https://noknownowknow.com No Know, Now Know Fri, 11 Oct 2019 01:29:10 +0000 https://noknownowknow.com en https://noknownowknow.com/Na-Mo-olelo-Stories Fri, 14 Jun 2019 04:01:07 +0000 No Know, Now Know https://noknownowknow.com/Na-Mo-olelo-Stories Na Moʻolelo&nbsp;— Stories <img width="1024" height="679" width_o="1024" height_o="679" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c3bc0a031e48213325789bd4733a48318e61f5a1beed339fbf60b5f0d062026/09260007_74842_lrg_1504379378.jpg" data-mid="44557882" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7c3bc0a031e48213325789bd4733a48318e61f5a1beed339fbf60b5f0d062026/09260007_74842_lrg_1504379378.jpg" /> Ānuenue, Maui&nbsp; E komo mai a Hawai’i — Welcome to Hawai’i “Living in limitless June, our senses make substitutes for the seasons. We know wonders of pasteled coral clusters, our world is necklaced with surf–strings. We move along soft, sudden rain caresses and our lives are stippled with ginger flower scents in briny surf tastes. Behind us ropy waterfalls cascade thousands of feet to overflow the deep, dark valley pools, to wander and feed the fertile earth and, shimmering over pebbled shallows, to make music on their fretted journey to the sea... <img width="1024" height="678" width_o="1024" height_o="678" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3d6d4fcf49278375098ed8aaea7c86ac91a93a45c2c2cf9b2903971d46417c54/000116650018_126170_lrg_1530132616.jpg" data-mid="44559144" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3d6d4fcf49278375098ed8aaea7c86ac91a93a45c2c2cf9b2903971d46417c54/000116650018_126170_lrg_1530132616.jpg" /> ...Living on isolated islands, we cherish our diversities. For we have come from many places and in many different ways to this enormous yet intimate chamber of summer... <img width="1545" height="1024" width_o="1545" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dc4393742adbb3fd7d9013da31a9a53ac8a910363807ed1db8d7285d4e184c7e/48400020.jpg" data-mid="44557888" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dc4393742adbb3fd7d9013da31a9a53ac8a910363807ed1db8d7285d4e184c7e/48400020.jpg" /> Napoʻo ʻana o ka lā <img width="1545" height="1024" width_o="1545" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/077eb198304f0977df6c63ed3c1ff610c09aec4800f2c65c8911e9de7b4e1d54/48390012.jpg" data-mid="44557887" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/077eb198304f0977df6c63ed3c1ff610c09aec4800f2c65c8911e9de7b4e1d54/48390012.jpg" /> ... It all begins with journeying. The visitor flies in search of the sun across the time zones, and his first discovery is that his biological clock has gone wrong. He leaves the jet feeling as though his soul is still strapped in the seat. He has lost his guidebook and he cannot trust his senses. The welcoming smile seems real, but isn't the welcoming lei plastic? All the way in from the airport it is used car lots and pizza parlors, and he has seen those before. From the hotel he is likely to see another hotel. If he is luckier he manages a private panorama, but even this looks two-dimensional because he has seen it before as well – on picture postcards... <img width="1024" height="678" width_o="1024" height_o="678" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a817a1fb9dfb9fda186c1d9c6d1d2d0435e169abbba79886d3744c4ac6dc0a7c/000116700009_126170_lrg_1530132939.jpg" data-mid="44559153" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a817a1fb9dfb9fda186c1d9c6d1d2d0435e169abbba79886d3744c4ac6dc0a7c/000116700009_126170_lrg_1530132939.jpg" /> Waikīkī, O’ahu c. 2017...The first night he drinks and dines by torchlight. But as the tradewinds shift, the torch blows kerosene smoke in his face, and the brown skinned girl with a flower in her hair, serving him a Missionary’s Downfall in the dusk with the light behind her, turns out to be a Southern Californian recently transplanted. He feels he has come a long way and arrived…where? <img width="550" height="367" width_o="550" height_o="367" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b04c44f4346fda2be960ec3f91421024f81df81c7e8b155660e785b40ab852a3/taro-fields-near-waikiki-and-diamond-head-oahua-hawaii-circa-1890_u-l-q11zkrv0.jpg" data-mid="44703420" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/550/i/b04c44f4346fda2be960ec3f91421024f81df81c7e8b155660e785b40ab852a3/taro-fields-near-waikiki-and-diamond-head-oahua-hawaii-circa-1890_u-l-q11zkrv0.