in Geological Engineering, and enjoyed…

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Lorn Douglas

Community Submission made by: Graham Ellis, Educator, and President of the Hawaii Sustainable Community Alliance. Since he moved to Lower Puna, Lorn has been the region’s most consistent supporter of local community building activities. He is a person who walks…