I was able to take home my tomato plant this week and start taking care of it myself. My hypothesis is that if I water it once a day when I wake up so that it has moisture and nutrients in order to make it through the hot day, and place it underneath the skylight in my house, it will result in my plant fruiting. Hopefully after repeating this process my tomato will be able to fruit and flourish.
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For this assignment, my Nana and I went to her friends house to pick some vegetables and roots such as eggplants, zucchini, tomatoes, fresh herbs, 'ulu, and squash. We ended up using all those ingredients and baked the eggplant, squash, and zucchini, in a sauce we made from the tomatoes and herbs we picked. After prepping and cooking all the ingredients, I felt very satisfied and accomplished because we were able to make a whole meal from the start. It was challenging picking all of the ingredients that were going to be used, but in the end, being able to know where everything came from and eating a locally grown and picked meal made me very happy. After this experience, I can say that I definitely want to incorporate more locally sourced meals into my life because of its positive mental and physical health benefits.
After completing my field trip at our CTAHR destination, I was able to learn many things about the plants and food produced on the land that we were visiting. Living on the east side, I enjoyed going back to Waimanālo and seeing the locally grown products that were being produced by people that connect the way they live their lifestyle, to our Hawaiian history and culture. I was able to learn how they grow produce with out containing chemicals and GMO like many other places to speed up the process of the plants growth success.
After being in Mālama Honua for a whole quarter, I was able to learn many things about myself, the land, and our connections to the ancient Hawaiian society. After doing our research project on a place that we identify ourselves with, I found out that we develop a certain relationship with the town that we've grown up in. I found a new respect for how smart and resourceful the Hawaiians were and want to learn more about how to get closer to what we once were as a nation. I also learned the power of observation when we were instructed to write down what we saw, heard, and smelt. Rather than going through the motions, I noticed the small, beautiful pleasures in life and it's something that I have taken away from this class and will always remember.
As Hawaiians living in a modernistic and urban society, we seemed to have forgotten the simple joys that surround us. We live on one of the most beautiful islands in the world and many forget to appreciate and respect the land. Its almost as if were so caught up in our self, that we don't recognize the nature and beauty around us. We don't take time to lie down and and appreciate how the land provides for us.
In our Mālama Honua class, we will be going to Mokauea, located in our Kapālama ahu'pua'a. I am very excited that I get to go to Mokauea with my class and being able to go back to the island and give back. I have been to Mokauea once with my family for a beach clean up and being able to mālama it again with my classmates is an oppurtunity i want to take advantage of. I haven't been on one field trip throughout high school and I'm glad that my first one has a genuine purpose.
I believe that a Hawaiian scientist is someone who observes the land that they are living on and uses those observations to improve their surroundings. Our Kupuna were the first scientists in the world, using the resources that they had to make discoveries that no one else could. Once they developed this knowledge, they were able to share it with others and pass it down to further generations.
Hurricane Lane was one of the biggest hurricane threats ever to come towards the Hawaiian Islands. Hurricane Lane was observed and listed as a category five and put all the Hawaiian Islands in a panic. As some people predicted, the hurricane ended up de-escalating to a tropical storm, than into a storm that didn't even hit O'ahu. The hurricane was predicted to hit hardest on Thursday and Friday, August 23rd and 24th. Some observations that I made in Kane'ohe when the storm was suppose to come was mild wind and occasional heavy rain. It would rain every two to three hours for about twenty minutes but other than that, weather remained as it always has on the east side. During the day time, it was very grey and drizzly but there was no drastic change from normal Kane'ohe weather,
Many people may believe that Mālama Honua is an action, where we as Hawaiians have the responsibility to take care and cultivate our land so that it can prosper. I believe that Mālama Honua is a mindset, one that is positive and careless towards the land that we live on. Thinking has the ability to drive behavior which leads to results and without us being able to think in a “Mālama Honua” mindset, there is no possible way of us reaching our goals of cultivating our island. With the right mentality and drive to mālama i ka ‘āina, results will take place and lead to a positive change for society overall.
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