This Hawaiian island is growing a fresh future

Early one Saturday morning in April, I find myself beneath a dense tree canopy in Maui’s Hono¯kowai Valley. The air is still. Sparrows and mynahs chirp cheerfully. A wild pig, one of thousands that roam the mountain ranges of the Hawaiian Islands, darts in front of me. It’s hard to believe that the crush of resorts along Ka‘anapali Beach, on Maui’s western shore, are just a few miles away.

I’ve come with Puanani Lindsey, a former Maui police officer who, in 2002, cofounded Maui…