Hawaii ʻike ʻia no ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi o nā kahakai nani a nani loa o ka honua - a na kēlā me kēia kuleana e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i kēlā ala. He wahi mamao loa ma ke kahakai hikina hikina o ka Mokupuni o Hawaii, ua hoopiha ia me ka opala a me ka opala kai i laweia e ka au a me ka makani kalepa. ʻO nā mea i holoi pinepine ʻia i uka, ʻo ia nā mea ʻilika, nā mea lawaiʻa kalepa a me nā mea hale i hoʻolei pinepine ʻia - he mea hoʻomanaʻo pilikia no ke olakino o ko kākou moana i kēia manawa.
Akā ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia nei ma ke ʻano he papahana mākaʻikaʻi kuleana, mahalo i kahi hui o nā haumāna kula kiʻekiʻe mai New Zealand, Australia a me Iapana. No ka mahalo ʻana i ka International Coastal Cleanup Day ma Sept. 21, ua hui pū ʻo Sea Cleaners, he alakaʻi hoʻonaʻauao kūlohelohe ʻo New Zealand, a me ka Hawaii Wildlife Fund me Hawaii Tourism Oceania, Hawaii Tourism Japan a me Hawaiian Airlines e lawe i nā alakaʻi ʻōpio i Hawaii. Mokupuni no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe kahakai ma kēia wahi mamao o ka mokupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi. Ke kiʻi nei kekahi hui mai National Geographic i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe kahakai no kāna hōʻike Eco-Traveler, e hoʻolele ʻia ma Oceania i kekahi manawa ma hope.
"ʻO ka hana a mākou e hana nei no kā mākou mau keiki a me nā keiki a kā mākou keiki," wahi a Hayden Smith o Sea Cleaners. "Pono mākou e hoʻololi i kēia manawa i ke ʻano o kā mākou hana ʻana i ko mākou ola i kēlā me kēia lā me ka ʻole o ka pau ʻana."
ʻO nā haumāna 12, i koho ʻia ma muli o ko lākou alakaʻi ʻana i ka hoʻomau, e hoʻohana i kā lākou ʻike e mālama i nā ʻōpio ma ko lākou mau ʻāina. ʻOiai lākou ma ka mokupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi, ke kamaʻilio nei lākou me nā haumāna kūloko, a e komo lākou i kahi ʻike voluntourism ma ke awāwa ʻo Waipio. I nehinei, ua kamaʻilio ka hui kipa me nā haumāna o ke kula kiʻekiʻe o Konawaena e pili ana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka mālama kaiapuni, a ua hui pū ʻia e ka heʻenalu nalu nui a me Shane Dorian puka Konawaena. Eia hou, ua kamaʻilio ka hui me nā haumāna o ke kula haʻahaʻa o Honaunau.
"Ma ke ʻano he 90 mau makahiki, ʻike mākou i ke kuleana nui o ka mālama ʻana i kēia mau pae ʻāina," wahi a Debbie Nakanelua-Richards, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka pilina kaiaulu a me ka moʻomeheu o Hawaiian Airlines. “ʻO ko mākou manaʻolana i kēia lā hoʻomaʻemaʻe kahakai ʻo ia ka hui ʻana o nā kānaka i ka malama honua a e hoʻoikaika i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hui pū me mākou i ka pale ʻana i nā mea a pau e hoʻohanohano ai iā Hawaiʻi."
Hoʻomaopopo ka hui ʻana i ka manaʻo lōʻihi o nā hui i ka hoʻomau a manaʻo e hoʻonui i ka ʻike plastik ma o ka paipai ʻana i ka poʻe e mahalo i ke kaiapuni ma ka home a i ka wā e hele ana i waho. ʻO nā kālā mākaʻikaʻi i hōʻiliʻili ʻia ma Hawaiʻi ma o ka Transient Accommodations Tax ke kōkua nei i ka uku ʻana i kēia hana hoʻolālā kuleana.
