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Voices of impact at OUTRIGGER Kaua’i Beach Resort & Spa Discover how OUTRIGGER Kaua’i Beach Resort & Spa blends hospitality, culture, and sustainability—from local flavors to voluntourism.

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OUTRIGGER Kaua‘i Beach Resort & Spa and Ho‘omalu Ke Kai Partner Up for Ocean Cleanups on Kauai

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Happy Camper for Monday, February 24, 2025

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A much-needed facility to protect coral reefs, one of the Hawaiian Islands’ most precious natural resources, will be built on Kaua‘i

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Kauaʻi schoolchildren visit PMRF to do ʻgood for the landʻ while celebrating Earth Day

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Hoʻomalu Ke Kai upcycling washed-up plastic, building beach cleanup stations, more

The Nature Conservancy unveils expanded insurance policy for Hawai‘i coral reefs

A total of 289 whales recorded off coast of Kaua‘i

Super Bowl not your style? Soak up the sun, save an ancient Kaua‘i fishpond this Sunday

How to Contribute to Conservation Efforts in Kauai

Voice of the Sea TV Episode - Kauaʻi Sea Farm Restorative Aquaculture Projects

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Public invited to Kauaʻi East Side beach cleanup on Saturday

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Kauaʻi Sea Farm cultivating loli for export and fishpond restoration with NOAA funding

Ho‘oponopono Plastic Program collects to upcycle plastics

Visitors join hotel staff, Surfrider in cleaning Shipwreck’s Beach

Volunteers remove 2,000 pounds of derelict fishing gear from Kaua‘i coastline

Grant recipients want to restore Kaua‘i, mauka to makai

Aqualung, PADI unite with Kaua‘i divers for #DiveForEarthDay

Kaua‘i celebrates Earth Day, Volunteer Week

Statewide events celebrate Earth Day 2022

Ho'omalu Ke Kai: An upcycling plastic program taking plastic from beach clean-ups and turning it into usable products such as lumber, flower pots, surfboard fins, and other to be determined items.

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December 2024 Newsletter

Volume IV Issue II

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Volume IV Issue II

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January 2024 Newsletter

Volume IV Issue I

🌅 Our 3rd Saturday Sunrise Cleanups are now a monthly tradition at Nukoliʻi Beach!

Join us this weekend as we partner with our friends at @outriggerkauaibeachresort to care for this beautiful stretch of coastline and build momentum for our 2nd annual World Ocean Day Festival happening right here on June 8th! 🌊

🧼 We’ll have all the cleanup gear, water for your reusable bottles, and breakfast snacks to keep you going. Just bring your aloha and show up ready to ho‘omalu ke kai (actively protect the ocean).🙌🏽

💥 And stay tuned—starting this month, we’re teaming up with Outrigger for 4th Friday Sunset Pau Hana Cleanups at Nukoliʻi too. All of this means that Hoʻomalu Ke Kai now has an event every weekend for the community to get involved - we can’t wait to see you at a volunteer opportunity soon!🤙🏽

📍 Nukoliʻi Beach (behind Outrigger Kauaʻi Beach Resort)
📅 This Saturday, May 17th, 7am-9am
🔄 Repeat every 3rd Saturday

#HoomaluKeKai #ProtectTheOcean #ItTakesAVillage #Lokahi #Outrigger #KauaiBeachResort #Community #Kauai #OpportunityToCare #SustainableTourism #BeachCleanup #SelfBeachCleanupStation #Upcycling #MarineDebris #BeTheChange #Hawaii

🐟 Community Workday at Nōmilu – Saturday, May 10th 🌱

Join us this weekend for a meaningful day of mālama ʻāina at the historic Nōmilu Loko Iʻa! We’re continuing the hands-on restoration of this special fishpond — clearing invasives, opening ʻauwai, and reconnecting with place.🙏🏽

It also happens to be the day before Mother’s Day, so we’ve got something a little extra planned to make the day feel even more special. 💛

Stick around after the work is done for a potluck-style lunch featuring delicious, sustainably sourced local food and time to walaʻau and relax together.🔄

📍 Meet at Kauaʻi Coffee Visitor Center at 9:30am
🛠 Workday from 10am–2pm, with lunch and Kaua‘I Sea Farm & Kaua‘i Coral Restoration Nursery tours to follow
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 RSVP required (link in bio) — space is limited to around 20 volunteers
🛻 No 4x4? No problem — ride with the crew

RSVP link in bio — let us know you’re coming and bring your aloha (and a dish to share if you like)!🤙🏽

#Nomilu #HoomaluKeKai #KauaiSeaFarm #Onomilu #Nomilo #KauaiOceanAwareness #ProtectTheOcean #ProtectWhatYouLove #OceanConservation #Fishpond #Restoration #ItsAllConnected #CoralReefs #NativePlants #Symbiosis #AlohaAina #MalamaKeKai #Lokahi #Kokua #Hoomau #Imua #Kauai

