{"id":9253,"date":"2022-07-24T17:11:35","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T17:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trendingsimple.com\/hawaii\/hawaii-news\/keona-blanks-aina-based-education-is-the-path-to-a-sustainable-future\/"},"modified":"2022-07-24T17:11:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T17:11:35","slug":"keona-blanks-aina-based-education-is-the-path-to-a-sustainable-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendingsimple.com\/hawaii\/hawaii-news\/keona-blanks-aina-based-education-is-the-path-to-a-sustainable-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Keona Blanks: Aina-Based Education Is The Path To A Sustainable Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cTack! Sail the jib now!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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I gripped the rope and heaved it backward with all my might, my whole body at an acute angle to the deck of Hikianalia while the turquoise sea off the coast of Sand Island roared below.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The <\/span>Voyaging Crew Member Training program<\/span><\/a> I enrolled in as a member of <\/span>N\u0101 Kelamoku<\/span><\/a> is part of a shift toward place-based, experiential education led by nonprofits, public-private partnerships, and public and private schools.<\/span><\/p>\n

N\u0101 Kelamoku is the youth leadership initiative of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, a Hawaii<\/a> nonprofit established to research and perpetuate traditional Polynesian voyaging methods. Findings indicate that these programs have had a positive impact on student outcomes, especially for Native Hawaiians.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aina-based education, as it is known, is broadly defined as \u201cteaching and learning through \u2018\u0101ina so our people, communities, and lands thrive,\u201d Brandon Ledward writes in \u201c<\/span>H\u016blili: Multidisciplinary Research on Hawaiian Well-Being<\/span><\/a>\u201d (Kamehameha Publishing, 2019).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018\u0100ina refers to the land, sea, and air \u2013 all that feeds and sustains us,\u201d Ledward explains.<\/span><\/p>\n

My experience on Hikianalia led me to speak with a range of Hawaii\u2019s aina-based educators to learn more about how it is inspiring students to steer Hawaii toward a sustainable future.<\/span><\/p>\n

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