Weekly Schedule US Institute on th Environment - East

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UNITED STATES INSTITUTE ON THE ENVIRONMENT (USIE)
WEEK 1: JOURNEY’S BEGINNING
Overview
Our journey begins in the heart of the central Pacific as
we meet in Hawai‘i. The first week of the journey
develops a base for the five weeks to follow. The most
important elements of this base are the people who will
share in the USIE learning journey. As a result, the
main focus of the week is to get to know one another.
We will also use the week to develop a collective
understanding of the Institute’s vision, design, main
themes and our collective values and norms. The
more we know about each other and the main ideas
and outcomes of the institute, the more successful our
journey will be. Take time this week to get to know one
another and to clarify Institute and individual goals.
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Outcomes of USIE
The purpose of USIE is to use the United State’s
experience in environmental issues to help participants answer three interlinked questions:
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What are the key intersections between social processes and environmental ‘issues’?
•
What kinds of leadership actions are needed to affect positive social and environmental change
through understanding these intersections?
•
How can you as a USIE participant take the new learnings and relationships developed in the
program to affect positive environmental action in your home community?
Key Outcomes for Week One
• orientation to the EWC and UH Campuses and beyond
• orientation to the USIE ‘ohana, getting to know one another and form group norms and
expectations
• deepen understanding of the concepts of leadership and environmental stewardship
• develop abilities to frame diverse futures
• solidify individual research questions and personal goals for the Institute
Questions for the Week
• How can you contribute to the Institute?
• How can the diversity of the group be made its strength?
• How do you see the future and how can you shape your preferred future?
• What roles do leadership and stewardship have in affecting positive environmental change?
• What surprised you most this week? (and, what surprised you about you?)
Week One Background Information
Guests
Mapuana de Silva – founder, director, and lead teacher of Halau Mohala ‘Ilima. In 1975, she graduated
as kumu hula from Maiki Aiu Lake and, a year later, opened Halau Mohala ‘Ilima. She has continued
her hula studies under Lani Kalama, Sally Wood Naluai, and Pat Namaka Bacon. Among the most
significant of Mäpu’s awards are those received from the UH Mänoa College of Education for excellence
in the arts education (1990), from Pacific University for achievements in performing arts education
(Outstanding alumnus, 1999), and from the ‘Ahahui ‘Ölelo Hawai‘i for excellence in Hawaiian language
education outside the standard classroom setting (“Manu a Ka‘ae,” 2000). HÄLAU MÖHALA ‘ILIMA, is
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now in its 33 year, and is dedicated to the preservation of Hawaiian culture through hula. It specializes
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in traditionally learned and transmitted chants and dances, particularly those of the 18 and 19
centuries that celebrate the life of our land and people. It is dedicated to the teaching of aloha, hö‘ihi,
ala häiki, and külia i ka nu‘u – love, reverence, discipline, and commitment to excellence – through hula.
Ramsay Taum is a co-facilitator of Sustain Hawai‘i, an action-based, educational non-profit organization
dedicated to improving quality of life by balancing present and future social-cultural, ecological, and
economic needs. Taum is also a practitioner and instructor of several Native Hawaiian practices,
including ho‘oponopono (stress management and conflict resolution), lomi haha (body alignment) and
lua (Hawaiian combat/battle art). He is the Director of Community Outreach and lecturer at the UH
School of Travel Industry Management. As the founder and managing director of the LEI (Life
Enhancement Institute) of the Pacific, LLC, Taum also provides consultancy services aimed at
integrating Native Hawaiian host cultural values and principles into contemporary business.
Nicholas Barker coordinates leadership education at the East-West Center and is Program Director of
the Asia Pacific Leadership Program, as well as the Leadership Certificate offered to degree students.
Dr. Barker’s leadership research interests include: indigenous models of leadership in the Asia-Pacific;
diversity training; negotiation and conflict resolution; visioning, strategic planning, and coaching;
transformational leadership; gender and leadership; effective communication; team building and group
dynamics; power, influence and ethics; and facilitation and collaborative leadership. Trained as a
cultural anthropologist at Cambridge University, he has conducted long-term fieldwork in the Philippines
and was formerly on the faculty of the Department of Anthropology at St. Andrews University, Scotland,
as well as a Visiting Fellow at Nagoya University, Japan, and the University of the Philippines (Diliman).
Places
Diamond Head (Source: http://www.Hawai’iweb.com/html/diamond_head.html)
The most famous volcanic crater in the world is Diamond Head, located on the South-east Coast of
O'ahu at the end of Waikiki overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It was originally named Laeahi by the
ancient Hawaiians. The name meant "brow of the tuna" and looking at the silhouette of the crater from
Waikiki, you can see the resemblance. The current name was given to the crater by British sailors in the
1800's. When they first saw the crater at a great distance, the calcite crystals in the lava rock appeared
to glimmer in the sunlight. The sailors mistakenly thought there must be diamonds in the soil. Diamond
Head is a crater that has been extinct for 150,000 years.
Kapi‘olani College Farmer’s Market (Source: http://kapiolani.Hawai’i.edu/object/farmersmarket.html )
The Kapi‘olani College Farmer’s Market is co-sponsored by the Hawai‘i Farm Bureau Federation and
the Culinary Institute of the Pacific at Kapi‘olani Community College. The farmers and food producers
are actually there selling it, and are able to answer any questions that customers may have about their
products. Many items are sold including: flowers and plants, fresh fruits, vegetables, seafood, baked
goods and bread, Hawai’i-grown beef, Hawai’i-grown coffee and much more.
