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Funding Stewardship at Scale: What Hawaiʻi’s Green Fee Is Teaching Us About Caring for Place

Overstory Hawaiʻi | Kalani L. Kaʻanāʻanā | Feb. 11th, 2026

Hawaiʻi’s new Green Fee marks a pivotal shift in how the state connects tourism, climate resilience, and long-term stewardship. In this column, HGG's CEO Kalani L. Kaʻanāʻanā explores what the Green Fee reveals about Hawaiʻi’s conservation funding gap, the design decisions now before lawmakers, and what it could mean for the future of caring for place.