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Julie Rogers
Jun 21, 20232 min read
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...
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Julie Rogers
May 19, 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...
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Jeff Fuchs
Dec 15, 20223 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....
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Jeff Fuchs
Nov 30, 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...
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Jeff Fuchs
Oct 24, 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...
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Jeff Fuchs
Oct 14, 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...
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Jeff Fuchs
Sep 18, 20222 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,...
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Liana Macdonald-Kainoa
Aug 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...
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Julie Rogers
Mar 27, 20224 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...
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Jeff Fuchs
Dec 19, 20213 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...
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