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The newest building at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa will be named after Isabella Aiona Abbott, otherwise known as the 'First Lady of Limu.'
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Aquaculture generated close to $80 million in 2021, more than coffee or macadamia nuts — the cash crops often associated with the islands. The Conversation visited a Hawaiʻi Island business that propagates seaweed for cow feed to reduce the methane in their burps.
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Symbrosia was one of two companies at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaiʻi Authority on Hawaiʻi Island to get a boost in funding this year. Symbrosia founder Alexia Akbay and newly hired science officer Miguel Olaizola shared their plan to scale up and produce the feed additive commercially.
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University of Hawaiʻi botanist Celia Smith spoke to The Conversation about researching the effect of coastal cesspools on our reefs so we can better protect our nearshore ecosystems. Smith recalled she was thrilled when then-Gov. David Ige declared 2022 “The Year of Limu."
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Noelani Puniwai is an ecologist and assistant professor at the UH Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies. She joined The Conversation to talk about why the limu survey is so important to the healing of the island which the military used to bomb for training for 50 years.
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Red Hill deficiencies at fuel facility spur EPA's order of consent with Navy; Oral history project highlights WWII Japanese incarceration; Did a shark attack a Kīhei deer?; Grim future ahead for Hawaiʻi's endemic birds; New seaweed survey focuses on Kahoʻolawe limu
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Red Hill deficiencies at fuel facility spur EPA's order of consent with Navy; Oral history project highlights WWII Japanese incarceration; Did a shark attack a Kīhei deer?; Grim future ahead for Hawaiʻi's endemic birds; New seaweed survey focuses on Kahoʻolawe limu
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Kimeona Kane works with the Waimānalo Limu Hui to organize monthly community work days to help rebuild the stone walls of the pond and encourage the growth of limu patches in the bay.
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The Conversation spent the morning with the hui as volunteers learned about how to make limu lei. It begins with pounding lauhala to make cordage. We spoke with Ikaika Rogerson, head of the hui, at Kaiona Beach.
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Gov. Josh Green names health care staff shortage, high costs-of-living among budget priorities; A lawsuit alleges that Parker Ranch is responsible for damage to homes and property incurred during the 2021 Mana Road Fire; How to make a lei out of limu