Entries by Sara Sugidono

Public Invited to Free Zoom Presentation on Solving Climate Change with the World’s Mightiest Seaweed

Discover a Hawai’i Grown Solution to the Global Climate Challenge on Wednesday May 4 at 5:30 pm KIHEI, HI –  Learn how the startup company Symbrosia is working to solve climate change by reducing livestock methane emissions with seaweed that’s grown sustainably in Hawaiʻi, at a free Zoom presentation offered on Wednesday, May 4 at […]

Hawaii Department of Health Awards $38,536 to the County of Maui for Coastal Water Quality Monitoring

MA’ALAEA, MAUI, HI – The State Department of Health Clean Water Branch has awarded the County of Maui, Office of Climate Change, Resiliency, and Sustainability (CCRS) $38,536 in federal funding to support coastal water quality monitoring. CCRS will administer the funds as a grant to Maui Nui Marine Resource Council. The grant will support the […]

Can a non-scientist do science? Free Zoom presentation on April 6 to present global and local community science projects on Maui

MA’ALAEA, MAUI — Increasingly, scientists are asking for the public’s help to understand a wide range of topics from earthquakes to water quality to where animals live and more. Learn more about community or “citizen” science and how you can contribute to aiding conservation work in particular, at a free Zoom presentation on Wednesday, April […]

New Sunblock Dispensers Urge South Maui Ocean-Goers to “Love the Ocean the Right Way” on Valentine’s Day

KIHEI – Four mineral sunblock dispensers are up on this Valentine’s Day on south Maui shores, encouraging all to “love the ocean the right way.” Two are at the ‘Āhihi-Kīna‘u  Natural Area Reserve and a pair are to be installed at Mākena State Park. Thousands of people enter the ocean at these locations every day. The […]

Maui’s Community-Based Ocean Water Quality Monitoring Program Celebrates 100th Sampling Session

Maui’s volunteer-based ocean water quality monitoring program Hui O Ka Wai Ola celebrated a special milestone on February 8, 2022: its 100th sampling session since the program began on Maui in 2016. A beachside ceremony held this morning at Hanakaʻōʻō Beach Park in Kāʻanapali was organized by Maui Nui Marine Resource Council, West Maui Ridge […]

Free Zoom Presentation on Wed. Feb. 2 by Dr. Jennifer Lynch:
 “Did Maui’s expanded polystyrene ban improve the amounts or types of plastic on Maui beaches?”

KIHEI, HI – On December 31, 2018, Maui County banned the use, sale or provision of polystyrene food service containers as a step to protect marine wildlife and bird populations. The County took this step after learning about the lightweight nature of polystyrene and its ability to break down into smaller fragments that persist for […]

Free Presentation to Discuss Redefining the Definition of a Public Aquarium – and What it Means to Our Local Community

KIHEI— A free Zoom presentation on Wednesday, January 12 at 5:30 pm by Tapani Vuori, Maui Ocean Center’s General Manager and founder and president of the Maui Ocean Center Marine Institute (MOCMI) will discuss “Redefining the definition of a public aquarium and what it means to our local community.” Vuoriʻs presentation is part of Maui Nui […]

MNMRC’s Robin Newbold & Mike Fogarty Featured in December 2021 issue of “Neighbors of Wailea & Makena”

Maui Nui Marine Resource Council co-founder and chair Robin Newbold is featured in a cover story in  the December edition of the magazine Neighbors of Wailea & Makena, along with her partner Mike Fogarty. The article describes how Robin’s lifelong love of the ocean began in early childhood and continued into her adult years, during […]