Community Resilience

Act 217 Sewer Expansion Overlay The Act 217 Sewer Expansion Overlay identifies 103 Potential Project Areas across Hawaiʻi where connecting cesspools to a centralized sewer system may be technically and economically feasible. While the Hawaiʻi Cesspool Hazard Assessment & Prioritization ...

 Research Projects 2026-2028 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Mehana Vaughan Graduate fellow: Grace Cajski Research Track: Island Sustainability and Resilience Island resilience in Hawaiʻi fundamentally depends on the health of human communities and their dedicated, traditional care (mālama) of ʻāina (lands and waters) ...

 Research Projects 2026-2028 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Rachel Dacks Co-INVESTIGATORS: Kawika Winter, Sarah Woo Graduate fellow: Kammie Tavares Research Track: Island Sustainability and Resilience This project proposes a framework for integrating Indigenous and Western knowledge systems to inform sustainable coral reef fisheries ...

 Research Projects 2026-2028 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Leah Bremer Co-INVESTIGATORS: Tamara Ticktin, Zoe Hastings Silao, Kiana Frank, Aimee Sato, Casey Ching, Tai Maaz Research Track: Island Sustainability and Resilience This project addresses the critical challenge of ensuring long-term sustainability for a growing ...

E mālama i ke kai, a mālama ke kai iā ʻoe (Take care of the ocean, and the ocean will take care of you) Capitol Modern June 5-20, 2026 AND July 3-18, 2026 Waikīkī Aquarium June 5-30, 2026 Pacific Islands ...

Nerd Nite Honolulu and Hawaiʻi Sea Grant invite you to the last Nerd Nite of 2025 on December 2, 2025! Location: Anna O'Brien's (2440 S Berentania St. Honolulu, HI 96826). Street parking only. Fee: Free for 21 and older Time: ...

Hawai‘i Cesspool Prioritization Tool  Overview The Hawai‘i Cesspool Prioritization Tool (HCPT) is a map-based tool that displays the prioritization level for each of Hawai‘i's 83,000+ cesspools. Per Act 125 Session Laws of Hawai‘i (2017), all cesspool owners are required to ...

Ola Waikīkī Ola In Hawaiian, means well-being, living, thriving, and healthy—but it also connotes salvation, healing, and survival. This project is focused on addressing water quality issues in the Ala Wai Canal, a chronically polluted man-made waterway in the lower ...

Projects that improve the health of the Ala Wai watershed SEPTEMBER 2024 (Honolulu, HI) – The University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program (Hawai‘i Sea Grant) is accepted applications for Ola Waikīkī, a transformative project aimed at improving the health ...

Hawai‘i Sea Grant awarded $1M for beach and dune management on O‘ahu’s North Shore On July 8, Governor Josh Green signed HB2248 which appropriates $1M to the University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program to fund the development of a ...