Scientists Are Tracking ‘Ghost Gear’ and Recycling The Plastic

Share: This article is co-published through our collaboration with Hawaii Business Magazine. Like a gyrating solar system casting particles across the universe, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch swirling near Hawaiian waters litters archipelago beaches with tons of...

State May Consider Contested Case Hearing to Assess East Maui Water Authority

Share: This article was updated on April 9, 2026 at 8:10p.m. to include the cancellation of the BLNR meeting originally scheduled for April 10, 2026, due to severe weather conditions. Nāhikū resident Moses Bergau Jr. sat by the entrance of Ke‘anae Uka after a meeting...

West Maui Seeks to Make Water a Public Resource

Share: This article is co-published with Hawaii Business Magazine as part of our ongoing series: Hawaiʻi’s Water Crisis. Hawai’i waterman Archie Kalepa says when it comes to preserving water systems for future generations on Maui, the time is now. “Any successful...

East Maui Prepares for Historic Takeover of Local Water Systems

Share: This article is co-published with Hawaii Business Magazine as part of our ongoing series: Hawaiʻi’s Water Crisis. Norman “Bush” Martin, Jr., Ke’anae resident and member of Aha Wai O Maui Hikina, East Maui Regional Community Board, says when it comes...

Hawai‘i’s Water Crisis: How Graywater Could Buy the Islands Time

Share: When heavy storms swept across Hawai‘i in late February, knocking down power lines and flooding streets, many water experts welcomed the rain. For Royce Rapozo, a mechanical engineer at Commercial Plumbing Inc., the downpour carried a different weight. He knew...

Funding Stewardship at Scale

Share: On any given day in Hawaiʻi, signs of strain are visible. Trails show wear from heavy use. Reefs experience stress from warming waters and sediment runoff. Forested areas continue to face pressures from invasive species, alongside growing wildfire risk....