I recently met with my first Ambassador, Tomoko Okazaki. She is a Japanese born surfer standing 5 feet tall, very tanned with a big smile. During the last few months, we have been emailing back and forth about how we were going to arrange our first meeting. Deciding on a meeting place wasn’t easy when the location is determined by the wind and surf that day as well as and what side of the island would be best for surf at that moment. The meeting was finally arranged on the west side of the … [Read more...]
East Maui Watershed Partnership Hike
I recently met up with my sponsored “One Percent for the Planet” recipient East Maui Watershed Partnership (EMWP) at their home office on Maui. There, I connected with EMWP community Outreach and Education Liaison, Allison Wiest. She took me on a hike, called the Boardwalk Hike, a one-hour drive just below the top of Haleakala Volcano. The hike was about three miles with a 600-foot elevation change. The hike started in a non-native forest and ended up in a 100 percent native Hawaiian forest. … [Read more...]
