My name is Jami Sugihara. I live in the ahupuaʻa of Waikīkī. However, I am from Palolo. My mauna is Lēʻahi (Diamond Head). The reason why my mauna is Lēʻahi is because I see it everyday and it has become apart of my life. My wai is Waikīkī Beach. My makani is Waiʻōmaʻo. My rain is Līlīlehua. In my years at Kamehameha, I have learned what mālama honua is. This is my sixth year at Kamehameha and every year I have done or learned something new about the land itself. Mālama Honua means to take care of the earth. Since our ancestors took care of the land and thrived, then we can also replicate what they did to thrive. The world has caught up to people so much that we do not really think of these things anymore. We as Hawaiians know what it means to take care of the earth, our earth. It is very important to mālama honua because the earth takes care of us, so we should replicate the action. Nowadays, people don’t do things for the land and therefore, the land is suffering. As a student at Kamehameha Schools, we are embedded in the Hawaiian culture. As a Hawaiian, I experience what my ancestors did by working in the loʻi. The loʻi is a lot of work to take care of. The things that we did were pulling out the weeds, stomping on the mud to soften the mud, picking up trash, and many more. At school, there are countless of cultural activites that we did to take care of the earth. Activities such as picking up the trash, cleaning kalo, pulling out weeds, and etc. As a Hawaiian, I want to share with other people and other Hawaiians how to proper take care of the earth. The goal for me is to take care and provide how my ancestors did. I think the point of mālama honua is to keep the earth going for future generations because that was our ancestors goal, so we should make it a priority as well. My grandfather used to have this garden where he used to plant all of his fruits and vegetables. When it was harvesting time, he would have an abundance of fruits and vegetables. This is because he would take care of his garden every single day. Aloha ʻāina is to love the land. Loving the ʻāina is caring for ʻāina by doing whatever means necessary to keep it clean and pure. We as people should love the land because the land provides so much for us. If we don’t take care of the land, then the land can’t take care of you. For example, people litter all day and every day. By doing this, the land doesn’t feel loved and is getting ruined at the same time. So if someone wants to plant something there, they cannot because it hasn’t been taken care of or loved. Aloha ʻāina relates to Mālama Honua in regards to the connection with the people to the land. If you take care of the land, then the land will take care of you. These two concepts relate because they are Hawaiian values that you must keep for a lifetime. People should remember to do these two things because the land will replicate it to you too. By taking care and loving the land and earth, it taught our ancestors many traits and qualities. For example, patience is and/or was a key trait to have. When our ancient ancestors were living, they did not have the same appliances that we have today. Another example is when our ancestors grew and caught their own food to survive. Nowadays, farmers use machinery to get the job done, however, Hawaiians had to use what they could find. These two examples relate to mālama honua and aloha ʻāina it is what relates us back to our roots. My goal by the end of this year is to teach people how to take care of the earth like a Hawaiian because not only did they survive for a long time, but they thought about the future generations to come.