Waikiki Aquarium (Source: http://www.waquarium.org/aquarium-history.asp)
The Waikiki Aquarium is the third oldest aquarium in the United States and houses more than 3,000
marine animals and over 500 species of aquatic plants and animals. It is a place for the whole family to
have fun and learn about marine life, and it also serves as a site for a lot of research. According to the
Aquarium’s main website, such research includes, “Studies of research on lobster life cycles, growth
patterns in giant clams, and the physiology and metabolism of the threatened Hawaiian Monk Seal. The
Waikiki Aquarium also utilizes its husbandry expertise and facilities to actively support the research of
scientists and students at the University of Hawai‘i and other higher learning institutions
Ala Moana Park:
(Source http://www.aloha.com/~lifeguards/alamoana.html and
http://www.Hawai’iweb.com/oahu/beaches/ala_moana_beach_park.htm)
Ala Moana, means “Path to the Sea” in Hawaiian which aptly describes this 76-acre park that snakes
along the cost-line, providing a perfect spot for swimming, surfing, body boarding, and picnicking. It is
one of the most popular parks on Oahu, with entire family coming together on the weekends to have
potlucks and play in the sun. It is equipped with bar-b-que pits, restroom facilities, running/walking
paths, and beautiful scenery.
Assignments (to be discussed in class)
Deliver your presentation
Review and understand assignment sheet
Become familiar with ‘The HUB’
Related Reference Resources (Please read at least 2 of the following over the course of the week)
Introductory Ideas
World Changing, by Alex Steffan. Editor’s Intro. Pages 15-24
Uploaded to Hub Readings – Bright Green Environmentalism folder
Blessed Unrest, by Paul Hawken. The Beginning. Pages 1-8
Uploaded to Hub Readings – Networks & Movements folder
American Environmentalism, by Greg Barton. Introduction. Pages 12-20.
Uploaded to Hub Readings – Networks & Movements folder
SELECT VIEW > ROTATE VIEW > CLOCKWISE
Hawai‘i Sustainability Plan 2050. Chapter Aloha Aina, Pages 5-9 (end at Island cultural and natural
resources maps) & Chapter Environmental Quality, Page 41-52.
http://www.hipaonline.com/pdf/HI2050_Issue_Book.pdf
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Living Beyond Our Means: Natural Assets and Human Well-being.
All Pages 1-23
http://www.millenniumassessment.org/documents/document.429.aspx.pdf
World Watch State of the World 2008 – Seeding a Sustainable Economy. Chapter 1, Pages 1-20.
http://www.worldwatch.org/files/pdf/SOW08_chapter_1.pdf
Leadership
Environmental Leadership Equals Essential Leadership, by John C. Gordon and Joyce K. Berry.
Chapter 1 & Chapter 7. Pages 1-11 & Pages 97-117.
Uploaded to Hub Readings
Futures
The Good Life doesn’t Have to Cost the Planet. By Andrew Simms and Joe Smith.
Futurist Magazine Timeline Chart
Calendar
WEEK 1
Monday, May 11
8:15-9:00
9:00-9:30
9:30-10:00
10:00 – 10:10
10:15 – 11:45
12:00 – 1:30
1:45-3:45
(Dress Professional)
Imin Conference
Center Lanai
Imin Conference
Center – Japanese
Gardens
Imin Conference
Center – Koi Room,
Garden Level
Continental Breakfast provided
Aloha Ceremony: Welcoming Mele (Hawaiian Chant).
Greeting by Dr. Terance Bigalke, Director Education
Programs, EWC
Self-introductions of staff and participants
Break. Move inside to Koi Room
Workshop: Getting to know each other activities, the
power of diversity
Culture Shock
Imin Conference
Center – Wailana
Room, Garden Level
Lunch provided. Coffee/Tea after lunch.
Imin Conference
Garden Level
Orientation - Logistics and Online Community (Hub).
Bring Laptop
Speaker: Ramsay Taum, Co-Founder of Sustain Hawai‘i
& Cultural Advisor to UH Travel Industry Management
School
Dinner on your own
Tuesday, May 12
8:30 – 11:45
Burns Hall Room 4012
Workshop: Themes, Content, Expectations & Outcomes
of the U.S. Institute on the Environment.
Lunch on own
1:00-1:45
Burns Hall - Meet in
2nd floor Lobby
EWC ID
2:00-3:00
Bank near campus
Walk to Bank with staff to cash checks
Free Time. Dinner on your own
Wed., May 13
9:00-11:45
Imin Conference
Garden Level
Participant Presentations: 10 @ 3 minutes plus 4
minutes for questions (videotaped).
Lunch on own. Coffee/Tea after lunch.
1:15-3:30
Imin Conference
Garden Level
Participant Presentations: 10 @ 3 minutes plus 4
minutes for questions (videotaped). Group mapping
games
Dinner on your own
Thursday, May 14
9:00 – 12:00
Imin Conference
Garden Level
USIE Introduction to Leadership - Dr. Nick Barker
Lunch on own. coffee/tea after lunch.
1:30-3:30
Imin Conference
Garden Level
Action Plans - Ms. Christina Monroe
Dinner on your own
7:00-9:30
Hale Manoa Lounge
Friday, May 15
9:00-11:45
Movie Night
Imin Conference
Garden Level
12:00-12:30
Imagining Futures – Dr. Scott Macleod
Check In End of Week / Prep for Saturday
Lunch on your own
Afternoon
available
Free Time - Professional Meetings Individual/Small
Group
Dinner on your own
Saturday, May 16
(Dress Comfortable, with Hiking Shoes)
6:30 - 11:30
Bus Depart 6:30 am
from Burns.
Field Trip: Diamond Head-Kapi‘olani College Farmer's
Market early lunch at your expense (view of traditional
land use system, modern development; local food
production)
12:30 - 4:00 (varies by
group)
Return by public
transportation
(Express Bus A from
Ala Moana)
Field Exploration/Observation: Walk from Aquarium (visit
optional) to Ala Moana. Small groups (4). Observe built
environment, stopping at iconic spots (using guide).
Take notes in journal.
Dinner on your own
Sunday, May 17
Free Day - Optional Activities
WEEK 2: FRAMING OUR JOURNEY
Outcomes of USIE
experience in environmental issues to help participants
answer three interlinked questions:
•
What are the key intersections between social
processes and environmental ‘issues’?