🎉 Today we celebrate Hoʻomalu Ke Kai’s 4th birthday!🎊

🌊✨ 4 years of mālama ʻāina, mālama kai, and mālama one another! ✨🌊

Mahalo to every single person who has believed in this vision, stood beside us, gotten their hands (and feet!) muddy or entrenched in ocean plastic, and helped build the strong foundation we’re blessed to stand on today.🙏🏽

In these four years, together we’ve:

• Engaged thousands of community members and youth in hands-on learning and restoration 🙌🏽

• Cleaned up literal tons of marine debris across Kaua‘i 🧹

• Diverted ocean plastic from the landfill by transforming it into long-lasting, useful community products — including Kaua‘i’s first-ever self-serve beach cleanup station 🔄

• And are now building Kaua‘i’s first coral restoration nursery at @kauaicoralrestoration, with our first corals arriving this year!🪸

From untangling ghost nets to reef surveys, from shredding plastic to troubleshooting machines, and most importantly—learning, growing, and connecting as a community—this work has always been rooted in and guided by Kaua‘i, for Kaua‘i.✊🏽

We started out with a lofty mission to build an all-encompassing ocean conservation organization for our island and to help lead a wave of firsts. Because of you, it’s all happening.💫

And the best part? We’re just getting started.🤙🏽

Here’s to year 5 and beyond — with love, aloha, and endless gratitude.🫶🏽

Keep on keepin’ on, Kaua‘i.💪🏽

E mālama pono,
🌊 Hoʻomalu Ke Kai 🪸

#HoomaluKeKai #ProtectTheOcean #ProtectWhatYouLove #ByKauaiForKauai #OceanConservation #AlohaAina #MalamaKeKai #Lokahi #Kokua #Hoomau #Kuleana #Imua #CommunityFirst #KauaiCoralRestoration #GoodThingsTakeTime #Kauai #Hawaii

🌊 Islandwide Sweep for Earth Day 🌏🌎🌍

This past Saturday, our island came together in a first-of-its-kind initiative for Kauaʻi — an Islandwide Sweep in honor of Earth Day (which, for us, is every day 💙).

We set up grab-and-go cleanup stations at four sites: Larsen’s, Nukoliʻi, Poʻipū Beach Park, and Waimea, and the turnout was incredible 🎉

🧹 North Shore: 30+ volunteers, 500+ lbs collected
🧹 East Side: 40+ volunteers, 2,000+ lbs collected
🧹 South Side: 20+ volunteers, 400+ lbs collected
🧹 West Side: 30+ volunteers, 300+ lbs collected

Over 100 volunteers and over 3,000 lbs of marine debris removed from our Kaua‘i coastlines. 🙌🏽

This is just the beginning — we’re inspired to grow this effort next year and beyond, as we continue to build lokahi and capacity across our communities to protect our ocean ecosystems.🪸

From the fish we eat to the air we breathe, the ocean sustains us. Let’s honor and protect it, together.🙏🏽

Mahalo Nui Loa to our incredible partners who helped make this happen:
@surfriderkauai @kauaioceanawareness @outriggerkauaibeachresort @seasportdivers @kanuhawaii @kauaicoralrestoration @waimeaplantationcottages @lululemon @kuikauai @koloapizzakitchen 🫡

It takes a village. Mahalo Kauaʻi — we made history with this one ! 📖

Let’s keep this Earth Month energy going all year long! 🔄

See you next Saturday April 26th for our “Last Saturday of the Month” cleanup at Marine Camp Beach this month partnered with our friends at @helemuahawaii 💫

#HoomaluKeKai #ProtectTheOcean #ItTakesAVillage#EarthDayEveryDay #Honua #Lokahi #Laulima #BeachCleanup#IslandwideSweep #Community #Kauai #Hawaii

🌏 Join us and our friends from @helemuahawaii as we return to one of the island’s most impacted coastlines for marine debris, just north of where we cleaned up yesterday with @outriggerkauaibeachresort at Nukoli‘i Beach. 🌎

After an incredible Islandwide Sweep this Earth Day weekend—with over 100 volunteers removing more than a ton of marine debris—we’re keeping the momentum going! Because Earth Day is every day, and Marine Camps is calling for many hands.🙌🏽

Hele Mua is a Hawaiʻi-based nonprofit dedicated to moving sustainability forward by bridging visitors and local communities through cleanup events and cultural education. Not only are they helping us tackle this hotspot, they’ll also be sharing their awesome technique for efficient microplastic sorting 🧵🔍—a key part of our upcycling efforts.🙏🏽

🔄 After the cleanup, we’ll caravan to our Kaumakani upcycling facility to sort and save as much as possible from heading into the landfill.🤙🏽

💫 Connect, kōkua, and help us protect the ocean.

📆 Saturday, April 26th l 9am - 12pm cleanup | 1pm - 4pm upcycling

♻️ Bring reusable water bottle and wear reef safe sunscreen

🙏🏽 All gloves, tools, water, refreshment, and snacks provided

Mālama i ke kai, a mālama ke kai iā ‘oe 🌊🪸💪🏽

#HoomaluKeKai #HeleMuaHawaii #Lokahi #ProtectTheOcean #CleanupKauai #Microplastics #MarineDebris #EarthDayEveryDay #AlohaAina #KauaiCleanup #CommunityAction #PlasticUpcycling #Kokua #Kauai #Hawaii

🌏🌱 Starting Earth Day with Aloha ʻĀina & Community 🙌🏽🌎

This week, we felt the mana of laulima — from the @kuikauai Hoʻolauleʻa no ka Honua Earth Day celebration to our biggest workday yet at Nōmilu!