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="678" width_o="1024" height_o="678" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/154af827b7feb6dcd6af3b7470f3aec9b1b23753c200aeaa6c567a8cb5427da8/000116700014_126170_lrg_1530132952.jpg" data-mid="44703377" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/154af827b7feb6dcd6af3b7470f3aec9b1b23753c200aeaa6c567a8cb5427da8/000116700014_126170_lrg_1530132952.jpg" /> Waikīkī, O’ahu c. 1890 &amp; 2017...He sleeps badly, dreams unsuitably of the mating of elephants and wakes to the pounding of a steam piledriver outside his window: it is building still another hotel. On the beach he dozes again. The sand is warm, the waves make small comforting sounds. He wakes, and the sky is an improbable laundered blue above him. He lifts his head and catches sight of a profound green palm and in the distance a yearning amethyst mountain. He feels somehow different; he does not know why. He thinks, fearfully, that the sun must have poached his brain. Then he realizes that he has made a journey.&nbsp;He has arrived, his soul has caught up with him, and he is sure he will be happy every minute from now on for as long as he is an islander, even if it is only 72 hours.”&nbsp; <img width="1024" height="678" width_o="1024" height_o="678" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c0e8f1acf92349fb329cdb8344c98c1dac95f91ef97071da32c24318f087177/000116650002_126170_lrg_1530132574.jpg" data-mid="44559200" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c0e8f1acf92349fb329cdb8344c98c1dac95f91ef97071da32c24318f087177/000116650002_126170_lrg_1530132574.jpg" /> &nbsp;Māla, Maui Island Intricacy “Hawai’i is not an uncomplicated place. The potential deadly danger of falling coconuts coupled with the dancing of the fronds speaks to extremes incased in such a realitively small grouping —&nbsp;be it trees or islands. The creation and beauty that melts hand in hand into the destruction and volitility inherent to the geological history of the area is both honoured and feared. The same wave that forcefully crashes on shore has silently travelled miles in beautiful succession... <img width="1140" height="1721" width_o="1140" height_o="1721" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/558b2687f2d4a541fc88449850f5813abb4c8282ca6409485d58a46eb1338868/000116690026_126170_lrg_1530147160.jpg" data-mid="44703344" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/558b2687f2d4a541fc88449850f5813abb4c8282ca6409485d58a46eb1338868/000116690026_126170_lrg_1530147160.jpg" /> ...The members of the human faction that have found their way to the islands are in no less disunion. Early traditions abolished by means of force and deceit in order to make way for contemporary convenience and luxury. Quests to seek simplicity are pioneered in conjunction with a vast strategic military base. The wettest place on the planet is surrrounded by salt.”&nbsp;— Hawai’i: A Once Hidden Haven <img width="1024" height="679" width_o="1024" height_o="679" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/192f35d39914ce6ba93e791ac460d86494b220d6633cd6f8e75caaaad761a184/dece6030-01696d32b2-42f0c202-m-2.jpg" data-mid="44557889" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/192f35d39914ce6ba93e791ac460d86494b220d6633cd6f8e75caaaad761a184/dece6030-01696d32b2-42f0c202-m-2.jpg" /> Today &amp; Yesterday “Like all who came before, we brought our big and little dreams, our prejudices, suspicions and hungers. We carried our talismans and trinkets — good luck pieces, rosaries, Stars of David, Bibles and wallet snapshots. Some guarded their toolboxes as if they were precious portable altars. There were those of us who loved it here from the first and have stayed. There were those of us who saw and felt little outside the nightly crap games and the paydays. They saved for the stake and when they made it, they left. <img width="1024" height="679" width_o="1024" height_o="679" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/915a1ca175326b5941b3a2aba1d58987222003a4ef1d7d99e953f0138d662d57/000240440018_96519_lrg_1513215246.jpg" data-mid="44703845" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/915a1ca175326b5941b3a2aba1d58987222003a4ef1d7d99e953f0138d662d57/000240440018_96519_lrg_1513215246.jpg" /> For those whose minds run that way, the outlandish still abound. But somehow things refuse to stay merely picturesque. A fisherman stands motionless on a reef, the throw net on his shoulder a nylon copy of the sennet snare woven by ancient kānaka maoli. Still as a sculpture, he waits. The scene composes itself beautifully. Then, behind him, a noisy motorboat tows a water skier across the line of vision, and all is lost. <img width="1440" height="954" width_o="1440" height_o="954" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f899e5c36015695c8f657e2cac858ef19d5946881550d733fc94b087c74b0031/52dba252-00ccaa141b-42f0c202-m-4.jpg" data-mid="51824049" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f899e5c36015695c8f657e2cac858ef19d5946881550d733fc94b087c74b0031/52dba252-00ccaa141b-42f0c202-m-4.jpg" /> The sensible man learns to cope with this, and becomes instead a connoisseur of reversed expectations. The present pushes the past out of sight, and the past pushes back everyday, everywhere. On a cliff trail a donkey edges along under the weight of wet bags of poi from taro patches in a quiet green valley; the paste will be packaged in plastic and sold in supermarkets. <img width="1440" height="954" width_o="1440" height_o="954" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/14323c6b4616c872a341afbd5bf6c9fa438e6afc90c781d15176cbb5765b10e0/9ffb9925-00ccaa016b-42f0c202-m-4.jpg" data-mid="51824034" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/14323c6b4616c872a341afbd5bf6c9fa438e6afc90c781d15176cbb5765b10e0/9ffb9925-00ccaa016b-42f0c202-m-4.jpg" /> Liquid Aloha The Chinese have taken over New Year. They have their lunar celebrations in Chinatown, with paper lions; but on everybody else’s New Year’s Eve as well, fireworks go off, millions of them; towns sound as if they are under siege. May we all live a thousand years. <img width="1024" height="678" width_o="1024" height_o="678" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b9f0cd1b3096db66d53f01c7db57dcff077c8bc75b9f9388040b38ecf9194bca/000116640013_126170_lrg_1530132533.jpg" data-mid="52293429" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b9f0cd1b3096db66d53f01c7db57dcff077c8bc75b9f9388040b38ecf9194bca/000116640013_126170_lrg_1530132533.jpg" />A’ole Niu It has all happened fast, almost too fast to comprehend.” <img width="1545" height="1024" width_o="1545" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3dd08ef8fab2cbd950388f9ec1e201e208e4aeb8a8998d55b3a513f9efeb2f42/92750003.jpg" data-mid="51821715" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3dd08ef8fab2cbd950388f9ec1e201e208e4aeb8a8998d55b3a513f9efeb2f42/92750003.jpg" /> Ki Māla Na Kahu —&nbsp;The Guardians&nbsp; “The kahus still exist. They are guardians, keepers of the sacred places, the burial caves of the ali’i, the temples of old. Almost always they are old people — in areas not easily reached. They may live as farmers or fishermen but they also live a greater responsibility... How can you tell who they are? <img width="1545" height="1024" width_o="1545" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8bce69b63f26d904c47db31d5e40cf2b2cce4aed482c37e3d4af6bfe418e91a8/58350009.jpg" data-mid="44703850" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8bce69b63f26d904c47db31d5e40cf2b2cce4aed482c37e3d4af6bfe418e91a8/58350009.jpg" /> Moloka’i&nbsp; ...Usually it is an old