•
What kinds of leadership actions are needed to
affect positive social and environmental change
•
How can you as a USIE participant take the new
learnings and relationships developed in the program to affect positive environmental action in
your home community?
Overview of Week Two
The USIE program for Week 2 further orients you to places and people sharing the journey. Framing
the journey involves setting the context for understanding the contemporary environmental movement
and includes discussions across spatial and temporal scales of analysis.
Now that we know ‘who is who’ and have begun to build the culture and vision for USIE, we start to map
out the contours of the landscapes of ideas and actions we will explore in the coming weeks.
The focus is to situate knowledge of environmental issues, whether concerning the lithosphere,
hydrosphere, atmosphere, and/or biosphere, to places and the people who occupy those places. This
week includes a series of presentations, as well as site visits, that allow for extensive discussion among
participants in preparation for the coming weeks. Active participation in these sessions is critical to the
success of following weeks, so come prepared and motivated to challenge assumptions, identify
knowledge gaps, and learn from the past to plan for the future.
The week begins with a day focused on engaging ‘the state of the world’ and further refining and
mapping participant’s questions and proposed actions for affecting positive environmental change. The
week ends with presentations of personal action plans. In between these bookends there will be the first
formal site visits (to Lyon Arboretum, Manoa Heritage Center, Hanauma Bay and Waimanalo Gulch
Landfill) and a deepening of our discussions about mapping pathways to affecting social change through
the lenses of culture and tourism (Ramsay Taum), Energy (Blue Planet) and Political Economy (Mark
Poffenberger and Scott MacLeod).
Key Outcomes for Week Two
• setting the global and local contexts
• appreciation of place-based curriculum
• orientation to Manoa Valley and the Ala Wai watershed
• Develop goals for the future through Action Plans
• Understand some of the systematic mismatches between human and natural ‘systems’
(especially ecology and economy)
• What is the current state of the global environment and what are the conservation priorities?
• What is learned about the future by looking to the past?
• What are some of the lessons learned on the island of Oahu involving in situ and ex situ
protection of biological diversity?
• How do government agencies adapt management strategies to produce more effective
outcomes?
• What do you want to achieve in the near and long term future? And most importantly, why?
• How can you/we(?) reframe social debates to give extra weight to environmental issues?
Week Two Background Information
Guests
Blue Planet Foundation (Source: http://blueplanetfoundation.org/default.aspx)
Blue Planet Foundation’s Mission is: “To change our world's energy culture, to raise global awareness in
order to develop and adopt practical programs to implement clean, efficient, and renewable energy and
to create a global response to our increasingly urgent climate crisis.” They accomplish these goals
through advocating for environmentally friendly bills at the State Legislature as well as holding an annual
“Global Energy Summit”, which brings energy experts to the island for discussion and knowledge
sharing.
Mark Poffenberger (Source:
http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/Endangered_Lang_Conf/Poffenberger.html)
is an anthropologist specializing in community resource management systems in the Asia region. He
holds a B.A. from the University of California at Santa Cruz and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.
He has spent much of the past twenty-five years working in South and Southeast Asia. From 1981 to
1991 he was the Ford Foundation program officer for Rural Poverty and Resources in Jakarta and New
Delhi. For the past five years he has been Director of the Asia Forest Network, based at the Center for
Southeast Asia Studies at the University of California at Berkeley. His books include: Patterns of
Change in the Nepal Himalaya, Keepers of the Forest, and Village Voices, Forest Choices. He currently
acts as coordinator of the World Conservation Union's (IUCN) Working Group on Community
Involvement in Forest Management in support of the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests.
Places
Lyon Arboretum (Source: http://www.hawaii.edu/lyonarboretum/education.php) The Lyon Arboretum
and Botanical Garden is the only University botanical garden located in a tropical rainforest in the United
States. It is also the only easily accessible tropical rainforest on the island of Oahu. It currently consists
of almost 200 acres at the top of the Manoa watershed with a set of small cottages and greenhouses
used for research and community education about plants and the natural environments of Hawai‘i. The
Arboretum is responsible for:
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Developing a major resource center for tropical plants with Hawai‘i/Pacific Basin/Asian focus, by
enhancing its living plant collection, and establishing an appropriate reference library and
herbarium.
Making its collections and information available to a broad clientele including students,
researchers, industry, and the general public, by performing and disseminating the results of
research, by appropriate outreach and educational activities, and through plant and seed
exchange programs. Serving as an outdoor laboratory for school and university students and
classes.
Importing, identifying, improving through breeding, and introduction to the public, plants useful
for horticulture, research, education, or industry.
Preserving and propagating germplasm of endangered plant species, especially those native to
Hawaii. Special attention is given to the use of micropropagation and tissue culture technology
in conservation of Hawaiian plants.
Developing a research and training program in restoration of Hawaiian ecosystems. Serving as
a University field station for terrestrial biology and stream biology.
Manoa Heritage Center (Source: http://www.manoaheritagecenter.org/Heiau.html)
The Manoa Heritage Center is a non-profit organization founded in 1996, whose mission is to promote
the thoughtful stewardship of the natural and cultural heritage of Hawai‘i. The historic site consists of
Kūka‘ō‘ō Heiau, a Native Hawaiian garden and the historic home Kūali‘i. The heiau and historic home
are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The center is committed to preserving and
interpreting the heiau, the Native Hawaiian garden, the historic home and the natural and cultural history
of Mānoa Valley for future generations.
Hanauma Bay (Source: http://www.honolulu.gov/parks/facility/hanaumabay/welcome.htm)
Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve, one of the most spectacular natural resources in Hawai‘i, is reaping the
benefits of over a decade of moves to re-establish its pristine marine ecosystem. Recognizing the
damage done by years of neglect and abuse by allowing some three million visitors annually, the City
and County of Honolulu in 1990 laid out a plan to restore Hanauma to a clean, healthy state by reducing
the number of visitors, establishing an education program, and instituting supportive restrictions. The
culmination of the protection and preservation efforts are the major upper and lower bay facility
improvements, the heart of which is the award-winning Marine Education Center, that opened in August
2002. Hanauma now has a site where its education program flourishes. A short video welcomes
residents and visitors, encouraging them to join staff and volunteers as stewards of this precious gift of
Hanauma and other living reef environments they may visit. Not a “beach park” for beach sport, but a
Nature Preserve dedicated to safeguarding the fragile marine life in the Bay, Hanauma is the first Marine
Life Conservation District in the State.
