Sustainability
Three graduates from University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa in prestigious marine policy fellowship in Washington, D.C.
July 20, 2023 (Honolulu, HI) – Three graduate students from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Gina Selig, Sarah Tucker, and Emily Young, are spending one year focusing on critical marine policy issues in Washington, D.C. representing the University ...
Hawai‘i Sea Grant partners with Hawai‘i State Energy Office to advance energy transitions in remote communities
Staff from the Hawai‘i State Energy Office Clean Energy Wayfinders program share information on energy conservation and clean energy adoption with Hawai‘i’s schools and communities. (Honolulu, HI) – For island and remote communities in the United States, developing resilient electricity ...
Centering Indigenous knowledge to advance water research
(Honolulu, HI) – The Land Back movement has called for global solidarity to address the oppression and dispossession of Indigenous Peoples’ lands and territories. The alienation of Indigenous Peoples from Water has largely been absent from this call to action ...
Students work on a net zero energy initiative for the UH Manoa campus
Student research assistants study energy consumption patterns of the UH Manoa Campus Sea Grant has teamed up with the UH Office of Sustainability to manage a vast quantity of electricity metering data while also training and educating students. Students have ...
NOAA Sea Grant awards over $5.1 million to fund marine debris projects in Hawai‘i
(Honolulu, HI) – The University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program (Hawai‘i Sea Grant) and its partners were awarded over $5.1 million to address rampant marine debris issues in Hawai‘i and develop urgently needed, innovative solutions which can be shared ...
Innovative place-based graduate education at UH Mānoa receives funding boost
(Honolulu, HI) – University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa faculty who developed an innovative graduate course focused on place-based research were awarded funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in support of their efforts. The NSF Innovations in Graduate Education ...
Dr. Darren T. Lerner elected president of Sea Grant Association for two-year term
Dr. Darren T. Lerner elected president of Sea Grant Association for two-year term The appointment will help focus nationwide attention on ocean and coastal issues throughout the Pacific region (Honolulu, HI) – Dr. Darren T. Lerner, director of the ...
Sea Grant awards $8.1 million to strengthen community resilience nationwide
Sea Grant awards $8.1 million to strengthen community resilience nationwide February 2, 2023 (Honolulu, HI) – To build on Sea Grant’s nationwide initiatives to improve coastal community resilience, NOAA’s National Sea Grant College Program recently announced two complementary initiatives ...
“Can I Get a Straw?”
by Frankki Ramirez Like most other broke college kids, I work a part time job in between my studies. I have been working as a server for a little over a year and typically interact with visitors from out-of-state throughout ...
Envisioning Sea Level Rise Adaptation Strategies in Waikīkī
Waikīkī is the economic hub of Hawai‘i’s tourism industry and is threatened by flooding from sea level rise, king tides, high wave events, rainfall and storm drain backflow, groundwater inundation, and overflow of the Ala Wai canal. This research merges ...
