{"id":666,"date":"2021-07-31T15:54:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T22:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mauiislandescape.com\/MK\/?p=666"},"modified":"2025-05-11T14:59:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T21:59:49","slug":"take-the-pono-pledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mauiislandescape.com\/MK\/take-the-pono-pledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Take the Pono Pledge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Pono<\/em>, a beautiful Hawaiian word, has multiple meanings. Basically, it means respectful, correct, goodness, uprightness, and moral. In this case, it is in the context of respecting the islands of Hawaii. The basic concept evolved with climate change, and the effects being found in the increase of tourism by the Island of Hawaii Visitors Bureau and Hawaii County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The intent is to encourage safe, responsible and respectful tourism. The principles cover a wide range of situations for visitors and residents as well. Read more and take the Pono Pledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-purple-color has-text-color\"><em>I will mindfully seek wonder,\nbut not wander where I do not belong.<\/em><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-purple-color has-text-color\"><em>I will malama (care for) land and sea,\nand admire wildlife only from afar.<\/em><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-light-gray-color has-purple-background-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/em.gohawaii.com\/mtr40\/images\/hvcb\/2018\/october\/9\/landing\/index.html?utm_source=zg&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=ihvb_20181011&amp;bt_ee=n34gFc0AIFrMOLBGPN4j0MsRMKH0PT2Q2jipN%2BWZ7PauAJXzlKEugXFJ3BdlXd94&amp;bt_ts=1539280397238\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read More about the Pledge<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-light-gray-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ponopledge.com\/safety\/\" style=\"background-color:#2d68b5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ocean Safety &amp; our Beaches<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-light-gray-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ponopledge.com\/protected-species\/\" style=\"background-color:#2d68b5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Our Protected Species<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pono, a beautiful Hawaiian word, has multiple meanings. Basically, it means respectful, correct, goodness, uprightness, and moral. In this case, it is in the context of respecting the islands of Hawaii. The basic concept evolved with climate change, and the effects being found in the increase of tourism by the Island of Hawaii Visitors Bureau &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mauiislandescape.com\/MK\/take-the-pono-pledge\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Take the Pono Pledge<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[19,20],"class_list":["post-666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pono-pledge-of-hawaii","tag-pono-pledge","tag-respectful-of-hawaii"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mauiislandescape.com\/MK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mauiislandescape.com\/MK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mauiislandescape.com\/MK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mauiislandescape.com\/MK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mauiislandescape.com\/MK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.mauiislandescape.com\/MK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":679,"href":"https:\/\/www.mauiislandescape.com\/MK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666\/revisions\/679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mauiislandescape.com\/MK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mauiislandescape.com\/MK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mauiislandescape.com\/MK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}