Tour de Trash, Waimanalo Gulch Landfill, and HPOWER
(Source: http://envhonolulu.org/solid_waste/Tour_de_Trash.htm)
Tour de Trash is an initiative started by the Department of Environmental Services which attempts to
lessen the amount of opala (Hawaiian word for trash) in Hawaii’s landfills by educating the public about
what is in our garbage; what can be recycled; and by showcasing the sheer amount of waste that is
produced on O’ahu.
(Source: http://www.keepinghawaiiclean.com/waimanalo.htm)
The Waimanalo Gulch Landfill is owned by the City and County of Honolulu and operated under a
contract with Waste Management of Hawaii… Each year on Oahu, roughly 1.6 million tons of waste is
generated. Approximately 500,000 tons of reusable waste - including green waste, tires and concrete,
are recycled through a variety of programs. H-POWER, which is the City and County's waste-to-energy
facility, processes 600,000 tons of waste. Another 200,000 tons are deposited into a private construction
and demolition landfill. This leaves roughly 400,000 tons of waste a year that is brought to the City's
Waimanalo Gulch Landfill, including 100,000 tons of ash per year generated by H-POWER incineration.
Kualoa Ranch Ropes Course (Source: http://www.aloha.com/~lifeguards/kualoa.html)
Kualoa means “long ancestral background” in Hawaiian. A famous landmark, known to many people
now as “Chinaman’s Hat” (because that is what many people say it resembles), actually has an ancient
story behind. The island is called Mokoli’i, and it is said to be the tail of a great dragon that Hiìaka (the
goddess of lightning and Pele's younger sister) fought with, flinging its tail into the sea.
In this area, you will all engage in team-building exercises on the ropes course. Hopefully, you will learn
about your peers and yourself as you work through various obstacles -- all the while having fun and
being present in a beautiful and sacred part of the island.
Assignments (to be discussed in class)
Journal entries
Related Reference Resources (Please read at least 2 of the following)
Education for Climate Neutrality and Sustainability. American College and University Presidents
Climate Commitment (2009).
Uploaded to Hub Readings > Sustainable Development folder
Next Generation Science for Planet Earth: NERC Strategy 2007-2012. Natural Environment
Research Council (2007).
Uploaded to Hub Readings > Summary Readings folder
Conclusions: Building and Sustaining International Co-operation on Climate Change. Stern
Review (2005).
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/Chapter_27_Conclusions.pdf
Sustainable Tourism in Hawaii
Uploaded to Hub Readings > Sustainable Development folder
What is Sustainable Development?
http://www.hawaii.edu/envctr/ecotourism/docs/What_is_Sust_Development.pdf
Short Readings pre-Field Trips
Blue Planet Foundation thinks Big (Clean energy in Hawaii)
Uploaded to Hub Readings > USIE People&Places folder
To change our world’s energy culture (Blue Planet)
How Dunn’s Garden Grows (Lyon Arboretum)
http://www.hanahou.com/pages/Magazine.asp?Action=DrawArticle&ArticleID=745&MagazineID=46
Eco-tipping Points at Hanauma Bay
http://www.ecotippingpoints.org/ETP-Stories/indepth/hawaiipreserve.html
Coastal Clean up (Marine Debris Program, HPOWER)
Calendar
WEEK 2
Monday, May 18
8:30 – 9:30
9:30-11:45
Summary and Start of New Week: Group Check In
(Discussion of week one experiences), Goals for week 2.
Content Assessment #1
State of the World - Dr. John Cusick, Associate
Specialist, University of Hawaii Environmental Center
Lunch on own
1:15-4:00
State of the World II - Interactive
Dinner on your own
Tuesday, May 19
9:00-11:45
Imin Conference
Garden Level
Engaging Environments: Visiting Guest: Ramsay Taum,
Co-Founder of Sustainable Hawaii & Professor at UH
Travel Industry Management School
Lunch on your own. Coffee/Tea after lunch
1:15-4:00
Imin Conference
Garden Level
Engaging Environments: Visiting Guest: Leader from
Hawaii's Blue Planet Foundation. Film: Hawaii's Climate
Crisis
Dinner on your own
Wed., May 20
(Dress Comfortable, with Hiking Shoes)
8:30-10:30
Bus Departs 8:30 from
Burns
Field Trip: Lyon Arboretum - Tropical / restoration
ecology and management, endangered species recovery
11:15-12:15
Bus from Lyon to MHC
Field Trip: Manoa Heritage Center - Cultural protocols,
historic preservation, native plant conservation
Lunch on your own
2:15-5:30
Bus Depart at 2:15
from EWC, 3-5pm
program
Field Trip: Hanauma Bay Topics: Marine and terrestrial
protected areas, environmental education, tourism
impacts, tipping points
7:00
UH Architecture
Auditorium
UH Film Series (optional) "Kilowatt Ours: a plan to reenergize America" & Discussion with Darren Kimura,
solar power entrepreneur & President of Sopogy
Dinner on your own
Thursday, May 21
8:30-11:45
What is the Value of the Environment? Dr. Scott
Macleod & Dr. Mark Poffenberger
Lunch on your own
2:00-4:00
Action Plans. Prep for Kualoa Ranch
Dinner on your own
Friday, May 22
8:00-12:00
(Dress Comfortable)
Bus Departs 8:00 from
Burns
Field Trip: Waimanalo Gulch Landfill and HPOWER.
