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100
Participants across Hawai'i
75
Host Sites
490
Alumni
What We Do
Paid, career-building employment
We provide opportunities for individuals who are seeking alternative career opportunities in the green jobs sector.
Improve credentials
Participating in KAC strengthens participants’ skills and add important credentials to their resumes.
Make a difference!
Kupu ‘Āina Corps aims to help Hawaiʻi’s government, non-profit, and for-profit entities receive essential work and expand the capacity of our green economy.
About the program
Kupu ‘Āina Corps (KAC) is a workforce development initiative established through the State of Hawai‘i’s legislation for a Green Jobs Youth Corps. This yearlong program provides employs individuals seeking experience in Hawaiʻi’s environmental sector. Through Kupu’s extensive network of partner organizations across the state, these paid opportunities include positions in conservation, agriculture, environmental technology and other sustainability fields.
Oli No Kupu
Written as a gift for Kupu by Kumu Leilani Barrett
Kupu aʻe ke aloha
He aloha no ka ʻāina
ʻO ka ʻāina ke aliʻi
Mālama aku e ola mau
Aloha sprouts forth
It is aloha of the land
The land is chief
Care for it, live on