Going green for the holidays at UH Mānoa
With classes not in session during the holiday season, UH Mānoa will “power down” participating buildings as part of the Mānoa Green Days program.
2050: Feeding 10 billion people within planetary limits may be achievable
A global shift toward healthy and more plant-based diets, halving food loss and waste and improving farming practices and technologies are required to feed 10 billion people sustainably by 2050, a new study finds.
Hawaiʻi Sea Grant awarded nearly $1M for aquaculture research
UH Hilo and UH Mānoa received funding to develop aquaculture projects that support food security in Hawaiʻi.
UH raises climate change awareness across campuses
Events are scheduled across UH campuses to help increase awareness on the challenges of climate change, sustainability and resilience and actions to contribute to its solutions.
Plan for disruptive high-tide flooding by mid-century
This column on the rising sea level change in Hawaiʻi by Makena Coffman and Chip Fletcher ran in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on October 14, 2018.
Kaho‘olawe workshops focus on sustainability, indigenous science
Ethnic Studies Professor Davianna McGregor is leading a team of faculty members organizing two workshops on the island.
UH project designed to foster research collaboration across disciplines
The UH Manoa Biocultural Initiative of the Pacific is part of a $500,000 multi-university project that will explore how to make interdisciplinary research more effective and impactful.
UH Mānoa launches Institute for Sustainability and Resilience
The institute will promote environmental sustainability and community resilience in Hawaiʻi through the organization of sustainability-focused curricula and solution-oriented approaches to research and community partnerships.
Advanced environmental planning degree launched
Beginning in fall 2018, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa students will be able to pursue a combined undergraduate and graduate degree in environmental planning in five years.
President’s August 2018 highlights and updates
Highlights include fall 2018 enrollment update, UH Mānoa photovoltaic canopy project, Kapiʻolani CC sustainability certificate and more.
