Libby Leonard

Libby Leonard is a freelance journalist with work in National Geographic Digital, the SF Gate, and forthcoming from others.

Lahaina fires

Community Care After the Maui Wildfire

Three weeks after the fire, when asked what people in Lāhainā, Hawai‘i, needed the most, Chris Mangca didn’t answer with a list of supplies. Instead, he said, “They need a break, love, some happiness, to see that people care about them.”

October 4, 2023

Kahua-Paa-Mua

Returning to the Roots of Community Resilience in Hawai‘i

Hawai‘i is “showing the rest of the country how circular and regenerative and local food systems can support the economy, strengthen cultural heritage, and improve the overall health of the community,”

February 9, 2021