Don’t just bike ride Hawaii, make it better. Contribute to the non-profits that protect and preserve the aina (land) we love.
Huialohakiholo
The mission of Huialohakiholo is to preserve Kīholo Bay, located within the greater Kīholo State Park Reserve in North Kona. Our Hoa ʻĀina (friends of the land) team has a physical presence on the ground, seven days a week. In collaboration with our partners, the Hoa ʻĀina team monitors and protects natural and cultural resources, engages with and educates visitors, and manages camping.
Huialohakiholo
Kohala Watershed
Kohala Watershed Partnership is a coalition of private landowners and public land managers dedicated to restoring and protecting the native forested watersheds of Kohala Mountain. It is estimated that half of Hawai‘i’s forests have been lost to deforestation, with the remainder threatened by non-native plants and animals. Through fenced preserves, management of pigs and axis deer, control of invasive plants, and restoration native forests, the Partnership’s projects ensure that both native ecosystems and human communities in North Hawai‘i have an abundant supply of fresh water, and protect downslope coastal ecosystems.
Kohala Watershed
The Nature Conservancy-Hawai'i
The Nature Conservancy of Hawai`i works with federal, state, and private partners to protect more than 200,000 acres that shelter native species, many of which are found nowhere else in the world. The Conservancy’s newest preserve, the 5,821-acre Kona Hema Preserve, protects part of an ancient koa-`ohi`a forest that spans more than 100,000 acres along the leeward coast of the Island of Hawai`i. Here on the slopes of Mauna Loa fly the endangered Hawaiian hawk, or `io, the Hawaiian hoary bat, and globally unique native songbird species: the `apapane, `i`iwi, `elepaio, and `amakihi. The Conservancy is now working with neighboring landowners to create a model for achieving large-scale forest restoration along the entire Kona Coast.
The Nature Conservancy-Hawai'i
Carbon Offset-offset your trip
Now you can fly and wipe away the baggage of carbon pollution. Just enter your trip details at the Cool Effect website to offset your flight. Cool Effects global project partners are carefully selected, meticulously analyzed, and scientifically verified to reduce carbon emissions.
