YEAR OF THE LIMU 2022

Year of the Limu 2022

The “Year of the Limu” initiative was created to raise awareness about the importance of limu to Hawaiʻi’s biocultural heritage and nearshore marine environment and as an indicator of the health of our ahupuaʻa land system and our people

Our hope is to recapture, retain, and share cultural and environmental knowledge about limu for the benefit of all the people of Hawaiʻi and the many generations to come.

Limu Hui

The Limu Hui was created in 2014 at the request of kūpuna (elders) who gather and care for native Hawaiian limu (seaweed) around the islands. Hosted by ‘Ewa Limu Project, the focus of this initiative was to “gather the gatherers” and identify loea limu (limu experts) in our communities who still retain knowledge of and practice the many traditional Hawaiian uses of limu. Since then the network has grown to include over 50 cultural practitioners, educators, researchers and community members from across Hawai‘i who are committed to the protection, perpetuation, preservation and restoration of limu knowledge, practice and ancestral abundance of limu throughout our islands.

MEDIA RELEASE: Governor signs “Year of the Limu” proclamation acknowledging critical role of seaweed in Hawaiʻi’s culture and environment