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Service Projects at ʻAkahiao
Our ’Service Projects’ have always been something we’ve had to explain - and in some cases convince - people of both in concept and in...
Julie Rogers
Jun 21, 20232 min read


Meiji University - Finding our way back to nature
Little news bits are often the best and our latest deals with our Director and co-founder, Julie, being an invited guest speaker at Meiji...
Julie Rogers
May 19, 20232 min read


Inspiration in the Field: Iida, Nagano - The Organization: Kankan Shizenmura
Founders: Kimi and Michiko Sakai It is persimmon season and the dried orange balls hang on strings in the morning air outside of homes....
Jeff Fuchs
Dec 15, 20223 min read


Inspiration in the Field: Miyagi Prefecture, Matsushima Bay - The Bay of Memories and Healers
Few places on this recent journey conjured up so much raw feeling as Miyagi Prefecture did, and Matsushima Bay in particular. It was an...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 30, 20223 min read


Inspiration in the field: Life Farming Camp in Nozawa-Onsen
Inspiration in the field that we at Akahiao love and try to immerse in is vital. Other methods, ideas, and spaces always serve to broaden...
Jeff Fuchs
Oct 24, 20223 min read


Ho’i Ho’i Camp – To Restore is Simply To Restore
We’ve focused on the concept of restoration – in whatever form it takes – over the course of the last years because it has become obvious...
Jeff Fuchs
Oct 14, 20223 min read


Aloha Nā Keiki: Active Aloha
There is always a word or ‘feel’ to a camp or program that we run that sums it up. It is usually a term that comes up right as we end,...
Jeff Fuchs
Sep 18, 20222 min read


Return to your true self: Nature Rx
It comes as no surprise that many of us are working remotely from home or participating in distance learning. This comes with many...

Liana Macdonald-Kainoa
Aug 18, 20222 min read


Aloha ʻĀina: Of the Hands, the Trees, and Connecting
So much is about the ‘right mix’ - in food, in preparation, and inevitably too in our own programs. Getting a balance that works is as...
Julie Rogers
Mar 27, 20224 min read


The Aftermath
"Ka ʻai nānā i luna." Even without teeth the wind consumes the food crops. Said of a destructive windstorm. Mary Kawena Pukui, ʻŌlelo...
Jeff Fuchs
Dec 19, 20213 min read
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