Be the change. Help us facilitate solutions to economic, social, and agricultural/food security challenges that the Kīlauea community and Kaua`i faces.

Founded in 2021, Alakoko is a community-based, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization focused on inspiring creativity, increasing accessibility of local products, and connecting community. We are Kauai's House of Makers where you can support local artists and makers. Alakoko also assists with education and opportunities that strengthen Kaua'i small businesses. We believe stronger small businesses are key to a stronger community which provides higher quality of living for locals, better employment, and housing; all while keeping a more circular stream of wealth on island for our future generations. Alakoko pays tribute to the hands that made the fishpond 600 years ago. Alakoko means “road of blood” and is the essence of the local entrepreneurs past and present who put their blood, sweat, and mana into creating something special.

Knowing that our only landfill is projected to reach capacity in 2026, our current food-system is heavily reliant on imported goods, and residents express difficulty in composting on their own, we wanted to provide a service to alleviate these issues. ​ In 2020, in the midst of a pandemic, Compost Kauai came to fruition. Compost Kauai provides services that make it easier for the community to close the food system loop and support truly local recycling on island. We support everything from individual residents to large scale events.

"To Actively Protect The Ocean." We stand for sustainably protecting and watching over Kauaʻi's marine ecosystems' health, while sharing passion and knowledge, to create awareness and motivation in the community for taking care of the ocean and its inhabitants.

At Mālama Hulēʻia, we educate and lead community efforts to remove invasive mangrove along the Hulē‘ia river, re-establish native wetland ecosystems, manage Alakoko Fishpond, and engage the community through environmental stewardship programs that honor Hawaiian culture and values.

Kumano I Ke Ala exists to elevate indigenous knowledge to revitalize traditional food systems to save the world. Kumano I Ke Ala (KIKA) is a 501c3 non-profit and social enterprise empowering West Kauaʻi through native land rehabilitation, food system revitalization, workforce training and youth development. Our work is centered around purveying Hawaiian culture, designing restored agricultural spaces, engaging the next generation of cultural practitioners and increasing commercial production of kalo locally to secure long term community access to affordable native Hawaiian staple foods.

Hui Makaʻāinana o Makana (Hui) is a community-based organization formed in 1998 by lineal descendants of Hāʻena. ​ Our mission is dedicated to perpetuating and teaching the skills, knowledge, and practices of our kūpuna (ancestors) through the interpretation, restoration, care and protection of the natural and cultural resources that are located within the Hāʻena State Park. Through this, we have a curatorship agreement with State Parks to restore and maintain about 15 acres which include:

• Loʻi Restoration
  
• Poi Mill Restoration
  
• Maintenance of family historical grave sites
  
• Maintenance of 2 historical house sites A
  
• ssisting with the Hāʻena State Master Plan

Founded in 2006, Mālama Kaua’i is a community-based, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that focuses on increasing local food production and access for Kaua‘i. We do this through a lens of resilience and sustainability, which leverages workforce and economic development efforts, partnerships and innovative programs to grow community capacity.

The Nihoku Ecosystem Restoration Project was created in 2012 in order to protect both rare coastal ecosystems as well as provide a predator-free nesting area for native ground-nesting birds in Hawaii. Nihoku is an area between Crater Hill and Mokolea Point at Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge on the North Shore of Kaua`i. The project is a result of a large partnership between multiple government and non-profit groups who have come together to help preserve the native species of Hawaii. The focus is on creating safe nesting habitat for Newell’s Shearwaters (‘A‘o) and Hawaiian Petrels (‘Ua‘u ), Hawai`i’s only two endemic seabirds, and enhancing the existing breeding colonies of Mōlī (Laysan Albatross) and Nēnē (Hawaiian Goose) who already nest in the area. From 2015-2020 86 ‘A‘o and 106 ‘Ua‘u translocated and fledged from the site, and several have returned to breed at adults resulting in the successful creation of a predator free breeding area for Hawai`i's two endemic seabird species.

To Educate, Inspire and Assist Government, Businesses, Residents and Visitors of Kauai in Transitioning to a Zero Waste Society and To Advocate Policies and Implement Programs That Move Kauai Toward a Zero Waste Society.

The County’s General Plan is governed by the overarching theme of Kauaʻi Kākou: We’re moving forward together to collectively plan for a more sustainable Kauaʻi, in the spirit of malama ‘āina (stewardship of the land). The General Plan is the first plan to adopt sustainability as an overarching goal by, “growing responsibly to meet the needs of current and future generations without depleting resources.” With this guiding vision, the objectives of the County’s Sustainability Program are: 1) to have county government lead by example by developing, adopting, and implementing sustainable practices and policies, and 2) to support and leverage community efforts that promote island sustainability.

• To maintain public health and safety
• Provide reliable and sustainable refuse collection, recycling, transfer, and disposal systems for management of solid waste on Kauai.
• Support the recovery of reusable or recyclable resources from the waste stream.
• Maintain the County Subtitle D landfill in accordance with applicable Federal, State, and County regulations.