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Eyes of the Reef « Community Reporting Network for coral disease, bleaching, COTS and marine invasives
STILL TIME TO SIGN UP FOR FIRST “BLEACHAPALOOZA” DLNR’s Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) is supporting the first-ever Bleachapalooza; a grassroots effort that will bring volunteers together statewide to receive training on how to identify coral bleaching in their areas and how to report their findings to the Eyes of the Reef Network (www.eorhawaii.org). On…
July Ocean Girl Camp
We had an AMAZING week of learning, art, surfing and play at last week’s Ocean Girl Project surf camp! BIG Mahalo to the AWESOME parents, volunteers and ocean girl supporters for making everything we did safe, meaningful, fun and for being so helpful. The girls loved it and we loved having them!
Permaculture Workshop – Be part of the solution!
Ocean Girl Project presented our first permaculture community workshop by permaculture designer Drew Wilkenson and Kaily Wakefield for the benefit of our lives and coastlines. We explored our food, water, waste, and energy streams and how we can adapt our lifestyle habits to create the greatest amount of positive change for the least amount of…
The Grip of the Rip | Ocean Girl Project| Ocean News | Rip Currents
What is a rip current? Rip currents are channeled currents of water flowing away from shore. They generally begin from the shoreline and head through the surf zone – past the line of breaking waves. Some people mistakenly call this undertow. It is important to understand that there is no undertow, just water moving away…
We’ve taken Ocean Girl Project to a whole new level!
We Grew – we were successful, we were passionate, dedicated & hard working, and we were ready to spread our wings. In late 2013, we realized we had to allow the incredible creative surging energy of our awesome company and people to truly grow and flourish! So began our expansion to better serve our community. 2014 is turning out to be the most awesome year EVER, see what we have planned!
Sustainable Ocean Arts and Gifts by Ocean Girl Project Volunteers Holiday Event
Handmade soaps from Colleen Kudo, beautiful candle holders and water colors from Jan Hayashi, gorgeous jewelry from Jeannie Chesser, divine shell art from Billie Farrell, exotic jewels from Ali Bayless, crocheted goodies and hand drawn Christmas cards from Kaily Wakefield, and so much more!!
Community Connections Event WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2013
Check this out! Wednesday, July 17th from 1pm-8:30pm “Community Connections” at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu. This event is free and open to the community. This event will feature partnership and connection opportunities for a better Hawai‘i with afternoon interactive workshops and forums and an evening pau hana Kupa ‘Ai Kakou: Multisensory Hawaiian art,…
Let’s talk trash Hawaii, Saturday June 1st Baby Maks!
Ocean Girl Project Beach Clean-up Event Date: Saturday June 1, 2013 Time: 8am-11am (join in anytime) Where: Baby Makapuu Beach Participants: All ages, bring the whole family! Please join us! Beach clean ups enable us to care for our marine environment, show community support for our shared natural resources; and they are fun. Great opp…
Garden Fairy Chandeliers
Garden Fairy Chandeliers. This is step by step instructable that will take you through the whole process of making these solar mason jars with a bead “Chandelier” inside. They look great during the day but really shine at night. You’re garden Faries will love them!
Celebrate Makahiki Season Kalo Recipes, Magic Herbs,Surf and Ahupua’a by KAHEA
The Makahiki season was the ancient Hawaiian New Year festival, in honor of the god Lono of the Hawaiian religion. It was a holiday covering four consecutive lunar months, approximately from October or November through February or March. Thus it might be thought of as including the equivalent of modern Thanksgiving and Christmas traditions. Green…
