Moʻolelo ʻOihana - Media & Awards

Awards

National Geographic Emerging Explorer 2021-2022, National Geographic Society Washington, D.C.

Lehua was awarded a National Geographic Emerging Explorer Award in June 2021 for her work in the practice of non-instrument navigation. She plans to improve the ways learners around the world can find meaningful relationships to the natural world and take action to protect it.

Emerson Collective Dial Fellow 2019-2020, Emerson Collective Palo Alto, CA

Dial Fellows are leading small, high-impact start-ups and non-profits that address the most pressing social and environmental injustices of our time. The fellowship challenges each fellow to pursue deep and meaningful ways of sharing their message and scaling their success.

MIT Media Lab Director’s Fellow 2019-2021, MIT Media Lab Cambridge, MA

Director’s Fellows represent interdisciplinary and innovative individuals from around the world who collaborate to imagine novel ways of combining scientific research and inquiry with various representations of media and art. My work presently focuses on blending voyaging concepts with ocean research to build a larger ocean conservation community.

First Nations Futures Program Fellow 2017-2018, Stanford University & Ho‘okele Strategies Honolulu, HI

The First Nations Futures Program brings together indigenous and First Nations leaders

from New Zealand, Hawaii and Alaska. Fellows provide support and guidance while

each navigates a balance between traditional cultural values and modern complex

economic and political systems.

Media

1. Woman Navigated 3000-mile Pacific Voyage with Maps Technology

   • National Geographic Society - May 18, 2022

2. Navigating Deeper Into Nature

   • Ask Nature, Biomimicry Institute - April 1, 2022

3.  How the Summer Solstice Impacts Hawaii Voyagers

   • KHON - June 20, 2022

4.  Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia Voyages to Pave Way for Next Generation Voyagers

   • Big Island News - April 2, 2022

5.  Everything Came Together as Hokuleʻa Completes Journey to Tahiti

   • RNZ - May 19, 2022

6. Wahine at the Helm

   • Maui Times - April 2022

7.  Voyaging canoes launch on 2,500-mile journey to Tahiti

   • Star-Advertiser - April 18, 2022

8. Kealaikahiki: To Tahiti and Back on the Ancient Sea Road

   • Spectrum News - May 23, 2022

9. Tahiti sort le grand jeu pour larrivee de Hokuleʻa et Hikianalia

   • TNTV Tahiti News (Français) - May 5, 2022

10. 3 Youth Climate Activists Who Are Redefining Climate Action for All of Us

    • Bank of the West - April 2, 2021

11. Ancient Winds Navigating Tomorrow with Lehua Kamalu

    • Virtual Conference Series on Island Sustainability, UOG Tritons - June 3, 2020

12.  Why we sail: Polynesian Voyagers arrive in Northern California with an urgent message

    • Emerson Collective - September 2018

13. Hikianalia Arrives in Time for Global Climate Action Summit

    • Big Island Now - September 15, 2018

14. Lehua interviewed by United Nations Foundation

    • Global Climate Action Summit - September 2018

15.  Tracking the path of the sun

    • Meditative Story podcast - May 2020

16. Mana Wahine

    • Hawaii News Now - March 8, 2019

17. Legendary Canoe from Hawaii embarks on Global Voyage

    • CBS - May 22, 2014

18. Belajar Navigasi alam Keliling Dunia Dari Kano Tradisional Hawai

    • MongaBay (Bahasa Indonesia) - August 16, 2015