Mālama I Nā Ahupuaʻa [MINA]
The Mālama I Nā Ahupuaʻa Service Learning
College of Social Sciences - Service Learning Program:
https://socialsciences.manoa.hawaii.edu/study-at-css/experiential-learning/service-learning/mina/
College of Social Sciences - Mālama I Nā Ahupuaʻa Program
Check out the MINA factsheet to learn more and see the MINA Calendar for upcoming events!
Living on an island state makes clear the need for responsible human interaction with the environment. At the rate in which the world is being negatively impacted, an urgency exists to create options and practices for the sustainable use of precious resources. Involvement is encouraged – for example, the Mālama I Nā Ahupuaʻa (MINA) program facilitates students working alongside venerated elders, and cultural and community leaders, to learn traditional land maintenance, preservation and restoration methods.
Organized by community partners, faculty and student leaders, MINA runs four semesters a year and welcomes ʻohana and students from all disciplines enrolled at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Kapiʻolani Community College and other institutions of higher education. Individuals and groups of all ages are welcome to participate in its short-term programs or one-time activities.
Program Structure: To understand the economic and social system of ahupuaʻa resource management, first time participants attend upland, midland, and lowland CORE activities which can include invasive species management, reforesting native species, working in loʻi, maintaining heiau, and restoring loko iʻa (fishponds). Regardless of level of experience and abilities, there are opportunities for every body to learn from while serving these ancient places.
Service Opportunity: Work with elders and stewards of the land to care for Native Hawaiian cultural sites, protect native ecosystems and to learn about sustainability and food security from an indigenous perspective. This program is a large, joint UH Mānoa-KCC program, established in 1997.
Service Location: Various sites and ahupuaʻa throughout Oʻahu
Requirements (see MINA factsheet):
If you are participating in MINA as part of class work, obtain your instructor’s approval and comply with specific course requirements.
Attend a (required) orientation to learn historical context of the work we do, about the ahupuaʻa, logistics of the program, and fill out required paperwork.
If you are unable to attend an orientation, contact us at csssl@hawaii.edu so we can accommodate you.
Days/Times: Weekends between 8am-1pm
Site Contacts: Zea F. P. Nauta, Coordinator & Dr. Ulla Hasager, Director
Phone: ACCESS Lounge (808) 956-0000
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Ulla Hasager
Director of Civic Engagement for the UHM College of Social Sciences
ACCESS-Engagement (Advising, Civic, and Community Engagement in the Social Sciences)
PhD in Anthropology; Ethnic Studies faculty. Co-director of the national Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities Center for Innovation West
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Dean Hall 6-7, 2450 Campus Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822
College of Social Sciences - Service Learning Program:
https://socialsciences.manoa.hawaii.edu/study-at-css/experiential-learning/service-learning/mina/
College of Social Sciences - Mālama I Nā Ahupuaʻa Program
Check out the MINA factsheet to learn more and see the MINA Calendar for upcoming events!
Living on an island state makes clear the need for responsible human interaction with the environment. At the rate in which the world is being negatively impacted, an urgency exists to create options and practices for the sustainable use of precious resources. Involvement is encouraged – for example, the Mālama I Nā Ahupuaʻa (MINA) program facilitates students working alongside venerated elders, and cultural and community leaders, to learn traditional land maintenance, preservation and restoration methods.
Organized by community partners, faculty and student leaders, MINA runs four semesters a year and welcomes ʻohana and students from all disciplines enrolled at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Kapiʻolani Community College and other institutions of higher education. Individuals and groups of all ages are welcome to participate in its short-term programs or one-time activities.
Program Structure: To understand the economic and social system of ahupuaʻa resource management, first time participants attend upland, midland, and lowland CORE activities which can include invasive species management, reforesting native species, working in loʻi, maintaining heiau, and restoring loko iʻa (fishponds). Regardless of level of experience and abilities, there are opportunities for every body to learn from while serving these ancient places.
Service Opportunity: Work with elders and stewards of the land to care for Native Hawaiian cultural sites, protect native ecosystems and to learn about sustainability and food security from an indigenous perspective. This program is a large, joint UH Mānoa-KCC program, established in 1997.
Service Location: Various sites and ahupuaʻa throughout Oʻahu
Requirements (see MINA factsheet):
If you are participating in MINA as part of class work, obtain your instructor’s approval and comply with specific course requirements.
Attend a (required) orientation to learn historical context of the work we do, about the ahupuaʻa, logistics of the program, and fill out required paperwork.
If you are unable to attend an orientation, contact us at csssl@hawaii.edu so we can accommodate you.
Days/Times: Weekends between 8am-1pm
Site Contacts: Zea F. P. Nauta, Coordinator & Dr. Ulla Hasager, Director
Phone: ACCESS Lounge (808) 956-0000
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Ulla Hasager
Director of Civic Engagement for the UHM College of Social Sciences
ACCESS-Engagement (Advising, Civic, and Community Engagement in the Social Sciences)
PhD in Anthropology; Ethnic Studies faculty. Co-director of the national Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities Center for Innovation West
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Dean Hall 6-7, 2450 Campus Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822
Dr. Ulla Hasager, PhD in Anthropology, University of Hawai'i of Mānoa. Director of Civic Engagement for the College of Social Sciences at UHM.
Mālama I nā Ahupua‘a (MINA) and those who care for the Ahupua‘a
MINA is a service-learning program which was formed in 1997 by Professor Marion Kelly, Professor Nelda Quensell, Dr. Carl Hefner, and Dr. Ulla Hasager. Originally, its name was “Adopt an Ahupua‘a,” similar to “Adopt a Beach.” A few years later, the name changed to Mālama I nā Ahupua‘a (MINA) to encompass the organization’s belief that the ʻāina adopts you and you care for it.
Mālama I nā Ahupua‘a (MINA) and those who care for the Ahupua‘a
MINA is a service-learning program which was formed in 1997 by Professor Marion Kelly, Professor Nelda Quensell, Dr. Carl Hefner, and Dr. Ulla Hasager. Originally, its name was “Adopt an Ahupua‘a,” similar to “Adopt a Beach.” A few years later, the name changed to Mālama I nā Ahupua‘a (MINA) to encompass the organization’s belief that the ʻāina adopts you and you care for it.
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