{"id":23955,"date":"2014-04-11T14:05:57","date_gmt":"2014-04-12T00:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=23955"},"modified":"2021-11-02T10:50:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T20:50:13","slug":"3rd-annual-hoolaulea-at-honolulu-community-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/04\/11\/3rd-annual-hoolaulea-at-honolulu-community-college\/","title":{"rendered":"3rd Annual Ho\u02bbolaule\u02bba<\/span> at Honolulu Community College"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Ka māla o Niuhelewai at Honolulu CC<\/abbr><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’s been three years since the start of Honolulu Community College’s<\/a> Ka Māla o Niuhelewai (The garden of Niuhelewai) and the kalo (taro) is ready for harvest. Every April the campus celebrates the māla with the campus’ annual Hoʻolauleʻa<\/span>, Wednesday, April 16, 10:30 a.m.–1 p.m.<\/p>\n

Event participants will enjoy food prepared in an imu, poi pounding activities and live Hawaiian music.<\/p>\n

More about Ka Māla o Niuhelewai<\/h2>\n

Ka Māla o Niuhelewai has received the Scenic Hawaiʻi<\/span> Betty Crocker Landscape Award for Xeriscape in 2012<\/a>, and most recently, the Honolulu Community College Sustainability Award<\/a> at the 2014 Hawaiʻi<\/span> Sustainability in Higher Education Summit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since 2011, 20 Hawaiian varieties of kalo have been planted and the campus received a $25,000 grant from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs<\/a> to plant Hawaiian varieties of kalo in a dry land māla.<\/p>\n

“Ka Māla o Niuhelewai, has been an instrumental hands-on venue for students, faculty, staff and the community in supporting the Hawaiian understanding of sustainable mālama ʻāina<\/span> application for producing food for Hawaiʻi<\/span>,” shares Mark Alapaki Luke<\/strong>, a Hawaiian studies<\/a> instructor.<\/p>\n

Read the Honolulu CC<\/abbr> news release<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Honolulu Community College celebrates 2014 Ho\u02bbolaule\u02bba<\/span> — a day of fun, food and learning. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[62],"class_list":["post-23955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-honolulu-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t