"Aloha aku, aloha mai — What you give, returns."
Exchange Ave is a constellation of community-grown exchange networks connecting indigenous and native communities across the globe through shared abundance, mutual aid, and aloha.
A regenerative ecosystem where people help each other
For the past 5 years, we have been connecting trading routes and establishing an ecosystem of exchange nodes for shared abundance, mutual aid, knowledge exchange, and shared traditions across the globe.
Inspired by the ancient Hawaiian ahupua'a system—a self-sustaining land division running from mountain to sea—Exchange Ave creates digital pathways where resources, skills, and aloha flow freely between communities.
This is not a marketplace. It's a place where neighbors help neighbors, where giving and receiving happen naturally, and where the abundance that already exists in our communities can finally circulate.
See How It WorksThe foundation of every exchange in our network
Everything we need already exists in our communities. We simply need to connect and share.
Care is a communal practice, not a transaction. We help each other because we are 'ohana.
Inspired by ahupua'a—using resources wisely and circulating them to strengthen local systems.
Rebuilding trust between neighbors, families, tribes, and global indigenous allies.
A living practice carried through every exchange. The spirit that connects us all.
Sovereign networks powered by people, serving indigenous and native communities worldwide
Connecting Andean communities through traditional trading routes and ancestral knowledge sharing.
South AmericaA creative exchange network for Native Hawaiian filmmakers, artists, and storytellers.
Hawai'iConnecting Hawaiians across the mainland and beyond, keeping culture and community alive.
GlobalBuilding resilient community networks for mutual aid and resource sharing across the island.
Puerto RicoSupporting Hawaiian sovereignty through community-led exchange and self-determination.
Hawai'iPacific networks connecting island nations through kinship-based economic corridors.
Pacific IslandsSimple, direct, and rooted in community values
Form an exchange with your community—a neighborhood, farm, church, school, or organization.
Add items, skills, services, food, plants, time, or knowledge that you can offer.
Browse your community's offerings and reach out when you find something useful.
Connect directly with neighbors. Trade, give, or receive—whatever feels right.
"When people exchange with aloha, communities heal."
Exchange Ave reawakens ancestral practices of helping neighbors, sharing what you have, seeing the strengths in your community, and circulating abundance so it doesn't sit unused.
Technology that restores what colonization interrupted. Where people exchange freely, care for each other, and live with aloha.
Your community has everything it needs. Now it has a place to share it.