EA

1. n. Sovereignty, rule, independence. Hoʻihoʻi i ke ea o Hawaiʻi, restore the sovereignty of Hawaiʻi.
2. n. Life, air, breath; breeze, spirit (Isa. 42.5). This ea, as well as ea 1, 3, 4, is sometimes pronounced or sung ʻea. Wai ea, aerated waters. Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono (motto of Hawaiʻi), the life of the land is preserved in righteousness.
3. vi. To rise, go up, raise, become erect. Cf. aea, eʻea, hōʻea. Kai ea (Kep. 183), rising sea. Ua ea kona poʻo, his head was raised. Ke ea ʻana o ka ʻai, ka iʻa (Kep. 97), the obtaining of poi, fish.
4. vi. To smell. Also ʻea. Cf. maea, māeaea.

THE VISION

restoring ea

AN ABUNDANT FOOD-SHED

Nā Loko Iʻa "Hawaiian Fishponds", were built to be living refrigerators for the people who once lived solely from the land. These fishponds were meant to produce food and that is exactly what we plan to restore and improve.

Kulaiwi Nani Restoration

A CONNECTION TO ʻĀINA

Since 2011, Loko ea has conducted educational programs to over 15,000 local students and has worked to assist the broader community to reconnect to their cultural identity through their connections to the ʻāina at Loko ea.

Kupuohi Education

A PLACE FOR THE PEOPLE

Loko ea fishpond is a sacred space. A sacred space for the community of pae ʻāina o Hawaiʻi. A space for practicing our culture and gathering together. A space to learn, to think, to celebrate, to plan, to eat, to replenish ourselves. A place to protect. But mostly Loko ea is place to aloha kekahi i kekahi.

Visit Loko ea

Waialua, ʻāina ku pālua i ka laʻi

"Waialua, land that stands doubly beclaimed."
Said in admiration for Waialua, Oʻahu where the weather was usually pleasant and the life of the people tranquil.

- Tūtū Pukui (ʻŌlelo Noeʻau #2902)

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AERIAL VIEW OF LOKO EA

A bird's eye view of Loko Ea recorded via drone! Big Mahalo to Valen Ahlo for capturing this amazing perspective of our beloved fishpond! 

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Keeping our Keiki & Community Safe-Update on Loko Ea
on July 17, 2017

Fishpond Activities Resume Last June 2016, all summer program activities were modified to land-based activities after learning that the Hawaii State Department of Health shut...