man sitting alone. He has finished his work of homage, cleaning the sacred place, and he is sitting by himself after his labor. He may even be chanting, but silently. You will not hear it. Most times he will be neatly dressed, in respect — this old man sitting by himself in a field, a lonely place... How does one talk to him? <img width="1024" height="679" width_o="1024" height_o="679" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b39784e574737269f5323c608bb3a6091a0ca5b64a2eacdccb40df3c542f4d1/09280019_74842_lrg_1504379451.jpg" data-mid="44703857" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5b39784e574737269f5323c608bb3a6091a0ca5b64a2eacdccb40df3c542f4d1/09280019_74842_lrg_1504379451.jpg" /> ...Quietly, pleasantly, with no show, no anxiety. And you must never fold arms or hold your hands behind your back or place them on your hips. These are signs of arrogance and disrespect, even if not meant to be. A kānaka maoli will understand, but he is very sensitive to gestures. An old one speaks a great deal with his hands and his eyes. The movements of fingers will have meaning to him. It is best to stand with hands hung by the thighs and you must never ask direct questions. Talk of other things, other places... <img width="1024" height="679" width_o="1024" height_o="679" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8db859885340569da7150ec779ee09c7d5dfda71acbccb462ffa40f4d70c8a37/8ac91436-01696d3631-42f0c202-m-2.jpg" data-mid="44704019" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8db859885340569da7150ec779ee09c7d5dfda71acbccb462ffa40f4d70c8a37/8ac91436-01696d3631-42f0c202-m-2.jpg" />Nalu ...One must deal in metaphors, it is the only way. When he talks you must be aware of the obliqueness of his reference. It is his nature to talk around, beneath and over a theme. This must be interpreted. Mention of trees elsewhere means trees in his land. Stones, clouds, fish, people, objects become clues to other meanings. Subtleties will emerge and understandings will be reached. You will be allowed to glance through the door of being kānaka maoli ... <img width="1024" height="679" width_o="1024" height_o="679" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c902d8fae2f40449cf223404369b7035fda4c0ff509521d581e8dade88dfc31f/09220020_74842_lrg_1504379203.jpg" data-mid="44703864" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c902d8fae2f40449cf223404369b7035fda4c0ff509521d581e8dade88dfc31f/09220020_74842_lrg_1504379203.jpg" /> ...Many haoles never have this experience. Their minds are too cluttered with tidiness, too well-ordered with education. They are too lacking in poetry and too obvious in such poverty, and the kānaka maoli knows it and his mind is forever decisioned about you.” Info Anonymous. Hawai’i: A Once Hidden Haven. 2019. Goodman, Robert B., Gavan Daws, Ed Sheedan, and Jonathan Rinehart. Norfolk Island: Island Heritage Limited, 1971. G. (n.d.). [Near Waikiki and Diamond Head, O’ahu, Hawaii Circa 1890] . Retrieved June 14, 2019. Uncles and Aunties Kanaka Maoli. Local Knowledge. May 2019 https://noknownowknow.com/Wa-a-Canoe Fri, 14 Jun 2019 04:48:31 +0000 No Know, Now Know https://noknownowknow.com/Wa-a-Canoe Wa‘a — Canoe <img width="1024" height="679" width_o="1024" height_o="679" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/89a777ef7b080873c1013aa75b7ee2d6bfcfd02984c96d2c7089109f42de2f2b/09260024_74842_lrg_1504379411.jpg" data-mid="44559259" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/89a777ef7b080873c1013aa75b7ee2d6bfcfd02984c96d2c7089109f42de2f2b/09260024_74842_lrg_1504379411.jpg" /> Hōkūle’a e Mo’okiha O Pi’ilani&nbsp; “He wa‘a he moku, he moku he wa’a – the canoe is an island, the island is a canoe. This is a saying that we use. We take care of each other on the island the way we take care of each other on a canoe voyage.” “Your world is a canoe. Every resource upon it, scarce and precious. It is your job to sustain it. To sustain the resources, water, people. To use every available item in a responsible