Join us for the KCC Mālama Māunuunu this Spring 2024!
Māla Māunuunu – located behind the Mānele building, provides a variety of learning opportunities for Kapiʻolani Community College (Kapi‘olani CC) students, faculty/staff, and the community. The purpose of the Māla is to serve as an outside classroom for hands-on ʻāina-based learning, sustenance of lāʻau lapaʻau, and ancestral practices through Native Hawaiian plant cultivation for the Kapi‘olani CC community. In addition, the Māla is host to group tours, interdisciplinary learning, and cultural events. Student opportunities include; conducting undergraduate research, satisfying scholarship requirements, service learning, community service, volunteer opportunities, and simply working the ʻāina.
Please contact Kohlbys Soong for more information.
Please contact Kohlbys Soong for more information.
Aloha nunui loa e nā hoa a Māla Māunuunu + Hauʻoli 2024:)
Here are the Workdays + Workshop Events (see flyers attached below) we will be hosting at Māla Māunuunu for this Spring 2024 Semester. Please share these flyers + information with your students, colleagues, and friends if you like.
Mālama Māunuunu Workday Events are designed to mālama/ to take care and cultivate this ʻāina/landscape to better enhance the productivity and livelihood of our plant friends.
Please come to these events with a positive attitude to give life into the land, be well hydrated, and have covered shoes + water bottle. Optional sunscreen, hat, and sunglasses. These events are happening on Fridays from 9:00AM - 1:00PM, on February 9th, March 15th, April 12th, and April 26th. If you're interested in joining these events please sign up or share this link. Or search " tinyurl.com/maunuunu "
Mahalo for your hands and willingness to give life into your campus.
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Māla Māunuunu Workshops will expand on the various disciplines of Hawaiian epistemologies and practices. We will take a dive into dissecting, creating, birthing, and tasting many plants that come from this ʻāina, to become more familiar with our Hawaiian flora/family.
SIGN UP HERE:) for the Workshops. Or search " tinyurl.com/maunuunu " . We will be utilizing the same Google form for the Workdays and Workshops.
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Workshops include:
SAVE THE DATE/Other Events in relation to Māla Māunuunu (you will receive a more official email later in regards to these events).
Lastly if you folks are interested in collaborating a workshop or event or to incorporate the māla into your curriculum for this semester, email me or come swing by for a chat we can find a way to squeeze you folks into our schedule.
Mahalo nui e nā hoa for sticking with us this long, nui ke aloha iā ʻoukou, e mālama pono:)
Kohlby-Vincent Soong
Māla Māunuunu Facilitator & Internship Support Specialist
Kapiʻolani Community College
4303 Diamond Head Road, Hon, HI, 96816
(808) 734-9360
(work phone) | [email protected]
Uē ka Lani, Ola ka Honua, "When the heavens cry, the earth lives"
Here are the Workdays + Workshop Events (see flyers attached below) we will be hosting at Māla Māunuunu for this Spring 2024 Semester. Please share these flyers + information with your students, colleagues, and friends if you like.
Mālama Māunuunu Workday Events are designed to mālama/ to take care and cultivate this ʻāina/landscape to better enhance the productivity and livelihood of our plant friends.
Please come to these events with a positive attitude to give life into the land, be well hydrated, and have covered shoes + water bottle. Optional sunscreen, hat, and sunglasses. These events are happening on Fridays from 9:00AM - 1:00PM, on February 9th, March 15th, April 12th, and April 26th. If you're interested in joining these events please sign up or share this link. Or search " tinyurl.com/maunuunu "
Mahalo for your hands and willingness to give life into your campus.
Mālama Māunuunu Workdays.png
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Māla Māunuunu Workshops will expand on the various disciplines of Hawaiian epistemologies and practices. We will take a dive into dissecting, creating, birthing, and tasting many plants that come from this ʻāina, to become more familiar with our Hawaiian flora/family.
SIGN UP HERE:) for the Workshops. Or search " tinyurl.com/maunuunu " . We will be utilizing the same Google form for the Workdays and Workshops.
