Lehua Kamalu

Ocean navigator

TED Speaker

Why you should listen

Lehua Kamalu is a captain and navigator of traditional Hawaiian ocean-voyaging canoes. She preserves and teaches these ancient sustainable navigation practices by integrating them into digital storytelling and daily life for future generations.

Lehua Kamalu’s TED talk

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Lehua Kamalu

What you can learn crossing the ocean in a canoe

Posted Oct 2024

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News

Meet the 2024 class of TED Fellows

April 16, 2024

In this complex world, it’s easy to believe that the future is out of our hands. But there are some who understand that the future doesn’t just happen — it’s made. Among these are the TED Fellows: innovators, activists, artists, inventors and dreamers. The TED Fellows program, now celebrating its fifteenth year, provides communication training, […]