For the most part yes, We did our 3 service days . Although Iʻm not satisfied with the ratio of PPOH vs Home service. I wish we couldʻve gone to PPOH more, but Iʻ happy with the work that was done. I think that being able to take charge when no one was willing to. I will be honest I think Iʻm the only one that tried to make the time to do these clean-up. I believe Iʻve grown as a leader, and with the remainder of the project I still have a lot to learn, but to me itʻs always my progress not my perfection. I think pollution will always be a factor of the pollution situation we have in the global community. As far as HawaiiʻI we already have so many cases of pollution that we need to contuinue to do service projects like the ones weʻve done to help our communities.To me I think I have a lot of influence through my words to the people around me. Ha.! I canʻt tell you how many times we planned and I told my group Iʻm doing it with or without you. Seeing as I was the first to ask the group if they wanted to go when I was gonna go with or without them the first time we went to PPOH.
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We have actually made progress! *Iʻm sorry I skipped a good 4-5 blogs but Iʻll go back and film them... So I was tired of saying we were going to so I did. Everyone but Daphnee went to PPOH. We cleared weeds in a mala. We plan to go back ans work in the fishpond. Yes I hope to do another service date than PPOH and do an off clean up project. Maybe in my own commiunity to help out. Which leads to The next question how this effects my lāhui this can effect my lāhui by incorperating he choices we make and how we hold ourseleves if were being called leaders. This will impact other to make the right choice and help the honua flourish and thrive instead of dies by pollution and invasive things. I think I could show more leadership traits in our group, but itʻs a kākou think. I feel as if showing responsibility to show up and let your group be aware of when were doing things, and how we plan to do it. I plan to progress and learn as a future leader, and grow woth my group. As for community issues I notice that our reefs and ʻaina arenʻt as beutiful as they once were. My home is Waiʻanae so you can imagine the extent of issues we may have. I believe thatʻs because we donʻt take responsibility to pick up the trash or be aware of what is damaging our coral reefs. In depth that can be like the type of sunscreen we use, or even being aware of where we put our trash. All of that makes a difference, and we should really try to keep the earth abundant and healthy for generations to come. Malama mai, malama aku. I think I should try to be in the middle of the “action” and make an effort to fully understand what is happening. I should reflect on my group, what Iʻve done, and what difference we are to make. Being that observer can make a world of difference Since we werenʻt able to go to Paepae ʻo Heʻeia during the break we are currently figuring out some dates we could go to the fishpond, and follow through with our project. I feel as if it wasnʻt a very productive break as far as the Kahiau Project went because we didnʻt communicate. Still, we are starting to be productive and make sure we are successful in helping the reefs of our islands. My group and I are trying to be efficient in planning, and soon we will act. I believe this is a small step for such a huge problem, that is aquatic life problems (e.g. reefs, animals, pollution.) In beginning my project my goal is to help clean our reefs in Hawaiʻi. We start by clearing invasive plants growing in the islands. A big factor to invasive plants is the mangrove plant. We see this plant all around the island. My group and I have chose to work at Papa Heʻeia to clean up the mangrove at this historic fishpond. By cleaning this we restore the beauty of our beaches and fishponds. We as kanaka maoli should leave a great legacy of trying to restore the beauty our kupuna left. I believe by doing this clean up we achieve that goal. This is relative to our country because Portugal has polluted reefs, and by doing this we make a difference.. one "island" at a time.
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AuthorAloha kākou, My name is Kaleʻa Nelson. Iʻm from the ahupuaʻa of Waiʻanae on the island of Oʻahu. I enjoy helping the environment and performing arts. I hope to better my home through mālama ʻāina. Archives
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