Community Engagement

Coral fragmenting outreach event teaching the public how corals are restored

A Pathway for Collaboration

We work with our partners to reach audiences of all ages and backgrounds to inspire the ocean stewardship.

Through educational outreach, restoration events, joining conferences, and media-based storytelling, we work to drive authentic awareness around coral restoration in Hawaiʻi.

Child holding a coral module with coral fragments attached

Connecting Communities to Coral Reefs

Our team works to provide memorable, hands-on experience with coral where community members can participate in direct restoration using Hawaiʻi-specific techniques.

Our experiential restoration and outreach events are an opportunity for us to learn from community members, while also sharing our approach to restoration and promoting appreciation for our ocean.

Our priorities:

  • Build community relationships for restoration

  • Promote regenerative tourism

  • Support partners around Hawaiʻi

  • Educate the next generation through hands-on learning

Dive into our Hana Pūkoʻa Events

Hana Pūko’a (working together for coral) events engage local community members in our mission through hands-on restoration, providing an opportunity to educate and inspire the next generation of coral stewards across Hawaiʻi.

November 19, 2022

Pōkaʻī Bay, O’ahu

Partnering with Nā Kama Kai and World Surf League allowed us to fragment corals for out planting and inspire surfers and water people to steward and protect our ocean.

Na Kama Kai Logo
World Surf League WSL logo

November 7, 2023

Pōkaʻī Bay, O’ahu

Kuleana Coral Restoration and Nā Kama Kai teamed up to empower keiki to build their relationship with kai and ʻāina, to nurture a deeper sense of aloha and kuleana for the natural environment and themselves.

Na Kama Kai logo

January 26, 2024

Maunalua Bay, Oʻahu

Collaboration with Mālama Maunalua, Coral Resilience Lab, and the Restore with Resilience Network allows us to take part in multiple Hana Pūkoʻa events at Maunalua Bay.

Restore with Resilience logo

Please do NOT touch any live coral without obtaining a permit! Special permits are required for handling coral in Hawai’i [SAP 2022-41].

Coral technician and member of the public drilling plugs into live coral for outplanting at an outreach event
Danny DeMartini explaining coral growth at an outreach event
Volunteers preparing corals for out planting
Education event where community members learn how to fragment corals
Education and outreach event where participants get to learn how to identify bleached corals
Coral technician using a diamond blade band saw to carefully fragment coral pieces to increase growth rate
Volunteer preparing corals to be outplanted
Hoakea education event where students and the public learn about coral restoration
Kuleana staff member teaching kids about the importance of corals
Kuleana Coral Restoration education and outreach event on the beach preparing corals for fragmentation
Hoakea educational event where high school students learn about the importance of healthy coral reefs
Student holding a coral module that can increase coral growth rates
Outreach event demonstrating coral restoration
Students looking inside of an aquarium that is holding corals ready to be outplanted
Students working on coral restoration techniques
Identification guide for corals in Hawaii
Kuleana Coral staff demonstrating how to conduct coral restoration techniques
Education and outreach event demonstrating the importance of coral reefs
Students working in a touch tank at an education and outreach event
Kuleana Coral Restoration team taking an Earth Day photoshoot
Coral reef technician demonstrating fragmenting and coral plugs