manner. Because to do this, is to protect the people aboard and your own survival. <img width="1024" height="679" width_o="1024" height_o="679" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6173efa268e385c1d009ddb7d5ebf10dd6600c8408bae0ec9b8c06e7e1ca975d/09260023_74842_lrg_1504379409.jpg" data-mid="44559258" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6173efa268e385c1d009ddb7d5ebf10dd6600c8408bae0ec9b8c06e7e1ca975d/09260023_74842_lrg_1504379409.jpg" /> Every resource you have is a necessity. Every person an asset and contributor. Every item you can take from the sea for survival, a gift. Every rainstorm, a source of life. And so it is with our Earth; because the Earth is, in a sense, an island. An isolated vessel with limited resources, floating in the ethereal nothing. And it is ours to care for. And there is no other canoe – no other vessel for us to evacuate upon or to appear for our rescue. It is our canoe to sink, or guide.” <img width="1024" height="679" width_o="1024" height_o="679" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d5ebe9f8f99f2c24b808132ec09feebf200b2c0fd747a3c1bc6dd46419356c38/09260014_74842_lrg_1504379390.jpg" data-mid="45017835" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d5ebe9f8f99f2c24b808132ec09feebf200b2c0fd747a3c1bc6dd46419356c38/09260014_74842_lrg_1504379390.jpg" /> Wa’a Hanakao’o&nbsp; Holoholo: “In the late afternoon the canoes came home. Women of the village appeared casually from quiet shacks and strolled to the crescent inlet. A few helped arrange thin round poles on the shore, then many dragged the craft over rollers to a high and safe place. Two fishermen emptied the canoe of nets, buckets, jugs and lines; one woman took a can and bailed water from the lower end. All were silent until someone ventured the question: “Get?” And a man answered, “Get plenty.” <img width="1140" height="755" width_o="1140" height_o="755" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b5d8f8af5b03161787a65fbb94be43bd47704bb17cb6227e189dbdbf6e11d00/000116640009_126170_1550182946_lg.jpg" data-mid="44559260" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1b5d8f8af5b03161787a65fbb94be43bd47704bb17cb6227e189dbdbf6e11d00/000116640009_126170_1550182946_lg.jpg" /> Hoe waʻa The coffin-shaped recess was packed with the still-shuddering, bright-eyed harvest from beyond the reef. The glittering wet mass contained silvery opelu, big-eyed scad, elliptic pompano, red-banned goatfish, striped manini and rainbowed parrotfish. There was no asking, no thanking. The fish were there and plentiful for everyone. It has always been this way, this sharing, this aloha. <img width="1666" height="1264" width_o="1666" height_o="1264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ea8441a45ec0115f8be741e74cd65073db76766ab0b3445ee73fcd94061d342e/Screen-Shot-2019-10-01-at-9.10.13-AM.png" data-mid="51817169" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ea8441a45ec0115f8be741e74cd65073db76766ab0b3445ee73fcd94061d342e/Screen-Shot-2019-10-01-at-9.10.13-AM.png" /> Holoholo Wa’a After the sun sets, its warmth lingers for a long time on the earth. Walking barefoot is a little memory of the day. A wave rinses the beach, the foam recedes and only bursting bubbles mark a crab’s dungeon. A soothing wind drifts from the mountain and cools the lava. The coconut-husk fire smoke-incense rises, the night-perfume of Hawai’i.” Info&nbsp; Evan Pascual. Mo‘Okiha O Pi‘Ilani. Maui Ocean Center. 17 August 2018. Goodman, Robert B., Gavan Daws, Ed Sheedan, and Jonathan Rinehart. Norfolk Island: Island Heritage Limited, 1971. Wildlife Protection Solutions. The Canoe Is An Island, And The Island Is A Canoe. 