Māla Māunuunu Workshop Events (1).png
Workshops include:
- Plant Propagation Workshop (Feb 21st, 11:00AM - 1:00PM), focused on growing Native Hawaiian Plants from seedlings, take part in increasing the abundance of the Native Hawaiian flora population here on campus. Learn about various indigenous and endemic flora and learn their respective plant propagation techniques.
- Kaulana Mahina Workshop (Feb 28th, 11:00AM - 1:00PM), a lesson on the Hawaiian ecological + astrological knowledge of space + time in relevance to the lunar cycle, and how we can utilize this knowledge to increase the resiliency of farming and personal practices.
- Lāʻau Lapaʻau Workshop ( March 6th, 11:00AM - 1:00PM), is focused on learning the knowledge and practice of plant healing behind cultivating and preparing plant medicine of several different Hawaiian plants grown at Māla Māunuunu.
- Lā Honua: Kuʻi ʻAi Workshop (April 22nd/Earth Day, 11:00AM-1:00PM), to celebrate Earth Day we will be doing poi pounding at Māla Māunuunu with the available harvest, learn how to transform your starches into Paʻi ʻAi or Poi in dA Hawaiian Style!
- Lā Mei: Lei Workshop ( May 1st/ Lei Day, 11:00AM -1:00PM), May 1st is Lei Day in Hawaiʻi Nei,! Come join us to celebrate the good looks of our ʻāina + create some great looking lei from the plants of our Māla. Lei styles being taught are Hilo, Wili, and Kui.
SAVE THE DATE/Other Events in relation to Māla Māunuunu (you will receive a more official email later in regards to these events).
- Mālama Kapiʻolani Workday, Saturday March 2nd, 8:00AM - 12:00PM, a campus wide event focused on caring for the various gardens across campus. (We should be sending out the flyers out shortly).
- Wellness Wednesdays x Mālama Māunuunu, April 24th, 1:00PM - 3:00PM (see flyer below). A collaboration with Brooke Conway and the Kaʻau Program for Student Mental Health and Wellness, this session is designed on how building and cultivating a profound relationship with ʻāina can impact our mental wellness.
Lastly if you folks are interested in collaborating a workshop or event or to incorporate the māla into your curriculum for this semester, email me or come swing by for a chat we can find a way to squeeze you folks into our schedule.
Mahalo nui e nā hoa for sticking with us this long, nui ke aloha iā ʻoukou, e mālama pono:)
Kohlby-Vincent Soong
Māla Māunuunu Facilitator & Internship Support Specialist
Kapiʻolani Community College
4303 Diamond Head Road, Hon, HI, 96816
(808) 734-9360
(work phone) | [email protected]
Uē ka Lani, Ola ka Honua, "When the heavens cry, the earth lives"
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Check out the KCC Campus Gardens
Have you seen all 5 campus gardens?
Many hands and hearts have come together to create an organized and well-considered “Campus Garden” web resource. Botany instructor Michael Ross worked with colleagues, faculty, and students from Punahou School to give us a beautiful overview of the five campus gardens. These include the following, with names of individuals who have championed the creation and maintenance of each site:
Cactus and Succulent Garden (Moriso Teraoka and Sam Camp)
Native Hawaiian Garden (Michael Ross)
Rain Garden (Wendy Kuntz)
Culinary Garden (Chef David Brown)
Māla Māunuunu (Keisha Nakamura)Mahalo a nui loa for the long hours and dedication to making each garden a vibrant and truly unique addition to our Kapiʻolani living campus.
Have you seen all 5 campus gardens?
Many hands and hearts have come together to create an organized and well-considered “Campus Garden” web resource. Botany instructor Michael Ross worked with colleagues, faculty, and students from Punahou School to give us a beautiful overview of the five campus gardens. These include the following, with names of individuals who have championed the creation and maintenance of each site:
Cactus and Succulent Garden (Moriso Teraoka and Sam Camp)
Native Hawaiian Garden (Michael Ross)
Rain Garden (Wendy Kuntz)
Culinary Garden (Chef David Brown)
Māla Māunuunu (Keisha Nakamura)Mahalo a nui loa for the long hours and dedication to making each garden a vibrant and truly unique addition to our Kapiʻolani living campus.