Join community art activist and STEAM educator Corinne Okada Takara to create a mini, moving robot out of local natural materials, solar panels, and pager motors. This workshop is multigenerational and encourages family members to participate together. As you build and invent, take the opportunity to talk story and imagine a Hawaiian future of abundance rooted in sustainable energy and use of local natural resources. ☀️🤖Sign up at the link in our bio! We hope to see you there!! #ManoaHeritageCenter #ManoaValley #HawaiianSolarBot #LearnByDoing #MaKaHanaKaIke #ScienceFun #Robotics

Help support MHC with Give Aloha every time you shop at Foodland! 🛍️🎗️💛 Use our code at checkout: 78217 How customers can support the Give Aloha matching gift: ✔️Round up your purchase ✔️Donate spare change ✔️Donate 250 Maikaʻi points for a $5 donation ✔️Purchase Give Aloha merchandise Now through September 30th 🗓️

We are excited to announce that registration is open for MHC’s first ever Watershed camp! 🎉 Happening during the week of Fall Intersession, haumāna (students) will learn about the role of our watersheds in sustaining life on our islands through fun, hands-on learning activities rooted in Hawaiʻi’s botany, ecology, and natural history. ⛰☁️💧Visit the link in our bio to sign up! (bit.ly/watershed1024) #ManoaHeritageCenter #ManoaValley #MHCWatershedCamp #FallIntercessionCamp #Watersheds #HawaiiWatersheds

We’ve got a lot of fun and interesting workshops coming up in the next couple of months. Follow our social media for the scoop! Come and spend a morning with artist Kate Righter as you learn about Nature Journaling—the practice of recording observations of the ʻāina using words, pictures, and numbers. Reawaken your creative spirit with relaxing art and writing activities as you deepen your awareness of the natural world through mindful observation. You don’t need to be an artist, writer, or scientist; you just need to be curious! 🔎 🔍🌱🌺 Sign up and more info at the link in our story/bio! #ManoaHeritageCenter #ManoaValley #MaKaHanaKaIkeWorkshops #LearnByDoing #NatureJournaling #OahuWorkshops #ArtWorkshop #GetCreative

ku’u wahi iʻa, moku ke poʻo, kanu ʻia i ka 🍩, a ola nō! #iykyk The nane (riddle) mentioned above speaks to the practice of caring for kalo. When you provide a nurturing space for it to grow, it will thrive! Water does not run through MHC, so our garden gnomes got innovated with planting styles. This 🍩 style is inspired by Fijian/Kona farming techniques in locations with less rainfall. This has been our most bountiful huki yet! Listening to our ‘āina, our Polynesian brothers and sisters, and our naʻauʻs got us here! #cheeehuuu #manoaheritagecenter #kalo

Let the strongest prevail 🌱. Join us on our ma’a ‘uala journey to see how each variety grows, competes for space, and overall what color/‘ono it is! #round1 Volunteers helped us plant the players. Visit our website to join our Friday service learning sessions. Shoutout to @lyonarboretum for sharing cuttings with us and spreading the starchy love 💜💚🤎

Spend the morning connecting with nature at Mānoa Heritage Center, learning about the plants through mindful observation. Learn how to reawaken your creative spirit with fun and simple drawing and writing activities. Join artist Kate Righter for an introduction to Nature Journaling! 🌱 What is Nature Journaling? . Nature Journaling is the creative practice of recording thoughts and observations of the ‘āina using words, pictures, and numbers. It all begins with stepping outside with paper, a pen or a pencil, and an open mind. You don’t need to be an artist, writer, naturalist or scientist, you just need to be curious! . The morning will include a mix of lessons designed to inspire deeper observation and awareness of the natural world. Participants will be encouraged to apply a variety of creative techniques and scientific methods of inquiry to their conversations and projects. We will learn the Hawaiian names for native plants animals and places, and Kate will share mo’olelo appropriate to the time and place. Join us! Register at link in bio. 🌱 #ManoaHeritageCenter #ManoaValley #MaKaHanaKaIke #LearnbyDoing #getcreative #getoutside #artworkshop #oahuworkshop

Please join us on Thursday, July 11 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. for a special public program, “Endangered Endemics: A Peek into the Fascinating World of Hawai‘i Kāhuli.” This presentation will include a talk led by David Sischo, a wildlife biologist with the Division of Forestry and Wildlife who also coordinates the DLNR’s Snail Extinction Prevention Program (SEPP). A short-film by filmmaker Daniel A. Kelin II about Hawaiʻi’s endemic kāhuli will follow, and a discussion will cap off the program. A big mahalo to the Hawai’i Council for Humanities who helped make this event possible. Sign up for the event by hitting the link in our bio, or by visiting us at manoaheritagecenter.org.

It was the last day of class for our 2024 Summer Hula Camp students on Wednesday, however theyʻll be taking home memories theyʻll never forget from the experience—just like this. Performing for friends and families, the class of over 25 students took their audience from the sea to the land, performing three different hula representing what they learned over the seven-day workshop. This yearʻs class had a great mix of keiki (kids) and kūpuna (seniors), all working, learning and playing together. A big mahalo to Kumu Kilohana Silve of Hālau Hula o Mānoa for leading the class, sharing moʻolelo (stories) and integrating ma ka hana ka ‘ike hands-on activities.