07 August 2017 Uncles and Aunties Kanaka Maoli. Local Knowledge. May 2019 https://noknownowknow.com/A-ai-Erosion Fri, 11 Oct 2019 01:29:10 +0000 No Know, Now Know https://noknownowknow.com/A-ai-Erosion ʻAʻai — Erosion <img width="3200" height="2412" width_o="3200" height_o="2412" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/733486bdb8cc3c7a63c87567ef972ac1fb01e4f2e9a48803db49cb62ec1a9bd1/SeawallDouble.gif" data-mid="52446182" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/733486bdb8cc3c7a63c87567ef972ac1fb01e4f2e9a48803db49cb62ec1a9bd1/SeawallDouble.gif" /> Erosion is a natural process along shorelines. It can occur over both the long and short term, as well as occasionally. Erosion’s main contributing factors are sea level rise, regional changes (i.e. loss of sediment), the shifting in the characteristics of waves and local adaptations and modifications (i.e. coastal structures). Seawalls: Seawalls are not as simple as they appear at first glance. Essentially a stone wall or pile of rocks, the physicality of them is not their complex component. The primary intention of the construction and design of a seawall is to ward off waves&nbsp;and prolong a specific shape and size of a shoreline.&nbsp; Policies and Conservation Efforts to Protect Beaches in Hawai’i Are &nbsp;Failing Video: University of Hawai’i News Based on what can be observed throughout Hawai’i and many coastlines across the world, the question begs to be asked... Are Seawalls Really Effective&nbsp; at Preserving Coastlines? Their efficacy is extremely debatable as seawalls require staunch strategic planning and widespread impact assessment.&nbsp; <img width="1140" height="1721" width_o="1140" height_o="1721" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/97dd3c6c67809fe6a96e9f072bfe1f1206504e8daa5f2d17e83f78c43d4835a9/000116700011_126170_lrg_1530147112.jpg" data-mid="52446176" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/97dd3c6c67809fe6a96e9f072bfe1f1206504e8daa5f2d17e83f78c43d4835a9/000116700011_126170_lrg_1530147112.jpg" /> Seawall, O’ahu While at times successful in inhibiting sand removal along the length that the seawall stretches, erosion – specifically in areas that extend beyond the wall – is more often rapidly increased. <img width="1024" height="678" width_o="1024" height_o="678" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bd5a45d7aeee27af9b494986b63513d89df459389bf7112fa1341e76ba57ee69/000116700013_126170_lrg_1530132949.jpg" data-mid="52446178" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bd5a45d7aeee27af9b494986b63513d89df459389bf7112fa1341e76ba57ee69/000116700013_126170_lrg_1530132949.jpg" /> Beach Reenforcements, O’ahu&nbsp; Without proper and comprehensive planning, seawalls do little more than shift the erosion they are designed to prevent through the refraction, diffraction and reflection&nbsp;of waves into the first vulnerable and exposed location. <img width="500" height="352" width_o="500" height_o="352" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3593af69e9f5690260bcf45e6c99f0436fe3539ec9d8a455cec4f1fe7e33c600/10.1177_1759313117712180-fig3.gif" data-mid="52504109" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/500/i/3593af69e9f5690260bcf45e6c99f0436fe3539ec9d8a455cec4f1fe7e33c600/10.1177_1759313117712180-fig3.gif" /> Representation of a Seawall Resulting in the Flanking of the Shoreline Sketch: SAGE Journals Shorelines and beaches are meant to ultimately shift landward. Coastal structures –&nbsp;particularly seawalls, homes, roads and hotels in Hawai’i –&nbsp;impede the natural shifting and inundation of the land by wave action, prohibiting the perpetuation and creation of beaches in the future. Scientists and environmentalists say seawalls are the predominant contributor to beach loss throughout all of Hawai’i. The state is constitutionally required to preserve and protect beaches in Hawai’i as they are considered a public trust. Officials have neglected this responsibilty by granting easements and exemptions from protective laws, allowing more and more seawalls to be constructed.