Waste management, waste into energy technology
Lunch Provided
Afternoon
Community/School Presentations: Give talk on country
and/or key environmental issue
6:00-8:30
Dinner provided in Hale Halawai (Sharing Action Plans)
Saturday, May 23
Free Day - Optional Activities
Sunday, May 24
Free Day
Monday, May 25
Memorial Day
(Dress Comfortable)
8:00 - 5:00
Bus departs 8:00 from
Burns
Kualoa Ranch Ropes Course. Lunch provided.
WEEK 3: EXPLORATIONS - MAUI, A COMMUNITY IN ACTION
Outcomes of USIE
The purpose of USIE is to use the United State’s experience in environmental issues to help participants
•
What are the key intersections between social processes and environmental ‘issues’?
•
What kinds of leadership actions are needed to affect positive social and environmental change
•
How can you as a USIE participant take the new learnings and relationships developed in the
program to affect positive environmental action in your home community?
Overview of Week Three
A trip to the island of Maui is an opportunity to see
communities in action. Maui is often rated as one of
the most desirable travel destinations in the world,
making environmental management a top priority for a
variety of stakeholders. The island is home to a range
of native ecosystems and cultural landscapes that the
tourism industry is dependent upon for economic
development. Our focus will be to visit representative
terrestrial and marine sites and meet with people
whose challenge is to balance environmental and
economic health for threatened and endangered
biological diversity as well as island residents and
visitors.
This extended field study facilitates collaborative
learning through participant observation. There will be
fewer classroom experiences and more interaction with
people whose places of work and livelihoods are
dependent on the quality of native ecosystems and perpetuation of indigenous culture.
Key Outcomes for Week Three
• orientation to the island of Maui
• appreciation of differences between urban and rural environmental management
• interaction with community leaders involved with environmental stewardship
• service learning at cultural landscapes in East Maui
• What are some of the environmental stewardship challenges confronted by both urban and rural
communities, and what are some that are unique?
• What environmental management strategies are most likely to succeed in indigenous
communities?
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How can government agencies build trust among local communities in support of environmental
stewardship objectives?
What is the role of the tourist industry in environmental stewardship? What about tourists
themselves?
Week Three Background Information
Organizations
Sustainable Living Institute of Maui (Source: http://sustainablemaui.org/)
The Sustainable Living Institute of Maui at Maui Community College is committed to optimizing Maui’s
economy by helping people build skills that are compatible with the community’s cultural choices and
economic aspirations; developing Maui as an exemplary and prosperous island that shares eco-effective
methods with other communities throughout the world; and serving as a living laboratory and classroom
for building and managing holistic communities.
Kipahulu ‘Ohana (Source: http://www.kipahulu.org/index.php)
The Kipahulu ‘Ohana is dedicated to the cultural sustainability of the Kipahulu ahupua‘a on Maui,
Hawai‘i through educational programs which incorporate local, national and international partnerships
and projects Long before the first Europeans arrived on Maui, Kipahulu was prized by the Hawaiian ali'i
(royalty) for its fertile 'aina (land) and kai (ocean). Thousands of people once lived a sustainable lifestyle
in this area farming, fishing, and surviving with the resources of the ahupua'a, the traditional Native
Hawaiian land division which stretches from the mountain to the sea. In 1995, a small group of
residents came together to revive, restore, and share the practices of traditional Native Hawaiian culture
with others and founded the Kipahulu 'Ohana, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating residents
and visitors of the ‘ways of old’ through cultural demonstrations and hands-on activities.
National Park Service (Source: http://www.nps.gov/)
The United States system of national parks was the first of its kind in the world, and provides a living
model for other nations wishing to establish and manage their own protected areas. The National Park
Service actively consults with other governments to share lessons learned and best practices related to
the conservation of biological diversity and preservation of cultural heritage. Beyond national parks, the
National Park Service helps communities preserve and enhance important local heritage and close-tohome recreational opportunities. Grants and assistance are offered to register, record and save historic
places; create community parks and local recreation facilities; conserve rivers and streams, and develop
trails and greenways.
National Tropical Botanical Garden (Source: http://www.ntbg.org/)
The mission of the National Tropical Botanical Garden is to enrich life through discovery, scientific
research, conservation, and education by perpetuating the survival of plants, ecosystems, and cultural
knowledge of tropical regions. Their mission is achieved through: a network of diverse gardens and
preserves in Hawaiì and Florida, each with significant biological, cultural, and historical resources;
conservation, research, and reference collections (living, library, and herbarium) assembled through
discovery and collaboration; research in botany, ethnobotany, horticulture, conservation biology, and
restoration ecology through programs and institutes; educational courses, publications, lectures, and
visitor programs; and facilities and infrastructure necessary to conduct this work.
Pacific Whale Foundation (Source: http://www.pacificwhale.org/)
The Pacific Whale Foundation award-winning marine education programs grew out of a desire to share
research with the public. Over the years, tens of thousands of schoolchildren in Hawai‘i have
participated in programs that combine field trips and classroom/lab work, inspiring greater interest in
science and marine conservation. Visitor education programs help promote eco-friendly enjoyment of
Maui's unique ocean environment and free talks, slideshows, displays and educational guides are
provided to the public.
Trilogy (Source: http://www.sailtrilogy.com/)
Trilogy is Maui's oldest family owned and operated sailing company and is a leader in the ocean
recreation industry. In an independent survey of over 11,000 Maui visitors, Trilogy was chosen the #1
Activity on Maui and the 2007 & 2008 Maui News Readers Poll chose Trilogy as the island's #1 Maui
Sailing Company. Trilogy was awarded the 2008 Living Reef Award — one of the few activity
companies in Hawai‘i to receive the honor.
