  {"id":193951,"date":"2024-03-15T16:41:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T02:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=193951"},"modified":"2024-03-15T16:41:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T02:41:11","slug":"waikiki-aquarium-environmental-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/03\/15\/waikiki-aquarium-environmental-expo\/","title":{"rendered":"Waik\u012bk\u012b Aquarium dives into Earth Day with environmental expo"},"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>In celebration of Earth Day, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waikikiaquarium.org\/\">Waik&#299;k&#299; Aquarium<\/a> is hosting its 17th free <a href=\"https:\/\/maukatomakaiexpo.com\/\">Annual Mauka to Makai Environmental Expo<\/a> on Saturday, April 13, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. to promote the importance of keeping Hawai\u2018i&#8212;from the mountaintops to the sea&#8212;clean and pollution free.<\/p>\n<p>Guests can enjoy live entertainment, a native plant giveaway and interactive activities including hands-on learning, arts and crafts and educational exhibits that showcase ways to protect and preserve Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s environment.<\/p>\n<p>The expo is open to the public and free parking will be available in the back parking lot at Jefferson Elementary School beginning at 7:30 a.m., with free shuttle to and from the Waik&#299;k&#299; Aquarium courtesy of Waik&#299;k&#299; Trolley. Guests are also invited to bring refillable water bottles to stay hydrated with water stations.<\/p>\n<p>ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½ the <a href=\"https:\/\/maukatomakaiexpo.com\/\">expo website<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waik\u012bk\u012b Aquarium guests can enjoy free live entertainment, a native plant giveaway and educational exhibits. <\/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":[662,9,302],"class_list":["post-193951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-environment","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\/193951","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=193951"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193954,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193951\/revisions\/193954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}