Regrowing A Tropical Forest In Hawai‘i – Analysis

By Jeremy Hance*

It started in a very Hawaiian way: with the ukulele. Husband and wife Joe and Kristen Souza, spent decades building a successful ukulele-crafting business, known as Kanile’a ‘Ukulele, on the island of O‘ahu. Many of their instruments were carved using the native koa tree (Acacia koa), found nowhere...