New and longtime volunteers, caretakers, ʻohana, and OG restoration leaders came together to mālama this sacred space. We:

🌿 Cleared invasive plants from the pond’s perimeter
🌊 Propagated ʻakulikuli in Kauaʻi Sea Farm’s aquaponic system
💧 Restored flow to the ʻauwai and puna wai feeding the Lua Pele o Nomilu
🪨 Strengthened the kuapā and balanced this storied place💫

We were honored to have coral restoration experts from Oʻahu join hands with the community to support @kauaicoralrestoration (KCRN) and build a healthier reef future 🌊🪸

A huge mahalo to the OG Nōmilu crew who began this restoration effort — their perseverance has sparked the ongoing movement that continues to grow 🔥

🌟 PS: Missed it? Check out our feature on @hinowdaily (@hawaiinewsnow) with @outriggerkauaibeachresort highlighting our islandwide cleanup and the launch of Hawaiʻi’s first self-service beach cleanup station, made from 100% upcycled ocean plastic at our Kaumakani facility ♻️ Link in bio to watch!📺

Let’s keep the momentum going! 🔄

Join us this Saturday, April 19th, for an Islandwide Coastal Cleanup 🌊

📍 Multiple cleanup sites around Kauaʻi
🕘 Times vary – check our website or link in bio
🫶🏽 All ages welcome – just bring a reusable water bottle and aloha

Together, we rise for the ʻāina & kai, not just Earth Day, but every day 💚🌏🌍🌎

#HoomaluKeKai #HoomaluKaHonua #ProtectWhatGivesYouLife #Laulima #Lokahi #Hoomau #EarthDayEveryDay #Kauai

Celebrate the start of Earth Month with us this Saturday!🌏🌍🌎

We’re kicking things off with two awesome community events happening at the same time:

1️⃣ Ocean Plastic Upcycling Workday

Sat, April 5 | 10AM–2PM | Kaumakani

Join us at our Ocean Plastic Upcycling Facility for our 1st Saturday Workday! Help sort, shred, and wash ocean plastic, create upcycled products, and keep marine debris out of the Kekaha landfill.🔄

🥙 Potluck-style lunch — bring a small dish to share!
✅ RSVP: [link in bio]
👟 Closed-toe shoes required. We’ve got gloves, gear & snacks ready!

2️⃣ Ho‘olaule‘a No Ka Honua – A Celebration for the Earth

Sat, April 5 | 10AM–4PM | Kaua‘i Philippine Cultural Center, Līhuʻe

Hosted by @kuikauai & @kauaiedb, this free Earth Day festival is packed with hands-on cultural activities, native plant demos, local food, live music, and over 20 community booths sharing ways to care for our ‘āina.🌊🌱 We’ll be there with @kauaicoralrestoration and @kauaiseafarm! 🙌🏽

Whether you’re getting hands-on in Kaumakani or celebrating in Līhuʻe — we hope to see you out there showing aloha for the earth!🤙🏽

#HoomaluKeKai #ProtectTheOcean #KauaiOceanAwareness #KauaiCoralRestorationNursery #EarthMonth2025 #OceanPlasticUpcycling #Hoolauleanokahonua #KauaiEvents #SustainableKauai #CommunityRestoration #PlasticFreeHawaii #KauaiEarthDay #KuiKaui #PreciousPlastic #MatohaScience #KauaiCoralRestoration #EarthDayIsEveryDay #ItTakesAVillage #ForTheNextGeneration

Our East-facing shores take the brunt of the Tradewinds, bringing waves of marine debris to Kauaʻi’s coastline—especially now, as the North Pacific marine debris gyre’s movement is funneling even more plastic and ‘ōpala our way. Māhāʻulepū is no exception. We see it every tide cycle, every gust of wind—and every piece of marine debris removed from the ocean or ‘ōpala picked up in your own neighborhood DOES make a difference.🙏🏽

Join us this Saturday, March 29th, from 9AM-12PM as we mālama this special place. If you can’t make it, don’t worry—there’s always work to be done. Whether it’s this cleanup or the next, we’ll be out here, and your help always counts.🤙🏽

📍 Meet up top at CJM Stables (above Gillin’s)
🧤 Cleanup supplies provided
💙 Bring water in a reusable water bottle, reef safe sun protection & no need the gym this day - the trek is a great workout 💪🏽

Every small effort adds up—we hope to see you out there, or cleaning up another kahakai that needs some extra aloha! 🏝️🙌🏽🙌🏼🙌🏿🙌🏻🙌🏾🔄

#HoomaluKeKai #ProtectTheOcean #Mahaulepu #Laulima #MarineDebris #OceanPlastic #GhostNets #PlasticGyres #LendAHand #ReduceSingleUse #ItTakesAVillage #BeachCleanup #Kauai #Hawaii

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