It’s the 5th Annual EarthDay Rising!
Sunday, April 19th – 7:45am to 7:30pm
Malama Kaua`i Community Farm, Wai Koa Plantation, Kalihiwai Ridge
Join us for this year’s `ohana style celebration featuring live music, food, workshops, hands-on ag projects, keiki activities, clothing swap tent, vendors, and more… The 1st 20 attendees receive an `ulu tree from The Breadfruit Institute!
Keiki (12 & under) & Kupuna (65+) are free! Others are $15 suggested donation on the day of, to help kokua our entertainment and knowledge providers.
We suggest attendees bring a reusable water bottle, a camp chair, and sun protection. We are a no-waste site, so you will need to pack out what you bring in. Mahalo!
Here is a downloadable schedule and map:
EDR Schedule of Events:
7:45am Registration Open
8:00a – 9:00a Morning Workshops
9:00a – 12:00p Hands-on Farm Projects
12:00p – 2:00p Lunch, Vendors, & Music
2:00p – 3:30p Afternoon Workshops
3:30p – 5:00p Evening Workshops
5:00p – 6:30p Sustainable Solutions Think Tank
6:30p – 7:30p Mahalos & Music by Sleep When You’re Dead
Morning Workshop Sessions, 8:00am to 9:00am:
– Chicken Butchering w/ Nicolai Barca
Hands-on chicken slaughtering and butchering demo. Bring your own bird if you like!
– Making Hard Cider w/Jim of Kaua`i Brew Club
Learn how to make tasty tipsy treats using local juices and minimal equipment.
– Renewable Energy & Biofuels w/Daniel Erickson, Energy, Sustainability, & Biofuel Instructor at Kauai Community College
Hands-on Farm Projects, 9:00am – 12:00pm:
– Food Forestry with Paul Massey of Regenerations
Apply fertilizer & mulch to the remarkable collection of fruit trees in the upper agroforest.
– Youth Garden Build & Natural Fence Install with Malama Kaua`i
Learn to build a living lilikoi fenceline from invasive strawberry guava while helping to create our new Youth Garden for Keiki on the Farm educational activities.
Afternoon Workshop Sessions, 2:00pm to 3:30pm:
– Cacao & Vanilla as Sustainable Niche Crops w/ Tony Lydgate of Steelgrass Farm
Discuss cacao and vanilla from field to food, including growing, using, and processing these crops, as well as a vanilla pollination demonstration.
– Coconuts for Sustainability w/ the Low Bearing Coconut Preservation Mission
They’ll be sharing how to grow and care for coconuts, harvesting, uses and products, and doing a coconut cream making demo.
– Solar Technology on Kauai w/Goran Radovanovic of Haleakala Solar
Learn all about using solar in farm or home applications, off-grid solar and hydro projects, emerging solar technologies, and deciding if solar is right for you.
Evening Workshop Sessions, 3:30pm – 5:00pm:
– All About Kava w/ Gary Mack of Kava Kaua`i
Starting with a short kava ceremony, you will learn to prepare kava for drinking, propagation and growing of kava, and touch upon the history and cultural use of kava.
– Backyard Chickens w/ Matt Stevenson of CTAHR
The basics of raising chickens for farm or backyard.
– Mead Making w/Shastin Grace
Learn to make your own mead using local honey.
Sustainable Solutions Think Tank, 5:00pm – 6:30pm:
New this year, we’ll work together to brainstorm and design sustainable business and program solutions to Kaua`i’s most pressing issues around water, agriculture, energy, waste, housing, and more. Bring your creativity to begin conversations around strategic solutions. The Small Business Development Center will be on-hand to provide free business consulting for those who want to see their dreams become a reality.
Keiki Activities:
– 10am: Build Your Own Coral Colony w/DLNR
– 11:30: Coloring & Wheel of Fortune Games w/Kauai Invasive Species Committee
– 1pm: Listening to Trees w/Robyn Arrington
– 2pm: Drumming Workshop w/Phil Villatora, Children of the Land
Food Vendors & Info Booths:
We’ve got your tastebuds covered all day with George of da Jungle & Organic Shave Ice, Le’a ke Kau’ia, Coconut Water from LBCPM, & Rainbeau Jo’s. You can also learn more about what’s happening on Kaua’i with the Dept. of Land & Natural Resources, Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, Kaua`i Invasive Species Committee, Hawaii Farmers Union United, and more.
Clothing Swap Tent:
Bring in your clean, unwanted clothing to gift to others, and pick up some new pieces to add to your wardrobe!
For directions see our Contact page.
For questions or vendor inquiries contact Megan at 828-0685 x12