Kelly: WELCOME BACK TO
"TAKE 2."
THE MOANA LANI FESTIVAL IS A
THREE DAY EVENT FEATURING MUSIC,
FOOD, ART AND SO MUCH MORE.
IT'S ALL FOR A GREAT PURPOSES,
TEACHING OCEAN PRESERVATION.
CODIRECTORS SAVANNA AND BENJAMIN
JOIN US WITH DETAILS.
GOOD MORNING.
Kelly: SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU
GUYS.
WE'RE TALKING THE MOANA LANI
FESTIVAL.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, WHAT
IS THIS FOR?
THIS FESTIVAL IS REVOLVING
AROUND OCEAN AWARENESS.
WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING DIFFERENT
ASPECTS OF SOCIETY THAT ARE
DOING THEIR PART FOR OCEAN
PRESERVATION AND SO WE ARE GOING
TO BE HIGHLIGHT, ASPECTS OF
BUSINESS, EDUCATION --
GOVERNMENT, RELIGION, FAMILY,
MEDIA, ART.
THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
WAYS IN BY WHICH WE SEE IMPACT.
WE CALL IT SEVEN WAVES OF IMPACT
WE'RE FOCUSING ON EACH OF THESE
SEVEN WAVES TO MAKE A DIFFERENT
MOVEMENT.
BECAUSE IF YOU ONLY FOCUS ON
SCIENCE, YOU CAN'T IMPACT THE
REST OF THE COMMUNITY.
IF YOU'RE ONLY FOCUSING ON
GOVERNMENT, YOU ARE NOT ABLE
THAT IMPACTS.
WE'RE FOCUSING ON FASHION, ART,
ALL THE WAVES.
Kelly: I LOVE THAT.
AND THE NAME, MOANA, WHERE DID
THAT COME FROM?
I'M A UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I
STUDENT.
I WAS WALKING TO SCHOOL ONE DAY
AND I WAS PRAYING BECAUSE THIS
FESTIVAL WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE
WITHOUT GOD.
I WAS ASKING HIM, WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO NAME THIS FESTIVAL?
IT'S A LOT OF PRESSURE TO COME
UP WITH A NAME.
AS I WAS WALKING AND I PRAYED I
SAW THIS BEER CAP, WHICH IS A
PIECE OF TRASH.
AND I KEPT WALKING AND FELT, YOU
SHOULD PICK THAT UP.
AND SO I TURNED AROUND AND I
PICKED IT UP AND I WAS SHOCKED.
WHAT IT SAID IS MOANA, WHICH
MEANS OS.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED HIGH HERE
IN HAWAI'I, AND I ALWAYS NEW
ABOUT THE NAME LANI KAI.
IT SHOULD BE KAI LANI.
I DECIDED TO CALL IT MOANA LANI.
Kelly: BEAUTIFUL.
SO WHAT CAN WE EXPECT AT THE
EVENT?
IT'S A THREE-DAY EVENT.
FOR THE FIRST DAY WE'LL HAVE
LIVE MUSIC.
THINGS THAT PEOPLE WITH INTERACT
WITH.
WITH THEIR HANDS.
WE'LL HAVE AN ECO-FRIENDLY
PLACE.
PRESERVE THE OCEAN.
WE'LL HAVE LIVE MUSIC, ART --
WE HAVE THINK FAST.
WE HAVE COMEDIANS THAT ARE GOING
TO BE HERE.
Kelly: A HUGE VARIETY.
AND YOU WERE TALKING FASHION.
WHY IS FASHION A BIG PART OF
THIS?
FASHION IS THE NUMBER TWO POL
POLLUTES INDUSTRY IN THE WORLD
AND NOT MANY KNOW THAT.
WE'RE WANTING TO RAISE
AWARENESS.
WE HAVE TWO RUNWAYS.
ONE ON FRIDAY AND ONE ON SUNDAY.
YOU CAN SEE THIS ON OUR SCHEDULE
ON OUR WEBSITE.
PLEASE CHECK THIS OUT THERE.
YEAH, FASHION.
WE REALLY WANT TO RAISE
AWARENESS.
SO PEOPLE CAN LEARN HOW THEY CAN
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AS WELL AS LEARNING TO READ
THEIR LABELS.
Kelly: AND I'M SURE ANOTHER
BIGGING THING ESPECIALLY WITH
FASHION, UPCYCLING IS A BIG
THING.
USING WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE.
THIS IS SO COOL.
I HAVE TO POINT THIS OUT.
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THIS IS MADE
FROM.
THIS IS WHAT PRINTER PAPER
COMES? COMES
IN.
THIS FESTIVAL IS GOING TO
BE*HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND.