Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Celebrating the `Aina

Molokai comes together for Earth Day festivities.

The Molokai Dispatch, Brandon Roberts, 23 April, 2008

It is no surprise that Earth Day is one of Molokai’s biggest community celebrations. Malama `aina is more than words to most residents here; it is a way of being.

This year has been internationally dedicated as the year of the reef, and Molokai perpetuated that theme with “Momona ka papa ke e`ehu ka `aina”, (the reef thrives when the land is healthy). The environmental celebration held on April 18 at the Mitchell Pau`ole Center...
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