At Sunrise on Earth Day 2023

Community joined cultural practitioners as we welcomed the sun and a new day of positive change across Hawai’i and around the world. View some of the gathering sites below or for more information on this annual event email us at ealae@kanuhawaii.org

See you again in 2024!

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E Ala Ē in Hawaiʻi

Kauaʻi E Ala Ē

Alt contact: Puna Kalana Dawson, 808.651.0799, punakalama@gmail.com

Oʻahu E Ala Ē

*Details: Parking/meeting spot at dropped pin. Meeting will be in the dirt parking lot, once gathered, we will walk out onto the shoreline.

Molokaʻi E Ala Ē

Kaho‘olawe E Ala Ē

Lahaina E Ala Ē

Parking on Front Street

Alt. Contact: Kelson Kihei – 808.281.8015.

Haleakalā E Ala Ē

Recommended meet at Bank of Hawaii Pukalani parking lot in Pukalani at 4am to carpool. Or come directly to Haleakala National Park.

Hilo E Ala Ē

Koaʻekea E Ala Ē

We will be gathering to greet the sun as it rises and then a mālama ʻāina session to follow at 10am.

This will take place at Koaʻekea near Waipiʻo Valley.

To RSVP, please email pohahaikalani@gmail.com

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Kuaihelani E Ala Ē

6:00 a.m. on Midway Atoll (GMT-11) time (one hour behind Honolulu time). Possibly the last Earth Day Sunrise event hosted by humans? We will also be joined by over literally 1/2 billion birds including nunulu (Bonin petrels) and (Laysan albatross) and kapuu (black-footed albatross).

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E Ala Ē International Locations

Palau E Ala Ē

Morning prayer and a dive clean up in the Rebaimelachel Bay in Malakal.

Alt. contact: projectcoordinator@friendspnms.com +680 779 8420

Cape Town, South Africa

For earth day this year in Cape Town we will be hosting a zero waste to landfill beach cleanup where everything which is picked up is recycled . We will educate the youth of the communities in Cape Town about earth day at the beach cleanup and why it is important for us to protect the earth

Park at: Hout bay parking lot . Next to Sentinel ocean alliance cafe and parley ocean school

Alt. contact: 0727912514 oceanoreddentes@mail.com

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140 Locations Across World

Brahma Kumaris sunrise meditation in solidarity with Hawaii and Faith leaders across the world. Click below to find a center

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Machu Picchu – Sunrise Ceremony

  • Sunrise in Peru
  • Machu Picchu & Various Locations in Peru
  • Rodolfo ROPO Beltran & Jorge Luis Delgado

Rodolfo is working with faith leaders in South America, specifically Machu Picchu, to celebrate the sunrise on Earth Day 2023.

Montana E Ala Ē

We will be celebrating with our E Ala Ē chant from the shores of Flathead Lake.