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March 4, 2026
9:00am - 5:00pm
Imin Conference Center, UH Mānoa
This year’s Piʻo Summit: ʻĀinahoʻi: Land, Law & Justice brings together aloha ʻāina, community organizers and land stewards to explore the intersections of land, law and justice in Hawaiʻi.
ʻĀinahoʻi amplifies the collective movement for land back across the pae ʻāina, showcasing the innovative ways communities are both navigating and challenging existing systems through legal frameworks, nonprofit land trusts, and grassroots actions. Translations of ʻĀinahoʻi remind us it is “indeed that which feeds us” – both that land must return to community stewardship and trust, and that we must see land as ʻāina for a regenerative future. The summit features a range of models and pathways towards land back, highlighting the many ways ʻāina is being restored, reclaimed, and protected.
Our gathering focuses on highlighting micro to macro level approaches to ʻĀinahoʻi, including restoring ea, strengthening relationships to ʻāina, and advancing self-determined governance rooted in ancestral innovation and courageousness.
Join us in engaging in crucial discussions on strategic pathways that shape land back efforts today.
Throughout the summit, key conversations will include:
Through these conversations, attendees will gain insights into:
Through this gathering, we bridge our individual and collective efforts to land back to forge new pathways toward community care and resilience. By coming together, we strengthen our commitment to protect, reclaim, and care for the ʻāina and wai that sustain us. We move toward a reality in which we determine the future of Hawaiʻi’s resources and people.
Registration services provided by PAʻA LAB & NHSS
This summit would not be possible without the kōkua of our valued partners.
They are stalwart supporters of environmental justice and ʻōiwi agency, and we would like to express our deep mahalo to these organizations for their contributions:
A centerpiece of the Pōʻai ke Aloha ʻĀina project is the Piʻo Summit, a gathering of individuals dedicated to sharing their work to cultivate circular economic thinking in their local communities, and around the world. Our goal is to bring leaders together from at home and abroad to celebrate and share innovative projects that support our communities.
The summit will be held anually, with each event embodying one of the following themes:
- Highlighting Aloha ʻĀina Innovation at Home, to advance local policy issues and uplift the work of a community collaborator, sharing our (kākou) efforts with an international audience.
- Learning from Sustainability Leaders Abroad, to increase international collaborations and networks as related to manifesting aloha ʻāina. Let's learn from each other.
Our esteemed guests are leaders in imagining a sustainable future. Whether from far across the globe or from within our own island communities, they bring with them insights that show us a vision of the world, where the operation of our societies, rooted in the concept of aloha ʻāina, draws on the resources of our one and only home in a restorative and rejuvenative fashion, and allows us all to thrive.
