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Healing After the Maui Wildfires: How to Help Maui Recover

About two months after quick-sweeping wildfires swept through the island of Maui, leaders and tourism stakeholders are asking tourists to visit the “Valley Isle” again — respectfully. According to the National Fire Protection Association, these were some of the most devastating wildfires in the U.S. in over a century. The wildfires killed over 100 people, ...

Nathan Machoka

The Maui fires.

8 Outstanding Surfing Spots Around the World

As an extreme sport, surfing has risen to fame in recent decades. It involves riding the sea or ocean waves while standing or lying on a surfboard. This rigorous sport, believed to have begun in the ancient Southern Hemisphere, once served more as a practical requirement than a recreational activity.  In the beginning, surfers used ...

Viena Abdon

A surfer 'in the tube' of a wave.

Hawai’i Earthquake Swarm Caused by Magma Moving Through ‘Sills’

Tiny earthquakes have been felt on the Big Island over the past seven years, in particular since the 2018 eruption and summit collapse of Kīlauea. Magma pumping through a massive complex of flat, interconnected chambers deep beneath volcanoes in Hawai‘i appears to be responsible for this unexplained swarm. The pancake-like chambers, called “sills,” channel magma ...

Troy Oakes

Flowing lava creating a new landscape on the Big Island in Hawaii.

Ho’Oponopono: Hawaiian Teaching for Restoring Self-Love and Balance

Some say you can never achieve inner peace without forgiveness, which is often correct. Ho’Oponopono teaches forgiveness to help restore self-love and balance. A grudge is like a weighted stone; carrying it underwater will sink you further. And though forgiveness may feel like a sharp sword, it opens your heart toward a weightless future. Letting ...

Mike West

A Hawaiian canoe.

The Sensational Eli Hanneman: The New Surfing Prodigy

The world of sports is continuously introducing us to young fresh faces. Recently, a 21-year-old woman became the first Arab-American NASCAR driver, and now an 18-year-old named Eli Hanneman is taking the world of surfing by storm. Surfing is no easy feat. Being on a plank tackling strong waves, and riding them without wiping out, ...

Armin Auctor

Eli Hanneman surfing a big wave.

Hawaii: When Dreamland Becomes a Real Place

When I was a teenager, back in the 80s in Italy, like many other adolescents, I used to dream of Hawaii: This amazing, mysterious, and far-away place where Magnum PI would drive around in his Ferrari and people’s wishes would come true in Fantasyland. In my mind, Hawaii was always a sort of fairytale world ...

Laura Cozzolino