The mission of KAUPA is to restore the natural and cultural resources within our ahupua`a through education, outreach and action.

KAUPA is a nonprofit, community-based organization centered in Kalihi Valley. Our goal is to instill an environmental ethic of caring for the land in Kalihi through environmental education opportunities and activities within the community.

 
   
SECOND SATURDAYS for SUSTAINABILITY
Attention families and community members! Let’s work together to make our neighborhood beautiful. Please come to the site of your new Native Hawaiian Garden. Food, fun and a chance to make new friends!		 VIEW the KAUPA PHOTO GALLERIES
View photo galleries showcasing our past Second Saturdays for Sustaninability, our wonderful volunteers and see the work we have completed at the Kalihi Stream. 		EDUCATION and COMMUNITY OUTREACH
We partner with school and community groups to provide environmental education programs and activities that teach children and adults the ahupua‘a model.
 
   
KAUPA is a non-profit group that applies traditional Hawaiian watershed management practices and good science to improve the environmental quality of the Kalihi watershed.

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SPECIAL THANKS to our PARTNERS

KAUPA would like to thank the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Hawai’i Department of Health, City and County
of Honolulu Department of Environmental Services, Kalihi Waena School, the Department of Education,
and James Richards, et. al for helping us make this all possible.

“We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” – Native American Proverb