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Poni Manaʻo | Purple Maiʻa

Working towards food system change

Aloha! I am Sydney Millerd and I am a new social media intern at Purple Maiʻa for the summer. I am from Waipahu and was born and raised…

Jul 19, 2021

Working towards food system change

Jul 19, 2021

Poni Manaʻo | Purple Maiʻa

He maiʻa ke kanaka a ka lā e hua ai

When we combine community-centered values with culturally-grounded technology, we plant trees that will offer shade for centuries beyond…

May 6, 2021

He maiʻa ke kanaka a ka lā e hua ai

May 6, 2021

Poni Manaʻo | Purple Maiʻa

Who gets to work in Hawaiʻi's digital economy?

We’ve known for a long time that Hawaiʻi’s dependence on tourism and military defense is not sustainable. From the under-valued…

Feb 4, 2021

Who gets to work in Hawaiʻi's digital economy?

Feb 4, 2021

Poni Manaʻo | Purple Maiʻa

All That Has Changed by Allena Villanueva, NPurple Prize Fellow

When I first got the email from Alec Wagner three months ago that I would possibly be a fellow, everything felt relatively normal and life…

Feb 6, 2020

All That Has Changed by Allena Villanueva, NPurple Prize Fellow

Feb 6, 2020

Poni Manaʻo | Purple Maiʻa

Piko ʻIewe: Engaging in Hana & Nurturing Regenerative Communities

Purple Prize documentarian, Kalei Akau shares part two of her reflections from the 2019 Purple Prize .

Oct 25, 2019

Piko ʻIewe: Engaging in Hana & Nurturing Regenerative Communities

Oct 25, 2019

Poni Manaʻo | Purple Maiʻa

Piko ʻAumakua: Building Empathy & Forging Roots in the Connections Phase

On a late Wednesday afternoon about one year ago, I sat down with Donavan Kealoha, Kelsey Amos and Alec Wagner at a downtown Honolulu…

Aug 8, 2019

Piko ʻAumakua: Building Empathy & Forging Roots in the Connections Phase

Aug 8, 2019

Poni Manaʻo | Purple Maiʻa

Purple Maiʻa Supports Kiaʻi Protecting Mauna Kea

There are no words to express the kaumaha that we at Purple Maiʻa felt upon the arrest of our kūpuna and the state force exercised by the…

Jul 23, 2019

Purple Maiʻa Supports Kiaʻi Protecting Mauna Kea

Jul 23, 2019

Poni Manaʻo | Purple Maiʻa

Technology alone won’t save us from climate change, but innovation in biocultural restoration might

The challenge of climate change has always been in the back of our minds at the Purple Prize, but this year it feels more urgent. Maybe…

Apr 19, 2019

Technology alone won’t save us from climate change, but innovation in biocultural restoration might

Apr 19, 2019

Poni Manaʻo | Purple Maiʻa

Indigenous? Place-based? What do we mean when we talk about Indigenous Innovation?

At the Purple Prize we are trying to socialize a (k)new way of doing innovation that we feel is better for us in Hawaiʻi, and better for…

Mar 26, 2019

Indigenous? Place-based? What do we mean when we talk about Indigenous Innovation?

Mar 26, 2019

Poni Manaʻo | Purple Maiʻa

Poni Manaʻo | Purple Maiʻa

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