Places
Kahanu Garden National Tropical Botanical Garden
(Source: http://www.ntbg.org/gardens/kahanu.php)
Kahanu Garden grows in isolation, nestled in the one of the largest, untamed native pandanus forests in
the Islands. Plant collections from the Pacific Islands are the focus of conservation, particularly plants of
value to the Hawaiian people as well as to other cultures of Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia. At
Kahanu Garden, one learns the cultural relationships between people and plants that were transported
around the Pacific on ancient voyaging canoes. Situated in the storied land of Honomaèle, Kahanu
Garden is the home to Piìlanihale, a massive lava-rock structure that is believed to be the largest heiau
(place of worship) in Polynesia. This cultural site is registered as a National Historic Landmark.
Ala Kukui Retreat House (Source: http://www.alakukui.com/)
Ala Kukui (Pathway of Illumination) is a retreat center located in the town of Hana. Inspired by Hana's
powerful landscape and by the cultural values rooted in the region's Native Hawaiian community, Ala
Kukui is a gathering place for global and local residents to engage with one another, and a resource for
education and other practices that support a harmonious life.
Haleakala National Park (Source: http://www.nps.gov/hale/).
Isolated in the mid Pacific, the Hawaiian Islands are the most remote major island group on earth. They
were formed as the Pacific Plate moved across a volcanic “hot spot” within the earth’s mantle. Lying
3862km from the nearest continent, they have never had connection to any other land mass. Natural
crossings across this great expanse of ocean by animals and plants were extremely rare and after
accidental arrivals, isolated from mainland populations, these pioneer organisms took strange courses of
evolution and allowed a unique biota to develop. But utterly unaccustomed to mainland competition, the
remote native island ecosystems are defenseless against mainland alien species and have been
decimated by new grazers, predators and diseases. Haleakala National Park, and its East Maui
Watershed Partner neighbors, still harbors an astonishing relict of these native island ecosystems. The
major effort of Haleakala’s resource stewardship is to preserve intact this superb example of the
Hawaiian Islands’ native ecosystems.
Kapahu Farm (Source: http://www.kipahulu.org/kapahufarm.php)
Kapahu Farm is a restored cultural landscape located within the boundaries of Kipahulu District,
Haleakala National Park. Residents and volunteers have uncovered lo‘i (taro patches) and returned
them for production of taro, the dietary staple in much of Polynesia. Additional plantings of ulu
(breadfruit), coconut, sugarcane, and banana both feed the community and serve as an educational
resource for school groups and national park visitors to learn and experience the practice of malama ka
‘aina (stewardship of the land) as it has been lived for centuries.
Molokini Shoal Marine Life Conservation District
(Source: http://hawaii.gov/dlnr/dar/coral/mlcd_molokini.html)
Molokini islet is the southern rim of an extinct volcanic crater. The shallow inner cove is the crater's
submerged floor. Black coral was once found in abundance in the deeper waters around Molokini, but
was harvested extensively. There is no sand beach on Molokini. The cove area slopes off from the
shoreline to a depth of about 30 meters before dropping off. The bottom consists of sand patches, coral
and basaltic boulders. A shallow reef in less than thirty feet of water extends from the shoreline
northward at the islet's northwestern point. The diversity of fishes and other marine life within the MLCD
is among the most impressive in the State of Hawai‘i. Even humpback whales have been known to
enter the cove.
Assignments
Service learning with Kahanu Garden, Kipahulu ‘Ohana staff and
Hana High School students
Journal entries
Midway Progress Report
Related Reference Resources (Please read at least 2 of the following prior to departure to Maui)
Uploaded to Hub Readings>Maui Readings OR Sustainable Development folders
Cusick, J. (unpublished manuscript). Protected area politics in East Maui, Hawai‘i.
Cusick, J. (2007). Lessons from Kipahulu District, Haleakala National Park. Mountain Forum Bulletin
7(1):17-19.
Cox, L., M. Saucier, J. Cusick, and H. Richins (2008). Sustainable tourism in Hawai‘i. College of Tropical
Agriculture and Human Resources, Resource Management No 17. Honolulu, Hawai‘i.
Ambrozic, C. (2007). Plant taro and find your native roots. Spirit of Aloha.
2006. Cox, L. and Cusick, J. What is Sustainable Development? College of Tropical Agriculture and
Human Resources, Resource Management No 14. Honolulu, Hawai‘i.
International
Small
Island
Studies
Association
(2006).
The
Maui
Declaration
(http://sustainablemaui.org/pdfs/TheMauiDeclaration.pdf)
Calendar
WEEK 3
Tuesday, May 26
8:30-9:15
(Dress Causal All Week)
9:30-11:45
Summary and Start of New Week: Review Week 2,
Launch Week 3, Evaluate Weeks 1 & 2. Content
Assessment #2. Maui Trip Prep.
Networks & the Environment - Dr. Scott Macleod
Lunch on your own
Afternoon
Individual Prep Time, Dinner on your own
Wed., May 27
Check out of Room
5:30
Depart from EWC,
Flight 7:25-8:00am
To Maui Island, Hawaii
Check in Maui Community College Housing
9:00-11:00
Pacific Whale Foundation
12:00-3:00
Historical Walking Tour of Lahaina (Lunch on your own)
3:00-6:00
Free Time
6:30-8:30
Dinner at Paia Flatbread Pizza (at your own expense)
Thursday, May 28
8:00 - 3:00
Boat Trip to Molokini
3:00-6:00
Drive to Hana, Check in Ala Kukui Retreat House
6:30
Dinner at Ala Kukui provided
Friday, May 29
Day
Explore Hana, Optional Limu Restoration Project and Site
Visits in small groups
Lunch & Dinner provided at Ala Kukui
Saturday, May 30
Morning
4:30
Sunday, May 31
Flight 6:30-7:00
Kahanu Garden. Topics: relationship between native
plants and peoples, ancient worship site (Heiau)
Check out of Ala Kukui, Return Drive to Central Maui.
View cultural landscapes. Dinner at your expense.
To Airport for Honolulu flight
Free Day
Mid-way Progress Report
WEEK 4: EXPLORATIONS – SHADES OF GREEN
Outcomes of USIE
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What kinds of leadership actions are needed to
affect positive social and environmental
change through understanding these
intersections?
