Be Present AND Pay Attention

You cannot know your environment if you are not there to know it, but being there is not enough, you have to pay attention.

Pe'ape'a maka walu.

Eight-eyed Pe'ap'a. One who is wide awake and very observant.

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Recognizing the activities happening around you will help in knowing your environment. What's happening in the sky, on land, and in the ocean? Where does the sun rise and/or set from your place? How does the shoreline change over the year?

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Kalaemanō in late summer vs. Kalaemanō in late winter.

What fish are present at your location? When are they reproducing? What do they eat? What eats them?

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Congregating juvenile fish under a pier. Manini schooling and feeding.

Know the moods and characteristics of your place! Know it in such a way that when you interact with it, it's in a healthy, sustainable way.