Maui Wildfires Impact: Health and Community

MauiWES aims to study the health and social impacts of the 2023 Maui wildfires on over 1,000 affected residents. This research focuses on chronic diseases, mental health, and social effects. Hawai'i Integrated Analytics is helping this effort with tailored dashboards for participants to access their individual results. Participants can click the link below to view their personal outcomes or learn more.

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MA'O Organic Farms

Health impacts extend to the broader community

Over the past 20 years, MA’O has witnessed that connecting youth to land generates health, sustainability, and resilience with and for the community. To learn more about these connections, in 2017 we started a collaborative learning journey with the Mauli Ola Study - an exploration of the longitudinal social and health impacts on YLT interns while they are on the farm. The working theory that emerged from this research is that MAʻO’s holistic intervention changes interns’ health and eating behaviors and improves their health.

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SLIM

Sustainable Living Institute of Maui

The Impact of Aquaponics and Education on Health

A more sustainable Aquaponics Systems for Food Security and Community Resiliency in Hawaii...

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Food Basket

The Food Basket, Hawai'i Island’s Food Bank

A Healthy Community starts with a Healthy Staff

By jump-starting a healthier lifestyle with a 10-day plant based diet, daily speakers, and weekly meal boxes, staff of The Food Basket--Hawai'i Island’s food bank--were empowered to “walk the talk” of healthy eating and living--lifestyle changes that they can model for the rest of their community.

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We Are Oceania