Austin Kino
Community Engagement
Austin leads Aukahi Energy’s community engagement efforts. He is an ocean voyager and entrepreneur. Since 2006, Austin has been a crew member aboard Hawaiʻi’s double hulled voyaging canoe, Hokule’a. He served as apprentice navigator during the four-year global voyage, Mālama Honua. Austin co-founded Huli the Movement, a program focused on environmental stewardship and cultural awareness that provides students with environmental place-based education experiences. He owns HoloKino Hawai’i, an eco-tourism company that provides traditional voyaging experiences.
Austin is from Maunalua, Oʻahu. He holds a business degree from Point Loma Nazarne University andserves as a Firefighter in the Honolulu Fire Department. Austin volunteers with a variety of non-profit organizations and works to reconnect Hawaiʻi youth with their ʻāina (land).