Mary Tuti Baker explores the practice of aloha ʻāina as an organizing principle at Hoʻoulu ʻĀina, a garden and forest complex run by a community health center in urban Honolulu, and in more politically charged mobilizations to protect sacred, storied places from desecration. When asked to define aloha ʻāina poet, painter and activist Imaikalani Kalahele replied, “If you leave ʻāina alone, it’ll take care of itself. What we need to learn is how to become a part of the ʻāina – again.
