The Aloha forest is a living memorial of trees planted across the southern slope of Haleakala, Its a collective of intentions, prayers, and energy directed to restoring our endemic Hawaiian forest. Essentially its a tree sponsorship program that gives everyone a chance to give back to a beautiful ecosystem. it also empowers a small Hawaiian community to carryout their mission of saving the forest on the mountain where they live.
Our small Hawaiian homes community sits at the base of Kahikinui, on the southern slope of Haleakala. Our goal is to build a thriving community, while restoring our native forest.
Watch as your sponsored tree grows grander every year, get visuals of the majestic southern slopes of Haleakala as we work to save a precious forest.
Whether its helping us create new planting zones or offsetting your carbon footprint, we value collective contribution. E kuahui like i ka hana (let us pitch in and work together).
Our goal is to create a global restoration initiative. Implement our Aloha forest system anywhere in the world. Start restoring an ecosystem near you.
Aloha Aina literally means to love the land, its living in reverence for all things. Through aloha aina we live a more intimate connection to the land and its food systems. Aloha aina is the understanding that we are only successful in proportion to the land beneath our feet. When we live this way we naturally become better stewards of our environment. We do not look to our forest as commodities, but the pinnacle of our food systems and watersheds.
The southern slope of Haleakala currently accounts for around 3% of our native forest cover left. Over the past 300 years Hawai’i has endured massive deforestation from man and animal. Once known throughout China as Tahn Heung Sahn “The Sandalwood Mountains” Trade began here in the islands in 1790 by American sea captain John Hendrick, following this trade of Hawaiian Hardwoods the flood gates of exporting our hardwoods in global trade. 55 years later in 1845 the exotic hardwood industry would collapse due to massive decline of available lumber.
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