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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…

3 min readJul 19, 2021

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Working towards food system change

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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…

3 min readMay 6, 2021

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He maiʻa ke kanaka a ka lā e hua ai

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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…

5 min readFeb 4, 2021

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Who gets to work in Hawaiʻi's digital economy?

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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…

11 min readFeb 6, 2020

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All That Has Changed by Allena Villanueva, NPurple Prize Fellow

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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 .

9 min readOct 25, 2019

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Piko ʻIewe: Engaging in Hana & Nurturing Regenerative Communities

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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…

14 min readAug 8, 2019

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

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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…

4 min readJul 23, 2019

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Purple Maiʻa Supports Kiaʻi Protecting Mauna Kea

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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…

5 min readApr 19, 2019

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

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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…

5 min readMar 26, 2019

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

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Poni Manaʻo | Purple Maiʻa

Poni Manaʻo | Purple Maiʻa

Startup EdTech founded to educate and empower the next generation of culturally grounded, community serving tech makers and problem solvers.

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