KOKUA HAWAII FOUNDATION
THE CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE
Kokua means help in the Hawaii language, and Jack Johnson's charity organization, The Kokua Hawaii Foundation, aims to live up to its name. Kokua's focus is on educating people about new ways of protecting the environment.
Jack Johnson loves playing music for kids, so it's fitting that his foundation is geared towards young people and education. Since children's sensibilities rub off on their parents, one could say that the foundation promotes learning that bubbles up to adults.
Check out the clip below, which chronicles the origins of The Kokua Hawaii Foundation.
Check out a Jack Johnson performance of "Sleep Through the Static."
The The Kokua Hawaii Foundation uses a few key tools to reach out and educate kids on the Island of Hawaii. The Foundation specifically runs programs on resource management, which covers important environmental topics such as recycling, food composting, farm visits and plastic bottle reuse. In order to expand the reach and visibility of the foundation, other environmental organizations are invited to participate in the Kokua Festival, where the participants in the Kokua Village entice festival-goers into adopting more eco-friendly practices in their daily lives. The Village also provides practical help in reducing the impact of the concert itself through water bottle refilling stations and zero-waste stations.
Check out the following video for more info on what Kokua does.
Concerts have traditionally used a lot of energy and material resources. Eliminating this waste is the goal of the annual Kokua Festival. A zero waste station at the concert helps attendees learn how to minimize their waste. Reusable water bottles are handed out to everyone, and they are encouraged to refill the bottles right in the hydration station, where filtered water is available for thirst quenching. Learn more about Kokua Festival environmental sustainability in the following video clip.
Not only does the Kokua Festival feature the melodious music of Jack Johnson, but many other musical guests perform and speak in panels during the concert. The Dave Matthews Band performs at the concert and shares with us some of the reasons that he thinks the Kokua Hawaii Foundation has the right idea by focusing on educating kids.
The Kokua Festival takes place once a year, but the The Kokua Hawaii Foundation runs a number of different school programs with local Hawaii schools that help extend the foundations reach throughout the year. One of these programs involves environmental field trips, where the foundation funds excursions to environmentally important locations, like farms and other places where children can learn where food comes from, and can even participate in the planting and harvesting of crops.
Get more details in the following video.
While the The Kokua Hawaii Foundation focuses on educational goals, there are also some great performances to be found at the annual Kokua Festival.
Check out this performance of the song "Living In The Moment," by Mason Jennings and Jack Johnson.
Jack Johnson loves playing music for kids, so it's fitting that his foundation is geared towards young people and education. Since children's sensibilities rub off on their parents, one could say that the foundation promotes learning that bubbles up to adults.
Check out the clip below, which chronicles the origins of The Kokua Hawaii Foundation.
Check out a Jack Johnson performance of "Sleep Through the Static."
The The Kokua Hawaii Foundation uses a few key tools to reach out and educate kids on the Island of Hawaii. The Foundation specifically runs programs on resource management, which covers important environmental topics such as recycling, food composting, farm visits and plastic bottle reuse. In order to expand the reach and visibility of the foundation, other environmental organizations are invited to participate in the Kokua Festival, where the participants in the Kokua Village entice festival-goers into adopting more eco-friendly practices in their daily lives. The Village also provides practical help in reducing the impact of the concert itself through water bottle refilling stations and zero-waste stations.
Check out the following video for more info on what Kokua does.
Concerts have traditionally used a lot of energy and material resources. Eliminating this waste is the goal of the annual Kokua Festival. A zero waste station at the concert helps attendees learn how to minimize their waste. Reusable water bottles are handed out to everyone, and they are encouraged to refill the bottles right in the hydration station, where filtered water is available for thirst quenching. Learn more about Kokua Festival environmental sustainability in the following video clip.
Not only does the Kokua Festival feature the melodious music of Jack Johnson, but many other musical guests perform and speak in panels during the concert. The Dave Matthews Band performs at the concert and shares with us some of the reasons that he thinks the Kokua Hawaii Foundation has the right idea by focusing on educating kids.
The Kokua Festival takes place once a year, but the The Kokua Hawaii Foundation runs a number of different school programs with local Hawaii schools that help extend the foundations reach throughout the year. One of these programs involves environmental field trips, where the foundation funds excursions to environmentally important locations, like farms and other places where children can learn where food comes from, and can even participate in the planting and harvesting of crops.
Get more details in the following video.
While the The Kokua Hawaii Foundation focuses on educational goals, there are also some great performances to be found at the annual Kokua Festival.
Check out this performance of the song "Living In The Moment," by Mason Jennings and Jack Johnson.
FOCUSUsing his fame and musical talent to help promote a healthier environmental future, Jack Johnson and The Kokua Hawaii Foundation are doing their part. In partnership with his wife and educator, Kim Johnson, the couple decided that children hold the greatest potential to ensure a healthy environmental future on Earth. While many adults want to save the environment, most of them are either too busy or too accustomed to older, more polluting lifestyles. Children on the other hand, are still impressionable enough to adopt more sustainable practices. And if they can maintain those practices into their adult lives then Kakua has done it's small part in helping affect global change.
KOKUA HAWAII FOUNDATION
In 2003 Jack Johnson and his wife Kim Johnson founded the The Kokua Hawaii Foundation, a 501(c)3 charity organization that supports environmental education in the schools and communities of Johnson’s native home state of Hawai'i. Their mission is to provide students with exciting and interactive encounters that will enhance their appreciation for and understanding of their environment so they will be lifelong stewards of the earth. In addition to several school programs, the Foundation’s work has expanded with local community events and environmental action campaigns.
