MGF Programs
Mālama Kamananui 'Āina-STEM Education Program (School Year)
The Mālama Kamananui 'Āina-Based Education Program is an experiential ʻāina based education program administered by the Moanalua Gardens Foundation in partnership with the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW). Serving students and teachers from grades 7-12 the goal of this program is to educate and inspire the next generation of environmental stewards.
Utilizing In-School lessons and 3,700-acre Kamananui Valley as a living classroom, students will be immersed in lessons related to STEM, culture, history, and natural resource management in this 'āina-based learning environment. Students will be instructed using an experiential learning model that emphasizes critical thinking, problem solving, and working with others through various group activities.
Students & teachers will immerse themselves in Hawaiian culture centered in Kamananui Valley, the piko of Moanalua Gardens Foudnation. Students & teachers will learn about native and endemic plants and ecosystems, natural resource management, and the moʻlelo of Kamananui from traditional and contemporary perspectives. Activities with students will occurr in classrooms on their home campus or program site, and in Kamananui valley.
MOANALUA - MAULIOLA MAUKA TO MAKAI SUMMER INTERNSHIP
The internship is a community-based learning and stewardship program led by MGF Hawaiʻi / Moanalua Gardens Foundation in partnership with Mauliola Ke’ehi, cultural practitioners, educators, environmental professionals, and community organizations.
The program is designed to ʻōpio build a deeper connection to ʻāina through the study of moʻolelo, ʻike kūpuna, environmental science, watershed health, cultural practice, and hands-on ʻāina stewardship. Interns will participate in both classroom-based and field-based learning experiences that connect cultural knowledge with practical skills needed to care for wahi pana and natural resources.
Through this internship, participants will learn about the importance of protecting mauka-to-makai resources, restoring healthy ecosystems, understanding the relationship between people and place, and supporting community efforts that care for ʻāina. Interns will work together to gain experience in stewardship activities, site observations, cultural learning, environmental monitoring, and service-based projects.
The goal of this internship is to nurture future ʻāina leaders who understand the history, and kuleana we share for ʻāina, while building the confidence and skills needed to serve their communities now and into the future.
MĀLAMA KAMANANUI 'ĀINA-STEM EDUCATION PROGRAM (summer)
The Summer version of our Mālama Kamananui 'Āina-Based Education Program is highly flexible and can be easily customized to include certain topic areas or even the huakaʻi (field trip) to the valley. This program is an experiential ʻāina based education program administered by the Moanalua Gardens Foundation in partnership with the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW). Serving students and teachers from grades 7-12 the goal of this program is to educate and inspire the next generation of environmental stewards.
Utilizing In-School lessons and 3,700-acre Kamananui Valley as a living classroom, students will be immersed in lessons related to STEM, culture, history, and natural resource management in this 'āina-based learning environment. Students will be instructed using an experiential learning model that emphasizes critical thinking, problem solving, and working with others through various group activities.
Students & teachers will immerse themselves in Hawaiian culture centered in Kamananui Valley, the piko of Moanalua Gardens Foudnation. Students & teachers will learn about native and endemic plants and ecosystems, natural resource management, and the moʻlelo of Kamananui from traditional and contemporary perspectives. Activities with students will occurr in classrooms on their home campus or program site, and in Kamananui valley.
Ka Lei Aliʻi
For nearly 50 years, the Prince Lot Hula Festival has shared Hawaiian culture, hula, mele and ʻoli. The Ka Lei Aliʻi program takes it a step further, stringing together a lei of workshops and experiences that bring kamaʻāina and malihini together to learn about our Aliʻi, the culture they built, and the ʻāina they entrusted to our care. It reminds us all of the kuleana we share and must continue to work together to uphold so that Hawaiian stories, our culture and our people continue to thrive here at home! This program contributes to the Kanaka economy by hiring Kanaka Kumu Hula, musicians, and lecturers. We contribute to the tourism economy by booking venues in the tourism industry, marketing those venues along with the program, and purchasing food and/or snacks through those venues.
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