{"id":139220,"date":"2021-04-13T09:45:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T19:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=139220"},"modified":"2021-04-13T09:56:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T19:56:55","slug":"mauka-to-makai-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/13\/mauka-to-makai-expo\/","title":{"rendered":"Mauka to Makai Environmental Expo celebrates Earth Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/waikiki-aquarium.jpg\" alt=\"the front of the Waikiki Aquarium\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-113952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/waikiki-aquarium.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/waikiki-aquarium-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/waikiki-aquarium-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Celebrate Earth Month at the 14th annual <a href=\"https:\/\/maukatomakaiexpo.com\/\">Mauka to Makai Environmental Virtual Expo<\/a>. Presented by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waikikiaquarium.org\/\">Waik\u012bk\u012b Aquarium<\/a>, City and County of Honolulu\u2019s Department of Facility Maintenance and the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> State Department of Health Clean Water Branch, the free family-friendly expo goes virtual once again, promoting the importance of keeping our island home clean and pollution-free, from the mountaintops to the sea.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We\u2019re excited to co-host Mauka to Makai virtually once again in an effort to raise awareness of the environmental issues facing our island home,&rdquo; said <strong>Andrew Rossiter<\/strong>, Waik\u012bk\u012b Aquarium director. &ldquo;Protecting our natural resources takes community effort and we welcome the public to join us to learn ways to care for our natural resources and wildlife.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the month of April, participants will enjoy cultural entertainment, and interactive virtual educational activities from a variety of organizations, including hands-on learning and arts and crafts that showcase ways to protect and preserve <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>\u2019s natural environment.<\/p>\n<p>Mauka to Makai is open to the public with a complimentary native plant giveaway courtesy of The Garden Club, and swag bag pick-up at Waik\u012bk\u012b Aquarium on April 22, 10 a.m.&#8211;5 p.m. The swag bags include educational materials, keiki activities and more. Items are available while supplies last. One native plant and swag bag offered per family. <\/p>\n<p>Advanced registration is required. To register for the bag pick-up and to participate in this year\u2019s expo, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maukatomakaiexpo.com\/\">www.maukatomakaiexpo.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Waik\u012bk\u012b Aquarium is a University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa research facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Participants will enjoy cultural entertainment and interactive virtual educational activities from a variety of organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[73,9,302],"class_list":["post-139220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-manoa","tag-waikiki-aquarium","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139220"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139250,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139220\/revisions\/139250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}