04/26/2024
Kanu kai
Hawaiian for ocean burial
Co founded by Dan Delima and Raquel Maranan
A Startup for a innovative venture in ocean burials with potential to change the way we memorialize the passing of our loved ones . Kanu kai seeks to create an alternative to traditional burial and cremation practices which consume resources and pollute our planet and proposes a transformative solution that bridges the realms of sustainable burial practices and marine conservation.
This initiative addresses critical gaps in material longevity and ecological compatibility, pioneering a novel approach that contributes to marine biodiversity and offers a dignified alternative to traditional burial methods.
Kanu kai is researching and developing a product designed to not only serve as ocean burial vessels but also as catalysts for coral reef restoration with potential to not only transform an entire industry but can solve multiple crisis our civilization faces such as freeing land and resources consumed by traditional funerals and it's maintenance,reducing the chemical and carbon foot print of land burials and cremation practices.Building artificial graveyard reef were life will flourish.Safe from grave robbers or drug users who want to smoke your family's ashes .
Kanu kai faces huge technological and legal hurdles to its startup and looks to build relations with individuals and organizations that align with kanu kais'vision .
Currently
1.Seeking Affiliation with organizations to be eligible for funding and letters in support for NSF seed grant .
2.Feedback and thoughts on this concept