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How can you as a USIE participant take the
new learnings and relationships developed in
the program to affect positive environmental
action in your home community?
Overview of Week Four
Week four expands on Week Three’s introductions of networks of action and the localized case studies
on Maui. The week is about meeting and engaging practitioners from a broad spectrum of the U.S.
environmental movement in Hawaiì. Each guest represents a different shade of green
(environmentalism). Their commonality is a focus on sustainable solutions.
The first half of the week brings over two dozen of the best-known sustainability professionals in Hawaiì
by sector – sciences, business, policy, non-government organizations, government, and student groups.
The format of progressive roundtable discussions allows participants to have in-depth small-group
conversation driven by questions. The evenings bring opportunities for professional networking
including Tuesday’s Green Drinks, a global, monthly networking event for ‘green’ professionals and
Wednesday’s dinner and strategy swapping with environmental student groups. Our last Oahu field trips
have us on-board a U.S. Coast Guard cutter that patrols for illegal activities in U.S. Fisheries and Marine
Sanctuaries (including the recently established Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument) and
tunneling underground to see Honolulu’s water source. Our time in Hawaiì ends with a sail on the
Hokule’a, the Polynesian double-hulled voyaging canoe best known for her 1976 Hawaiì to Tahiti
voyage performed without modern navigational instruments and for inspiring cultural revitalization and
environmental stewardship.
• meet the key figures affecting environmental change in Hawai’i
• learn of the wide range of approaches and strategies for environmental action
• expand professional networks at roundtable sessions and networking events
• further develop Action Plans
• share findings to date with U.S. environmental students
• see how the U.S. enforces fishery and sanctuary regulations
• complete mid-way report on individual research questions and learnings to date
• What are links between culture and environmental action?
• What are links between policy formation and environmental action?
• What are links between economics and environmental action?
• What connections can you see among speakers or organizations?
• What is your shade of green?
• Are there themes that seem to be consistently present?
• USIE is half way through, how can you maximize the final weeks?
Monday, June 1 AM – Sustainable Solutions from the Sciences
John Burke Burnett, Pacific Science Association
John Burke Burnett is Executive Secretary of Pacific Science Association, a regional scholarly
organization that seeks to advance science, technology, and sustainable development in the AsiaPacific region by actively promoting interdisciplinary and international research and collaboration, and
also Executive Director of the Indo-Pacific Conservation Alliance, a biodiversity conservation NGO with
field projects in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Burnett's professional focus on the interface
between conservation policy, biological science, and traditional communities. He founded Indo-Pacific
Conservation Alliance in 1998, and joined PSA in 2004. He lived in both Japan and Indonesia for two
years each, and in Washington DC for 15 years. Degrees: M.A., (International Economics), Johns
Hopkins University - School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS); 1991. B.S., Southern Methodist
University, 1987.
Eugene P. Dashiell, EA/EIS Consultant
Eugene Dashiell is the principal environmental planner for Environmental Planning Services (a small
business), which has been in operation in Honolulu since 1985. The firm specializes in water resources
planning including watershed management, flood hazard reduction, water supply, water rights, aquatic
restoration and water quality. The firm received an “Outstanding Planning” award from the Hawaiì
Chapter of the American Planning Association for the Ala Wai Canal Watershed Water Quality
Improvement “Management and Implementation Plan”. Prior to forming Environmental Planning
Services company, Dashiell was a senior environmental and water resources planner with the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Pacific Ocean Division and Honolulu Engineer District. He received his B.A.
in Anthropology from California State University East Bay, and his M.A. in Anthropology from UH and
served in the Peace Corps in Bangladesh working on a Rural Public Works Program.
Sonia Garcia, Environet, Inc.
Sonia Garcia is a project manager with Environet, Inc., a local environmental consulting firm. She holds
a B.S. in biology and environmental science and policy from Duke University, and a M.S. in biology from
the University of Guam. She has worked in the consulting industry for 10 years, with work experience in
Hawaiì, Guam, and the CNMI. She has been with Environet for 4.5 years. Garcia has managed or
contributed to the completion of a variety of environmental projects including underwater munitions
investigations; coral mitigation plans; long-term monitoring of gas and groundwater at landfills;
environmental assessments and baseline surveys; biological surveys; wetlands delineations; economic
valuations; asbestos inspection, abatement and remediation; groundwater subsurface investigation and
remediation activities; contaminated soil investigation and remediation activities; UST closure and
remediation; hazardous materials assessments; air emissions permitting; and water quality monitoring.
In addition, she has coordinated clients and regulatory agencies, facilitated public hearings and
meetings with community groups, scheduled presentations, drafted project proposals, and managed
employees and subcontractors.
Makena Coffman, University of Hawaiì Urban and Regional Planning Department
Makena Coffman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban & Regional Planning at the
University of Hawaiì at Manoa. She holds a BA in International Relations from Stanford University and a
PhD in Economics from the University of Hawaiì. Her interest is in environmental planning related to
climate change, energy policy, and environmental valuation. She is the Vice Chair of the Manoa Climate
Change Commission; member of the State Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Task Force and
Chair of the Analysis Committee; and a founding board member of Kanu Hawaiì.
Monday, June 1 PM – Sustainable Solutions from the Private Sector
Ed Kenney, Owner of Town Restaurant
After receiving a business degree from the University or Colorado and spending six years in corporate
commercial real estate, in 1995, Ed Kenney spent a year backpacking the globe, immersed in the
culture, swallowed by the aromas and tastes, contemplating life and self. It was on a street corner in
Hanoi over a steaming bowl of Pho that the realization hit. Food is the unifying fabric of humanity,
bringing people together, connecting us to the earth and each other. In 2005 Kenney opened TOWN
and DOWNTOWN in 2007. His restaurants are guided by the mantra, “local first, organic whenever
possible, and with aloha always” and have received accolades in local and national press.
