Aloha ʻĀina Source Reduction Workshop

Workshop 1: Ahupuaʻa Restoration

This workshop presents Source Reduction practices in Hawaiʻi through learning about the restoration of ahupuaʻa systems and lifestyles. Attendees will participate in a site-clean up (waele) and engage in the process of preparing and shredding cardboard for weedmat.

Workshop #2: Pallet to Grow Box

This workshop presents Source Reduction practices in Hawaiʻi through "Growing your own Food" via Grow Boxes they will make using recycled wood pallets. Attendees will learn about the imu process which requires food and plant items such as kalo, maiʻa, ʻulu, ʻuala, etc., while learning moʻolelo like No ke Kumu ʻUlu and Hinaikeahi.

Workshop #3: Propagation: Lāʻī & Kalo

This workshop presents Source Reduction practices in Hawaiʻi through the Hawaiian Cultural Practice of facilitating imu. Attendees will engage in the setting of the imu which can involve shredding banana stumps, building imu baskets from coconut fronds, and preparing the food to be deposited into the imu.

Workshop #5: Imu Part 2 - Pull & Pāʻina

This workshop presents Source Reduction practices in Hawaiʻi through the Hawaiian Cultural Practice of facilitating imu. Attendees will work together to unearth the imu, which can involve peeling away the imu's top layer to reveal the cooked foods beneath. Additionally, participants will evaluate the differences between traditional and contemporary food preparation and the solid waste involved in each method, and discuss opportunities for reuse.