Sustainability

The devastating impacts of the 2023 Maui wildfires remind us of the escalating and interconnected threats from changing weather patterns and human activities across Hawaiʻi and the Pacific. They also encourage us to build more resiliently to thrive in uncertain ...

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: ...

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Wendy Meguro Co-INVESTIGATOR: Charles Fletcher Key Personnel: Josephine Briones Graduate Research Assistants: Joshua Tolentino Relevance: Sea level rise (SLR) is one of the most critical issues facing the world under global warming and ~680 million people (10% of ...

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What Is The HCPT?  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 organized into three categories by geographic region. With the latest update, the HCPT assesses ...

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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 ...

Closing the Loop,  From Waste to Food Security by Sean Cummings Unlike most vendors at the Kailua Farmers Market, Sean Butterbaugh takes food from people instead of offering it. In fact, only once a month does he actually have anything ...

Planting Seeds, Feeding Young Minds by Grace Cajski Nearly two decades ago, Eliza Lathrop, an American Studies teacher at Punahou, heard her students groan, “ugh, ʻsustainability.’ We already did that!" This was a lightbulb moment for Lathrop. She wanted to ...

Balancing the Buzz by Carolyn Bernhardt Hawaiʻi’s honey bees are the lifeblood of the islands’ agriculture, diligently pollinating many different types of crops and contributing over $200 million in pollination services. But a focus on domestic bees, while boosting food ...

Superfoods in Hawaiʻi: Eating the Rainbow by Megan Herndon There’s a lot of hype around the idea of “superfoods.” But there’s no scientific definition of what makes food a superfood. “Superfood is more of a marketing word than a scientific ...