Kūlana i kēia manawa: I kēia manawa ʻo wau ka Luna Hoʻokele o Digital Production ma DGWB Advertising ma Santa Ana Kaleponi. Mālama au i ka hoʻolālā, hoʻolālā a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā pūnaewele, nā polokalamu facebook, nā polokalamu kelepona a me nā hoʻolaha leka uila no nā mea kūʻai aku e like me Mimi's Café, Toshiba, Hilton Garden Inn, Yogurtland a me Dole.
He aha kāu pilina me ReLeaf (ma ke ʻano o ka palena manawa)?
ʻO California ReLeaf Grant Coordinator mai 1994 – 1997. Ua mālama au i nā papahana hāʻawi kanu lāʻau a me nā ululāʻau kūlanakauhale i kākoʻo ʻia e CDF, USFS a me TPL. Hoʻopili kēia i ka nānā ʻana ma ka pūnaewele a me ke komo ʻana i nā hanana like ʻole ma nā mokuʻāina, ka nānā ʻana i nā noi no nā haʻawina, ke kamaʻilio ʻana a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā makana hāʻawi a me ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā uku. Hoʻopuka pū ʻia nā hōʻike hōʻuluʻulu no CDF a me ka Forest Service e hōʻike ana i ke ʻano o ka hoʻohana ʻia ʻana o ke kālā.
He aha ka manaʻo o California ReLeaf iā ʻoe?
Ua kōkua ʻo California ReLeaf iaʻu e hoʻomaopopo i ke koʻikoʻi o ke kūkulu kaiāulu. Laki wau i ka kipa ʻana i nā papahana he nui kahi i hele mai ai nā kamaʻāina e lawe i ko lākou mau kaiāulu. Haʻaheo lākou i ka hana ʻana i mea maikaʻi no ke kaiapuni ʻoiai e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ana i ko lākou mau kula, nā alanui a me nā alaloa. Ua kōkua iaʻu e lilo i lālā o ka hui kanu lāʻau ponoʻī o koʻu kūlanakauhale (ReLeaf Costa Mesa) e hana ana i ʻekolu makahiki e kanu i 2,000 kumulāʻau ma nā paka, nā kula a me nā ala pāka o ko mākou kūlanakauhale. ʻO ka manawa pinepine, hoʻopilikia ʻia mākou e nā moʻolelo e hōʻike ana i ka mea e hoʻokaʻawale iā mākou. Ua hōʻike mai ʻo ReLeaf iaʻu he nui aʻe ka mea e hoʻohui iā mākou.
He aha kāu hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi loa a i ʻole hanana o California ReLeaf?
ʻO nā ʻaha kūkā. ʻO Genni Cross, Stephanie Alting-Mees, Victoria Wade a me aʻu e hana nui e hoʻokau i nā ʻaha kūkā, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kēlā me kēia ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia ma muli o nā kālā i loaʻa iā mākou e hana pū ai. ʻAʻole ʻike ka poʻe i hele mai i ka lohi o ko mākou ala ʻana i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i nā mea ma ka lima. Akā makemake wau. ʻO Stephanie, Genni a me Victoria ʻekolu o nā poʻe ʻakaʻaka loa aʻu i hana ai a ua piha kēlā mau pō i ka ʻakaʻaka ʻoiai mākou a pau e hoʻāʻo e hoʻopaʻa i kekahi i kekahi! ʻO ka Point Loma Conference paha kaʻu punahele: kahi nani a me kahi hui nui o nā poʻe mai nā lālā o ka Pūnaewele.
No ke aha he mea nui e hoʻomau ʻo California ReLeaf i kāna Misiona?
Pono ka poʻe noho o Kaleponi e hoʻomaopopo i ka mana i loaʻa iā lākou ma ko lākou mau lima ponoʻī. Kōkua ʻo ReLeaf iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo a hoʻoulu i kēlā mana i loko o ka hana kaiāulu. Inā hiki i nā kama'āina ke komo a hana pū me ko lākou mau alakaʻi aupuni e kanu i nā kumulāʻau, hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā kaiāulu a hoʻonani i nā alanui, hiki iā lākou ke lawe i ko lākou kūlanakauhale a lilo i leo no nā kaiāulu maikaʻi. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka noho ʻana ma ke kaiāulu e alakaʻi i ka emi ʻana o ka hewa, ka liʻiliʻi o ka graffiti, ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻōpala a me kahi wahi olakino maikaʻi loa e noho ai. ʻO ke kanu lāʻau kahi ala kūpono, (ʻano) ʻaʻole hoʻopaʻapaʻa e hoʻoulu i kēia komo. ʻO ia ka haʻawina a ReLeaf i nā kaiāulu Kaleponi, a ʻo ia ka waiwai he ʻumi ka nui o ke kālā i uku ʻia no ka papahana ʻo ReLeaf.