Earth Day Celebration: Adopt-A-Highway & Adopt the Blue Kawaihae Surf Park Clean-Ups

Earth Day Celebration: Adopt-A-Highway & Adopt the Blue Kawaihae Surf Park Clean-Ups

This is our second Adopt-A-Highway and Adopt the Blue cleanup! Please join us (Ocean Defenders Alliance) with our partners Kohala Divers in our joint conservation efforts as we continue to grow and expand our love for the ocean and land by cleaning the highway followed by cleaning up one of our adopted dive sites and…

Genki Ball Making/Toss (archived)

Genki Ball Making/Toss (archived)

A collaborative effort of community organizations, schools, and local businesses seeks to bring bioremediation to Waihonu, the traditional fish pond at the heart of Lili`uokalani Gardens in Hilo. Genki Hou – making healthy again – is the theme of this effort utilizing indigenous micro organisms to eat sludge that has accumulated in Waihonu in places…

Quarterly HER Volunteer Work Party

Quarterly HER Volunteer Work Party

HER holds Quarterly Rainforest Restoration Volunteer Events in honor of Solstices and Equinoxes! During these events, native planting occurs when there has been rain and soil is moist; otherwise volunteers support the native species by hand-pulling invasive ones, and contributing to established compost piles. – From 10:00am to 2:00pm – Site parking is located at…

Weekly HER Crew Day

Weekly HER Crew Day

Come join the HER crew on any Monday! If it looks like heavy rains, we sometimes postpone our efforts until Wednesday so be sure to offer us your phone number if registering.  Time of arrival is 9:25am (workers cannot wait for late-comers whosometimes do not show up). Crew works until 4:00pm Site parking is located at…

Hawaiʻi Environmental Restoration

Hawaiʻi Environmental Restoration

Hawaiʻi Environmental Restoration (HER), our 501(c)(3) was established in January of 2019 following 5 years of service under the umbrella of Mālama O Puna nonprofit based in Pahoa. Our mission is to preserve Hawaiʻi’s unique cultural and biological resources through environmental restoration and through education. The spiritual mission of our organization is to inspire people…