"Look at our island and you will see new school gardens springing up
everywhere. And where school gardens flourish, young minds flourish,
and so do our communities. The Hawai‘i Island School Garden network is a thriving example of our community’s ability
to recognize assets that might have gone unnoticed—in this case, gardens that had begun to
go fallow—and to build on those assets to meet community needs. School gardens provide
interactive and meaningful educational experiences while engaging island youth in growing their
own food. Beyond this, they stimulate interest in mathematics and science, encourage healthier
diets, build interest and skill in the agricultural sciences, move our communities toward greater
food self-reliance, connect food production with the larger concept of healthy ecosystems,
and help us to develop a more diversified and sustainable economy."
Roberta Fujimoto Chu,
President of the Board of Directors
Read The Kohala Center’s 2009 Annual Report.
Read The Kohala Center’s 2008 Annual Report.
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High School Scholarship Opportunities
January-February 2012
Mellon-Hawai‘i Fellowship Program Applications
February 3, 2012
Puana Ka 'Ike Lecture
February 23, 2012
Nāhelehele Dry Forest Symposium
February 24, 2012
Seed Basics Workshop for Farmers and Gardeners
March 24-25, 2012
Recent News
More than 500 Kaiser Permanente Hawaii physicians and staff members volunteered their time today working on community projects on Oahu, Maui and the Big Island in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.
Sixteen Hawai‘i Island schools have received grants from The Kohala Center to support funding for garden educators, for curriculum development, and for garden supplies.
Recent Blog Entries
On Dec 1, 2011, several students and their teachers from Honokaa HS Forestry and Ag classes spent the day on a field trip to Laupahoehoe Forest Natural Area Reserve. Students got to see and experience the forest and received information from the experts from the field.
Overcast skies greeted over three hundred 5th grade female students at the annual Girls Exploring Mathematics and Science (GEMS) event at the Outrigger Keauhou Resort on Thursday, November 17th. versed in coral reef ecology earlier during the week, and arrived as certified ReefTeachers to volunteer their Saturday in order to educate visitors on proper reef etiquette.
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