Photo: Eric Tessmer, Hanauma Bay Hawai’i is the southernmost state in the USA. The Hawaiian Archipelago hosts eight national parks, two renowned World Heritage Sites: Papahānaumokuākea, a Marine National Monument and Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, and an expansive Biosphere Reserve. Google Maps goo.gl/maps/hL2hHvGetbuxHKWi9 Notes It is the only U.S. state located outside North America and the …
Hawai’i Flag Links related to Hawai’i presented in somewhat random fashion: Headlines The Hawaii Tourism Authority is now paying for visitors to leave – CNN Nonprofit Hawaii Ecotourism Association rebrands – Garden Island How Native Hawaiians Are Decolonizing Tourism – Fodors http://gizmodo.com/a-fight-over-a-sacred-mountaintop-could-shape-the-futur-1789405229 Club Rules Preserve Access for Hawaiʻi’s Oldest Hiking Group – https://twitter.com/wearehpr/status/879486260594614272 https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/11/get-to-know-hawaii-fishing-communities-with-just-the-click-of-a-button/amp – …
Poster Among our favorite radio programs: Little Grass Shack, a Saturday staple on KUNV, Broadcasting from Greenspun Hall, UNLV. (Las Vegas). 2020 Schedule: Sundays, 12-4pm. Share the aloha and listen. Key Links LGSVegas.com Calendar On-air personalities Facebook Listen live on LGSVegas.com and KUNV kunv.org – @KUNVradio Questions What’s the history of this program? Are …
Lingo Cards Spotlight on Papahānaumokuākea National Monument Google Maps goo.gl/maps/ZVoQ9JWGyhtLDWQy6 How to pronounce Papahānaumokuākea? Have a listen: Papa-hanau-moku-akea. More online Papahanaumokuakea.gov, its @HawaiiReef. Here’s the media release from the US White House: The monument was originally created in 2006 by President George W. Bush and designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010. Since that time, …
RoofDog: What does it mean? Introducing Fault Lines Honolulu Civil Beat: What does it mean to be a local in Hawai’i? Why does talking about it make so many people uncomfortable? In 2020, Honolulu Civil Beat will be focusing on our latest project we’re calling Fault Lines — an exploration of Hawaii’s changing demographics and …
Logo Elsewhere on the Web: Honolulu Civil Beat – civilbeat.com – is a news organization dedicated to cultivating an informed body of citizens, all striving to make Hawaii a better place to live. Civil Beat removed its paywall in June 2016 and transitioned to 501(c)3 nonprofit status. It is a member of the Institute for …
Photo: Ken Lund Kīlauea is the youngest and southeastern most volcano on the Island of Hawai‘i. Topographically Kīlauea appears as only a bulge on the southeastern flank of Mauna Loa, and so for many years Kīlauea was thought to be a mere satellite of its giant neighbor, not a separate volcano. However, research over the …
Languages This page is dedicated to our favorite words and phrases in Hawaiian. Suggestions are welcome. February is #HawaiianLanguageMonth or #MahinaOleloHawaii YouTube Embedded Tweets Following the UN declaration, @GovHawaii proclaimed 2019 the Year of Indigenous Languages in Hawaiʻi. ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi has been recognized an official state language since 1978, and is still only one of two U.S. states with …
Buzzwords New feature. Suggestions welcome Recommended Listening Little Grass Shack Hawaii Connections (The Ninth Island) Las Vegas Hawaiian Civic Club – https://www.facebook.com/lasvegashcc.org – https://twitter.com/LasVegasHCC http://www.9thiccoflv.org 9th Island https://knpr.org/knpr/2018-09/las-vegas-hawaiis-ninth-island http://articles.latimes.com/2002/oct/27/magazine/tm-island43 http://www.vegassolo.com/ninth-island http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/11411583/hawaii-residents-still-taking-trips-to-the-ninth-island-but-not-spending-as-much http://lasvegasweekly.com/news/2012/feb/16/island-desert-how-hawaii-arrived-las-vegas http://lasvegas2016.com/media/hawaiis-ninth-island Where to eat? Las Vegas Locally recommends Aloha Specialties restaurant in @thecalcasino = THE BOMB #NinthIsland Quick. Can you say Papahānaumokuākea? Have …
Artwork: University Upcoming book: Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Hawai‘i The Detours project explores the fantasy of Hawai’i as an exotic destination for consumption by tourists, perverting the genre of the guidebook to produce alternative narratives, tours, mappings and images of the islands, and concrete examples of moving from metaphors of decolonization to material practices …