Honoring Our Past Programs
This section contains information on past Kupu programs. We have archived these pages to provide a historical record of our work and to celebrate the impact these initiatives had on our community. While these programs are no longer active, their legacies continue to inspire us.
Environmental Education Department
To prepare and inspire Hawaiʻi youth to pursue postsecondary and career opportunities in natural resources, Kupu’s Environmental Education Department (EED) worked in intermediate and high schools to provide work-based and ʻāina-based learning directly to students; provided out-of-school opportunities for 6th-12th graders; offered professional development to educators; and worked in partnership to provide strategic support at the school, district, and DOE-level. The EED’s long-term goal was to help build a homegrown natural resources workforce in Hawaiʻi.
STRATEGIC SUPPORT & RESOURCES
Strategies and accompanying resources to use in curriculum building, to guide career and postsecondary exploration and pursuit, to promote enrollment in natural resources pathways by students with varying interests and skillsets, to build alignment opportunities between high and intermediate schools, and more!
HAWAIʻI YOUTH SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGE
A program of Kupu and Kōkua Hawaiʻi Foundation, the Hawaiʻi Youth Sustainability Challenge (HYSC) empowered Hawaiʻi youth to create solutions to conservation and sustainability challenges in their schools and communities by providing funding, guidance, and training to 9-12th graders state-wide.
KĀKOʻO CONNECTIONS
Kākoʻo Connections supported Hawaiʻi high school students in making connections that can to help them realize their college and career goals in Hawaiʻiʻs natural resources field by visit college and university campuses, connecting with environmental organizations, learning and practicing job readiness skills, and mālama ʻāina during summer break sessions.
A professional development program for DOE educators designed to expose participants to careers in natural resources, grow connections between educators and community, increase educator knowledge of natural resource topics, and build a repository of curricula that increases student knowledge of natural resource careers and subjects.
AʻO ʻĀINA PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM