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Healthy Climate Communities (HCC) is working with 10 schools to teach students about climate change through 50+ workshops, and has restored a section of Hamakua Marsh with hundreds of native trees and plants. Many volunteers have helped, and everyone is welcome to lend their talents!

05/31/2026

Mahalo to everyone who volunteered with us this past week on Memorial Day! We were very lucky to see two flocks of Ae’o chicks! One of the mama birds was bent down low close to her chicks to offer shelter, warmth, and protection.
We restored our native forest near the wetland at Hāmākua and admired the mama with her chicks before sunset. Always special to see the endangered Ae’o taking care of their young 🪶

05/30/2026

So fun to share our work in Go Kailua! Hope people who are looking for a local volunteer opportunity take a look.

05/26/2026

Ka’elepulu 3rd graders had such a fun day exploring the hillside and observing native birds 💙 We got a lucky surprise and were able to see native bird eggs thanks to the wildlife technicians from DLNR. Such a special experience for our students!!

05/16/2026

It’s always a great time when our neighbors down Hāmākua Drive visit us! Mahalo for joining us this May to mālama Hāmākua 🌿

We learned about native plants and birds and worked along the slope where Volcanic Rock Gym’s youth group and families helped clear and plant about a year ago. Amazing seeing how much we and the plants have grown.

Until next time 💚

05/13/2026

That’s a wrap for our 2025-2026 planting season! We want to wish a warm mahalo to our awesome volunteers who showed up to mālama Hāmākua and plant native species on the hillside and along the wetland 🌱🧤

Many of the native trees and shrubs planted this year were propagated from seed at Hāmākua and grown at our nursery by our own staff, students, and volunteers!

Until next planting season, we’ll be restoring Hāmākua by removing invasive plants and protecting our native forest. Join us:
Every Monday 4-6pm
Every First Saturday 9-11am
Sign up via the link in our bio! 🌿🌳

05/07/2026

A hui hou to our awesome Forester, Diane, as she begins her new chapter to help restore and monitor Kure Atoll in the Pacific Ocean 🌊 Mahalo, Diane, for all your hard work with us at Hāmākua Marsh! We’re so grateful your care and dedication at Hāmākua to restore our native community forest 🌳

05/04/2026

Cub Scout Pack 167 from Ewa Beach and parents crossed the island to plant native and endangered Hawaiian plants today: ‘Ohai, ma’o hau hele, ewa hinahina, ahu’awa and ulei. They were a focused, hardworking group, but still had energy to run on our bird walk after. We definitely hope they come back!

05/03/2026

We wrapped up Earth Month at Hāmākua Marsh with the best crew we could ask for to celebrate Rotarians at Work Day! 🌎 Mahalo nui & for joining us, as well as students from Niu Valley Middle School, Kaiser High School, UH, and HPU!

We cleared a huge area of invasive plants by the wetland and planted native trees and sedges 🌿 Many hands make light work.

Mahalo for the beautiful photos and also District Governor Nancy Cabral for flying over to O’ahu to join us 🧤

04/30/2026

Mahalo to our new friends at for traveling all the way from Kapolei to Kailua to celebrate Earth Day with us at Hāmākua Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary! 🌳🧤🌎

We enjoyed a beautiful, sunny morning with IPA’s 8th graders as we planted a variety of native trees and some students also got to plant for the first time. We focused on our newly restored section of Pu’u o ‘Ehu, the hillside and watershed of Hāmākua Marsh.

Every tree planted is a step toward protecting our forests and wetlands for years to come, and we’re excited to welcome these students as new stewards of Hāmākua!

04/29/2026

Mahalo students and all volunteers who kicked off April with us at our First Saturday! The sun finally came back out and it started to feel like spring 🌼
We climbed high up the hillside above Hāmākua Marsh to w**d around our native trees and plants 🌿 and enjoyed clear views of the ocean and wetland down below. We also collected ‘a’ali’i seeds ready to be propagated and eventually plant in our native forest on the hillside, also known as Pu’u o ‘Ehu ⛰️
Join us on Monday, April 20 from 4-6pm for some Earth Week fun at Hāmākua! Signup link in our bio.

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Hamakua Drive
Kailua, HI
96734

Website

http://healthyclimatecommunities.org/

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