Making an Impact

Their north star is to develop the whole entrepreneur for a sustainable Hawai’i. They believe that there is much more to being an entrepreneur than just developing hard skills, because developing relationships and a community are equally important for growth and success. They look forward to developing and partnering with others to build out the program to support those that need it most.

Using practices from the principles of Aloha, positive psychology, and socio-emotional learning, theAloha Journal focuses on positive emotions such as optimism and resiliency. The journal is a tool aimed at helping individuals experience more gratitude, connection, and happiness in their lives.

The hōkū, or guiding star of the initiative, is to birth violence-free communities where healthy, thriving, and safe keiki can become healthy, thriving, and safe adults. The project will develop comprehensive curriculum and cross-sector alliances that leverage the complex and diverse cultural strengths of our people to establish integrated violence prevention as the de facto standard in Hawaiʻi.

Digital Literacy is using virtual reality and augmented reality (VR/AR) to diversify Hawaiʻi's economy and strengthen its workforce. By helping local companies and students learn, develop, and create VR/AR software and applications, Hawaiʻi will remain on the cutting edge of innovation, technology companies can thrive, and graduating students will have more viable local career options.

This initiative implements energy efficiency measures to enable underserved communities to lower their energy costs, and thereby pay for critical needs to improve their quality of life.

Green Passport brings conservation organizations and the tourism industry together to create a stable funding stream for environmental protection in Hawaiʻi.