&nbsp; <img width="1140" height="1721" width_o="1140" height_o="1721" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d082e15b3ccb7de7a0bd812254919e3e2fd8b863e80890cfed38642de2e4302/000552020010_247232_1569556025_lg.jpg" data-mid="52446186" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0d082e15b3ccb7de7a0bd812254919e3e2fd8b863e80890cfed38642de2e4302/000552020010_247232_1569556025_lg.jpg" /> Attempts to Thwart Beach Erosion, Maui&nbsp; Environmetal Impacts Recent estimations reflect that about 25% of the beaches on O’ahu, Maui and Kaua’i have already disappeared or suffered marked loss of sand directly due to seawalls over the last 100 years. &nbsp; Native species like the endangered Monk Seal and Green Sea Turtle have significantly fewer options for safe habitats to find rest and areas to lay eggs.&nbsp; By midcentury, the outlook is grim... It is predicted that the number of healthy beaches will be drastically, dangerously and unbelievably be diminished to “just a handful.” <img width="666" height="882" width_o="666" height_o="882" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d8efeff30c72e68206e008f6589456287c1c7ed0d3b415f601c41c5e9e94380d/882.png" data-mid="52446184" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/666/i/d8efeff30c72e68206e008f6589456287c1c7ed0d3b415f601c41c5e9e94380d/882.png" /> <img width="666" height="882" width_o="666" height_o="882" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a0e2ffc94662c3e79cf71522ad010da7c307b23c23522d09dabaaaf6b14a3794/8822.png" data-mid="52446185" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/666/i/a0e2ffc94662c3e79cf71522ad010da7c307b23c23522d09dabaaaf6b14a3794/8822.png" /> Pu’u Keka’a, Maui c. Then &amp; Now What Can Be Done?Naupaka is a native plant to Hawai’i. The Naupaka shrub grows three to five feet with waxy, green leaves with whitish hair. The wax protects from sea spray and the hair protects from heat. The flower is white with five petals all on one side. The seeds float and are salt resistant. Naupaka has a high tolerance to salt water – in fact, the seeds actually thrive in the sea. The root system is shallow and allows Naupaka to cling to rocks, shifting sand, and lava. <img width="1024" height="679" width_o="1024" height_o="679" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d796e0d83c18f73a82b78d745c08b13f89e5052569e7fe116d8667a93eccf903/09260025_74842_lrg_1504379412.jpg" data-mid="52446180" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d796e0d83c18f73a82b78d745c08b13f89e5052569e7fe116d8667a93eccf903/09260025_74842_lrg_1504379412.jpg" /> Naupaka Naupaka’s berries and leaves are used as a famine food, while the bark aids in digestion and can be used for pegs in canoes. In terms of shorline preservation... The Naupaka plant can be used to prevent soil erosion and as a windbreak. <img width="1024" height="678" width_o="1024" height_o="678" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/acd06cc609a3da6fe9dcb1a0510a2980ced28a30a9569c21aa71d6f094bc5e3e/000116650010_126170_lrg_1530132594.jpg" data-mid="52446179" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/acd06cc609a3da6fe9dcb1a0510a2980ced28a30a9569c21aa71d6f094bc5e3e/000116650010_126170_lrg_1530132594.jpg" /> Land Manipulation, O’ahu&nbsp; Info Kīlauea Point. Naupaka Kahakai, National Wildlife Refuge. 4 December 2013. Sophie Cocke, H. Obama and the Beach House Loopholes. 15 August 2020. Hawaii Bound Vacation. West Maui Beaches: Kaanapali Beach &amp; Black Rock. 01 February 2017 Storm Water Solutions. WEST MAUI SEA WALL FACES OPPOSITION. 16 April 2017 Sage Journals. Understanding the effects of seawall construction. 02 August 2020 MIT School of Engineering. Can seawalls prevent beaches from eroding?. 11 August 2020. Coastal Geology Group. Hawaii Coastal Erosion. 30 August 2020 University of Hawaii News. 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When there is pain&nbsp;– it is my pain. When there is joy&nbsp;– it is also mine. I respect all that is as part of the Creator and part of me.&nbsp; I will not willfully harm anyone or anything.&nbsp; When food is needed I will take only my need and explain why it is being taken.&nbsp; The earth, the sky, the sea are mine to care for, to cherish and to protect. 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