Aloha for the 'aina was expressed by attitudes of respect, returning gifts to the land, beautifying it, and using it properly (not greedily). More than anything else land, and all that was associated with it, gave … Aloha ê»ä€ina, which means love of the land, [1] is a central idea of native hawaiian thought, cosmology and culture.

Its ecological and … Our mana i mauli ola strategic plan recognizes the connection that native hawaiians have to the ê»äina as a foundational strength. To our kå«puna, the land was life. Imbued with mana, our ê»äina provides …