A Hawaii resort is celebrating its grand opening with a pledge to plant 100,000 native trees on Oahu and the Big Island. The Alohilani Resort Waikiki Beach made the pledge in partnership with the nonprofit Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative, the Star-Advertiser reported Tuesday.
Read MoreThe ʻAlohilani Resort Waikiki Beach celebrates its grand opening this evening with a pledge to plant 100,000 native trees on Oahu and the Big Island in partnership with the non-profit Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative.
The Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative revives forests by allowing guests to either sponsor or personally plant native trees, which includes koa, milo and sandalwood, through guided tours at ‘Alohilani’s forests on the north shores of Oahu and the Big Island. The koa and sandalwood are planted on the Big Island, and the milo at Gunstock Ranch on Oahu’s North Shore.
Read MoreKim Gennaula Hagi takes her husband, Guy Hagi, and their kids for a re-visit of the King Kamehameha's koa forest, Hawaii Legacy Forest, Umikoa, off the Hamakua Coast of the Big Island, Hawaii. Also featuring: Uncle Earl Regidor, Jeff Dunster, Daryl Fox, Willie K, Kumu Shelsea Ai Apana, Rick San Nicolas, Brook Parker, Kimo Kahoano, Leilani Kahoana, Keiki Hula Halau and more.
Read MoreThe women who run the North Shore ranch are the third generation to carry on its rich 45-year history of sustainable operations. Today, Gunstock Ranch is an award-winning destination for thousands of visitors each year.
Read MoreThe Hawaiian islands have a growing community of Certified B Corps that are using business to bring about positive societal and environmental impacts. Below are the stories of three B Corps committed to positive economic development that puts nature and people first.
Read MoreThe Kahala Hotel & Resort guests are now planting trees in their sleep.
Through a unique partnership with the nonprofit Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative (HLRI), The Kahala is helping to establish Oahu's first-ever Legacy Forest with the planting of 200,000 native Milo trees.
Read MoreAs he moves slowly along a narrow ribbon of road not often traveled by tourists, Douglas Nakata shared an exhilarating caution with his passengers.
“Be ready for the downward motion,” he warned. “It’s the steepest road in the state of Hawaii.”
With that, he downshifts his 4x4 for the 900-foot drop from the top of the ridge down into the lush, untamed landscape of Waipio Valley.
“The road is pretty impressive,” he understated.
Read MorePartnering with Legacy Land Steward Monty Richards, HLRI furthers its forestry goals.
About an hour north of Kailua-Kona, on the western slope of Hawai'i Island's oldest volcano, Mount Kohala, cattle, sheep and horses graze along verdant rolling hills. Above them rise ancient cinder cones. In these rough, steep patches of largely untouched terrain, the island's newest native forest is taking shape.
Read MoreThe first O‘ahu Legacy Forest was announced by the nonprofit Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative (HLRI), located at Gunstock Ranch in Lā‘ie-Mālaekahana. The initial project will span more than 500 acres of land slated for permanent reforestation. The forest will support over 600,000 newly planted Legacy Trees and be home to numerous rare and endangered species.
Read MoreAn Oahu ranch operated on land owned by an affiliate of the Mormon Church has partnered with its landlord and a nonprofit to re-establish a native forest on most of the 750-acre property in Laie and Malaekahana.
Read MoreHawaii is an ecologically unique place in the USA and its forests are home to 10,000 unique species. Yet deforestation also means it’s home to 25% of the country’s endangered species, leading the WWF to dub it ‘the endangered species capital of the world.’ Now one project is aiming to restore the landscape and ecological balance.
Read MoreThe long-term goal of the Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative is to plant 1.3 million trees
“Forests aren’t like other commodities. You cannot accelerate the time it takes to grow a tree,” says Jeffrey Dunster, executive director of the Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative. “The Chinese understood this. A Chinese proverb says: ‘The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.’”
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