Ke kū nei ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a hoʻokipa ʻo Hawaii me ka wā e hiki ʻole ke manaʻo ʻia. ʻO Chris Tatum, ka CEO hope loa a me ka Pelekikena o ka mokuʻāina mokuʻāina i mālama i ka hoʻokipa, ka Hawaii Koho mana, ua hele i kahi hoʻomaha loa a neʻe i Colorado i kēia pule, a ua kū kāna hana i ka manawa paʻakikī loa i kū i mua o Hawaii.

Lawe ʻia kahi kanaka me ka hihiʻo e alakaʻi a kūkulu hou i ka ʻoihana nui ʻoi loa ma Hawaii, ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a me nā huakaʻi. ʻO John de Fries paha kēia kanaka.

Manaʻo ka hapa nui i ka nui a me ka huakaʻi nui e lilo i pilikia i ka wā i hala. Ke kū mai nei kahi mea maʻamau, a pono ia e noʻonoʻo i ke kaiapuni a me ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi. Ua lilo ʻo COVID-19 i ala ala no Hawaii, ʻaʻole wale no ke kumu olakino a me ka hoʻokele waiwai akā no ka nohona palupalu hoʻi.

ʻO John de Fries wale nō ke kanaka e hiki ke hoʻomaopopo i kēia kūlana maʻalahi a paʻakikī hoʻi.

Ke hoʻonohonoho nei ka Papa o ka Manaʻo Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi ʻo Hawaii i ke ʻano o ia wā e hiki mai ana i ke koho ʻana iā John De Fries no ka hana paʻakikī e kūkulu hou i ka huakaʻi ma ka Aloha Mokuʻāina ma hope o COVID-19. Inā ʻae ʻo John De Fries i ka hāʻawi, e lilo ʻo ia i ʻōiwi Hawaiʻi mua e lilo i pelekikena a CEO ʻo HTA.

Hānau ʻia a hānai ʻia ma kahi kaiāulu ʻo Waikiki ma ka mokupuni ʻo Oahu, ua ulu a puni ʻo John De Fries e nā kūpuna ʻohana i kūpale i nā kuʻuna o ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi. I kēlā manawa like, ke hele maikaʻi nei ʻo Waikiki Beach e lilo i wahi huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi honua. ʻOiai ke kahakai i hāʻawi aku i nā wahi leʻaleʻa i nā malihini kipa a me nā kamaʻāina kūloko pū kekahi, hoʻomanaʻo pū ʻo De Fries i ke kai ma ke ʻano he waiwai waiwai no ka meaʻai a me ka lāʻau no kona ʻohana a me nā hoanoho. ʻO kēia hoʻonohonoho kamaliʻi i hoʻokomo iā ia i kahi ola lōʻihi o ka ʻike, a me ka mahalo i nā pilina simbiotic e kū nei ma waena o ke kaiāulu a me ka moʻomeheu, kūlohelohe, a me ke kālepa.

Hoʻohana i 20 mau makahiki o ka ʻike, hoʻokumu ʻo De Fries Pūʻulu Pāʻoihana Sun, Inc. i ka makahiki 1993. Ua kālele nui ka 'oihana kuka a me ka hui hoʻoponopono papahana ma luna o ka hoʻokipa' ana aku o nā mea lawelawe ma loko o ka hoʻokipa 'ana a me nāʻoihana hoʻoponopono waiwai. ʻO ke kūlana ma mua ma ke ʻano he aʻoaʻo aʻoaʻo no ke Kalana o Hawaii, ua hana ʻia ʻo De Fries me ke kōkua ʻana i nā hana a ke Kalana i loko o ka Green Green Growth Initiative - kahi hana a ka mokuʻāina e hōʻuluʻulu i nā alakaʻi mai ka ikehu, nā meaʻai, a me nā kaiapuni e ana i ka holomua hui ke hana ʻia nei i nā pahuhopu paʻa paʻa. Ma kēia kūlana, alakaʻi ʻo De Fries i ke Kalana i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka World Conservation Congress o ka International Union for Conservation of Nature, i hoʻākoakoa ʻia ma ka Hawaii Convention Center ma Honolulu ma 2016.

I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua kono ʻia ʻo De Fries i kahi manawa kūpono e aʻo ai ma Hawaii. Ua hana ʻo ia me kāna Mea Hemolele, The Dali Lama; nā lālā o ka Rapid Evaluation Team mai Google X; ʻO Gro Harlem Brundtland, ke kuhina wahine mua o Nolewai; ʻO Hina Jilani, kahi loio kaulana, ka mea hoʻokūkū pro-democracy, a he alakaʻi ikaika i ka neʻe ʻana o ka wahine ma Pakistan. ʻO Archb Bishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu o Cape Town, ʻApelika Hema; lāua ʻo Sir Sidney Moko Mead, PhD, nāna i hoʻokumu i ka ʻĀina Hoʻonohonoho Mua o kona ʻāina ma ke Kulanui ʻo Victoria ma Wakinekona, Niu Sila. ʻO ka laulā o nā kumuhana i loko o kēia mau kūkākūkā like ʻole e pili pū me: kekahi i kekahi.

Ua noho ʻo De Fries a me kāna wahine ʻo Ginny ma Kona, Hawaii, mai ka makahiki 1991.

"Ua manaʻo ka papa e hana ʻo John i kahi hana maikaʻi loa ma ke ʻano he pelekikena a he CEO hou ʻo HTA e loaʻa ana nā aʻa hanauna ma Hawaii a hāʻawi i kāna ʻike no ka wā e hiki mai ana, kahi e pono ai i kēia manawa o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19," wahi a ka luna o ka papa HTA ʻo Rick Fried. .

Ua loaʻa ʻo HTA ma mua o 300 mau noi no ke kūlana. Ua kōkua ke keʻena ʻimi alakaʻi a me nā limahana limahana ʻo Bishop & Company i ke kaʻina hana. Ua loiloi kekahi kōmike o ʻeono mau lālā o ka papa HTA a he ʻekolu mau lālā kaiāulu i nā pono o nā mea noi ma mua o ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka papa inoa i kahi hui o ʻeiwa mau hope loa no nā nīnauele. Ua nīnauele ʻia ka papa HTA piha i nā moho hope ʻelua i kēia lā i ka wā i hele ai ka hālāwai i loko o ka hālāwai hoʻokō.

Ua alakaʻi ʻo De Fries ma mua i ke Keʻena ʻOihana ʻImi a me Hoʻomohala no ke Kalana o Hawaii, kahi mahele kuleana no ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka ulu waiwai i nā ʻoihana e like me ka huakaʻi, mahiʻai a me ka ikehu hou. Ma mua o kēlā, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he pelekikena a me CEO ʻo Hokulia, kahi kaiāulu noho hanohano ma ka mokupuni ʻo Hawaii. Mālama ʻo De Fries ma nā papa he nui, e like me Kualoa Ranch, Bishop Museum a me Keahole Center for Sustainability.