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Maui Huliau Foundation and local conservation organizations launch distance learning resources for teachers and students

Maui Huliau Foundation and local conservation organizations launch distance learning resources for teachers and students

Maui Huliau Foundation, a nonprofit organization offering environmental education programs to Maui youth ages 12-18, is partnering with at least 15 local conservation organizations to launch new distance learning resources for the upcoming school year. The project, called the “Maui Aloha ʻĀina Virtual Classroom” will release distance learning resources aimed at grades 8-12 every two weeks…

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Mishka at Paia Bay Coffee Bar

Mishka at Paia Bay Coffee Bar

Mishka will perform at Paia Bay Coffee Bar on Friday, January 10th. Head to the North Shore to savor an intimate concert with a spectrum of audio pleasures. Hear songs of love, bass-heavy reggae grooves, mellow acoustic ballads, and songs of social justice, consciousness, and more. Ticket proceeds support Maui Huliau Foundation. $10. 5pm. Paia Bay Coffee and Bar, (115 Hana Hwy., Paʻia);…

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Student Artists Win Filmmaking Award, Applications Open for Spring Program

Student Artists Win Filmmaking Award, Applications Open for Spring Program

A team of four high school students from Maui Huliau Foundation’s youth film-making program are making big waves with their film. In addition to being invited to screen at major film festivals, the team has won the Silver Award for their film submission to the 2018 Ocean Awareness Contest, sponsored by Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs. These students come from four different schools: Natalia…

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The Last Cup Of Noodles? How to cope with Maui's changing styrofoam law

The Last Cup Of Noodles? How to cope with Maui’s changing styrofoam law

It’s finally here: “Foam Free Maui,” as the county has billed it. After years of beefing because it was argued that only styrofoam could hold – well – beef, the measure regulating the use of polystyrene has been implemented. As of New Year’s Eve, polystyrene food service containers are banned for “use, sale or provision” in Maui County after a 19-month phase-in period.

Like any change, it has…

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How Maui Huliau Foundation and others are trying to keep Maui from drowning in garbage

We’ve all noticed it. We see it at our favorite beaches and surf spots, waterfalls and hiking trails. It’s becoming as common as tourists. It’s scary and ugly. It makes most of us angry and some of us hopeless.

Trash.

Specifically, plastic. Whether washed up on our shores or in our workplaces and homes, it’s a difficult problem with not always simple solutions. Living on an island makes us all…

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2017 MauiTime Charity Gift Guide

Do we really need to outline how lousy everything is right now? If you’re privileged enough that you think that life is just peachy right now, then you’re more than capable of giving back. And you’re in luck, because this is our annual Charity Gift Guide!

During the holiday season, please take some time and look at all the ways you can help Maui’s neediest charities and nonprofit organizations.…

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Annual Huliau Food and Film Festival at Sugar Beach Events

Annual Huliau Food and Film Festival at Sugar Beach Events

The fifth annual Huliau Food and Film Festival will take place at Sugar Beach Events on Saturday, Aug. 12. The event is a farm-to-table benefit celebration from the Maui Huliau Foundation that’s focused on food and film. There will be 12 chef stations, a cash bar full of delicious cocktails, beer and wine, a silent auction, live music and a food-themed student film contest.21+. $110. 5:30pm.…

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Maui Marches for Science this Earth Day

Maui Marches for Science this Earth Day

Earth Day is Saturday, April 22, and communities around the globe will be gathering to participate in a March for Science.

On Maui, the University of Hawaii’s Student Ohana for Sustainability (SOS) club will be hosting the march, beginning at the UH Maui College campus at 9am, and following a route up and down Queen Ka`ahumanu Avenue.

“It is really exciting to have the opportunity to be apart of…

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Grant Money for Student-Led Eco-Solutions

Grant Money for Student-Led Eco-Solutions

The Hawai’i Youth Sustainability Challenge is providing Maui students an opportunity to realize innovative eco-friendly ideas through their annual project-grant program. The fourth annual program, which supports student-led environmental initiatives for keiki in grades 6-12, is being presented by conservation and education nonprofit Kupu in partnership with Kokua Hawai’i Foundation.

“We are so…

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Maui Huliau Foundation holds its Annual Food and Film Festival at Sugar Beach

Maui Huliau Foundation holds its Annual Food and Film Festival at Sugar Beach

Next Saturday, Aug. 12, a dozen chefs, local beverage purveyors and entertainers will converge at the Sugar Beach oceanfront hot spot for a Maui Huliau Foundation fundraiser food and film festival. The event will have chef stations, a bar and silent auction, but it will also showcase student short films that tell the backstory behind the locally sourced dishes at the event. Guests will vote for…

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Maui students boost environmental awareness with #Sporkitup Instagram Challenge

Maui students boost environmental awareness with #Sporkitup Instagram Challenge

A group of Maui students have come together to bring awareness to the wasteful and environmentally damaging use of plastic food utensils. Students enrolled in Maui Huliau Foundation‘s environmental filmmaking program recently created and launched the #Sporkitup Instagram Challenge, which is designed to encourage young people to reduce their use of single-use plastic by using reusable bamboo…