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February 2022
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…
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New FlushAware App to Be Topic of March 2 Know Your Ocean Speaker Series
Meet the App’s Developer and Learn More About Where Wastewater Goes When You Flush Your Toilet on Maui PAIA, MAUI, HI – The average person flushes their toilet five times per day. But when you flush, do you know where your wastewater goes and what…
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Can a non-scientist do science? Free Zoom presentation on April 6 to present global and local community science projects on 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…
Find out more »May 2022
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…
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Public invited to free presentation on first community-based marine conservation network on Maui
Kihei, HI – The public is invited to a free presentation on "Weaving the Net - How the Maui Nui Makai Network is connecting communities for a healthy land and sea of tomorrow" to be held on Wed. June 1 at 5:30 pm via Zoom. At this…
Find out more »“Rally for the Reefs” webinar on Thursday, June 16 will focus on saving the reefs of Māʻalaea Bay
“Rally for the Reefs” webinar on Thursday, June 16 will focus on saving the reefs of Māʻalaea Bay MĀʻALAEA, HI – Longtime Māʻalaea resident Peter Cannon remembers that during his childhood, “the coral reefs of Māʻalaea Bay were like the robust and healthy reefs that…
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Free Presentation on “Nature Based Solutions to Cesspools and Injection Wells — Latest Findings from Field Research” Offered on Wed. July 6
Are there effective nature-based solutions that can help replace the 90,000 cesspools in the state of Hawaii that are currently releasing nearly 53 million gallons of raw, untreated human waste into the environment each day? Can nature-based methods also provide quick-to-install alternatives to the injection…
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Public invited to free Aug. 3 presentation on whale shark research and conservation in Hawaiʻi
MAʻALAEA, MAUI, HI – Whale shark sightings have been reported throughout the Hawaiian Islands, but very little is known about these slow-moving, filter-feeding giant fish. It’s unknown how many individual whale sharks frequent Hawaii’s waters, where they are coming from or going to, and where…
Find out more »September 2022
Chase Great White Sharks with World-Renowned Photographer David Fleetham in Next Know Your Ocean Speaker Series Webinar
KIHEI – For most ocean goers, coming across a great white shark would probably spark fear. But for underwater photographer and former National Geographic assignment photographer David Fleetham, these sharks sparked fascination and sent him on a journey around the world to photograph them and…
Find out more »February 2023
Hui O Ka Wai Ola Reports on Six Years of Monitoring Maui’s Coastal Water Quality 2016-2022
How do you know the water off your favorite beach is clean enough to swim in? You have a group of volunteers to thank for that. Prompted by caring for the health of our residents, visitors, and the culturally important and ecologically sensitive coral reefs…
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