International Leaders Come to Hawaii to Celebrate Pledge to Our Keiki, Hawaii’s Largest Dive Clean Up & Global Moment of Peace

HONOLULU, April 22, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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Organized by the nonprofit Kanu Hawaii, Volunteer Week Hawaii expands this yr to embody volunteer alternatives, occasions and initiatives all April lengthy. The month-long celebration of volunteerism contains greater than 800 alternatives within the works and 400 occasions that the general public can take part in and has introduced worldwide management to take part and endorse Hawaii’s efforts for Earth Day.

Taking inspiration from the Palau Pledge, a world-first tourism initiative, Kanu Hawaii led the creation of Hawaii’s model; dedicated to the respect and care of Hawaii. On April 21, enterprise leaders, dignitaries and authorities officers together with the President of Palau, Hawaii Governor Josh Inexperienced and Oahu Mayor Rick Blangiardi got here collectively to signal the pledge and urge for its adoption in all sectors. In attendance was the President of Palau, Surangel Whipps Jr., who spoke on the genesis and influence of the Palau Pledge, which the Hawaii Pledge was modeled after. The Palau passport pledge requires the signature of all these coming into its nation to be environmentally aware whereas a visitor of the island nation. It has garnered worldwide consideration since its kick-off on the United Nations in 2017. Extra concerning the Palau Pledge: https://vimeo.com/251574951

Hawaii is the final place within the U.S. during which the solar will rise on Earth Day. Greater than 100 international locations are anticipated to hitch in celebration of a second of peace. Kanu Hawaii will host E Ala Ē, a Hawaiian chant that can unite voices from throughout the Hawaiian islands on Earth Day. This yr they are going to be joined by religious leaders from greater than 100 international locations together with Palau, Mexico and India who will share a worldwide second of peace at dawn of their time zone. Teams throughout Hawaii will collect from the best peaks of Maui’s Haleakala to the shores of Oahu’s japanese coast and at sea, as canoes enterprise out of Hilo Bay. They’ll congregate in sacred Hawaiian areas and locations, city facilities and alongside the coastlines. Hawaii members will share a chant that can start at 6:07 am dawn in paradise. 

Later that morning on Earth Day, Hawaii goals to set the stage with the biggest statewide dive cleanup in partnership with PADI and Aqualung, which embody tons of of divers at greater than 10 coastal areas of each main Hawaiian island. The purpose is to take away hundreds of kilos of trash littering the ocean and coastal waters of the islands. An estimated 15 to twenty tons of marine trash are being washed up on the shores of Hawai’i yearly, 96 p.c of which is constructed from plastic materials.

For photos and video of 2023 Earth Day Occasions in Hawaii by midday HST: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rpjbqrjzez3bmui/AABbDT-7BfdPar3EdgD_LcPia?dl=0

Source: Kanu Hawaii