Gary Fouth-Maunakea, MA’O Farm
Gary Maunakea-Forth was born and raised in Aotearoa-New Zealand, he came to Hawaiì in the late
1980’s to play rugby for the Hawaiì Harlequins Rugby team. In 2001 he co-founded, with his wife
Kukui, the Waiànae Community Re-development Corporation and MAÒ Organic Farms, a Waiànae
based social enterprise that combines the growing of certified organic fruits and vegetables with a
comprehensive range of youth leadership programs. With 5-acres already in production and 11-more
about to come on line MAÒ is the largest certified organic farm on the island of Oàhu, working with
restaurants like Town, Downtown and Alan Wong’s, and supplying natural foods stores Kokua Market,
Down to Earth and Wholefoods. He holds a BA in environmental studies and political science, and a MA
in political science both from the University of Hawaiì at Manoa.
Bob King, Pacific Biodiesel
Bob and Kelly King founded Pacific Biodiesel, Inc., (www.biodiesel.com), in Hawaiì in 1996, creating the
first commercially viable biodiesel plant in the U.S. by reclaiming and converting used cooking oil. The
Kings are leading advocates for the establishment of community-based biodiesel with over a decade of
experience in constructing and operating biodiesel processing plants, as well as producing and
marketing quality fuels. Through its sister companies, Pacific Biodiesel Incorporated and Pacific
Biodiesel Technologies, LLC, Pacific Biodiesel produces and sells fuels and designs, builds, and
supports biodiesel plants from Hawaiì to Maryland. Bob and Kelly King are featured in the independent
film "Revolution Green" (http://www.revolutiongreen.com/about.html).
Pete Cooper, Better Place
Pete Cooper is a member of the global development team for Better Place, an electric vehicle services
company that is building electric vehicle recharge networks around the world. He is responsible for
building the business in Hawaiì and also supports business development activities in North America and
Asia-Pacific regions. These activities include: business planning and business management, CEO
search, stakeholder communications/PR, infrastructure deployment planning, Hawaiì operating
company financing/fund raising, local, state and federal policy strategy/tactics, establishing and growing
the interaction with the utility, and development of a broad array of partner relationships. Prior to joining
Better Place, Cooper spent over 20 years managing various technology development and manufacturing
organizations in the high frequency communications industry. Previously, Cooper was the Director of
Engineering Services at REMEC Defense and Space, where he managed all of the mechanical aspects
of: product development, new product introduction, production support, technology validation and
business development. Cooper’s focus on renewable energy is directly related to sustainable
transportation and the possibility to end our addiction to fossil fuels. Cooper received his Bachelor of
Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University and a Masters Degree in
Management from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Tuesday, June 2 AM – Sustainable Solutions from Policy
Russell Kokubun, State Senator from the island of Hawaiì
State Senator Russell Kokobun has been representing residents of the Second District, which includes,
Waiakea Uka, Kalapana, Volcano, and Kahuku on the island of Hawaiì (better known as the Big Island)
since the year 2000. A district comprised of many long-time residents and fewer tourists than in some
districts, Senator Kokobun has worked hard to maintain the values important to his local constituents.
Having moved from O’ahu to the Big Island in 1974 and working as a farm laborer in Waimea until
obtaining his own farm in Volcano, the Senator became very aware of how important the aina (Hawaiian
word for land) is to the survival of his community. He became the President and Executive Director of
the Volcano Community Association from 1981 through 1984, and led the organization in its effort to
prevent the destruction of pristine native forest, which serves as critical habitat for endangered species,
by industrial geothermal development near Hawaiì Volcanoes National Park. He is currently the Chair
of the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, & Affordable Housing.
Hermina Morita, State Representative from Kauai
Representative Mina Morita was first elected to the Hawaiì State House of Representatives in 1996.
She was re-elected in 2008 to serve her sixth two-year term representing east and north Kauai.
Currently, she serves as the Chair of the House Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection.
Representative Morita has worked on important laws such as the "bottle bill" which establishes Hawaiì's
beverage deposit and redemption program, the renewable energy portfolio standards, energy net
metering, energy efficiency portfolio standards, establishing the "barrel tax" to fund energy and food
security programs, solar water heater mandate and establishing the policy framework for the entry of
electric vehicles and alternative fueled vehicles in Hawaiì just to name a few initiatives. An advocate for
the use of renewable energy, Representative Morita strongly believes that renewable energy is a
pathway to peace, economic stability and social justice. Her sole purpose as a politician is to make
Hawaiì and the world a safe and peaceful place for our keiki <children>.
Kalani English, Hawaiì State Senator from Maui
Senator Kalani English represents the 6th District that includes Hana, East and Upcountry Maui, as well
as the islands of Moloka'i, Lana'i and Kaho'olawe. He has both a distinguished birthright and wellearned recognition as a ranking Ali'i 7th degree, Royal Order of Kamehameha I and member of The
Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels. Of Hawaiian, Tahitian, Chinese & Russian Jewish heritage,
Senator English graduated from Kamehameha Schools in 1984. He went on to Taiwan, continuing his
studies and received a certificate from the Center for Public and Business Administration Education from
the National Chengchi University. Then in 1989 he earned his B.A. in Pacific Islands Studies from
Hawai'i Loa College. He is an alumnus of the East-West Center's Institute of Culture & Communication,
and completed graduate studies at UH Manoa in 1995 with an M.A. in Pacific Island Studies. From
1993-1996 Senator English was an adviser to the Permanent Mission of the Federated States of
Micronesia to the UN. He was Chief of Staff for a state Senator from 1995-1996, served as a two term
Councilmember on the Maui County Council from 1997-2000, and joined the Hawaiì State Senate in
November 2000. Now in his third term, he is chair the Senate Committee on Energy, Environment and
International Affairs and a member of the committees on: Judiciary and Hawaiì an Affairs; Water, Land
and Agriculture; Intergovernmental Affairs; Media, Arts, Science and Technology; and, Ways and
Means.
Shirley Daniel, University of Hawaiì Shidler College of Business
Shirley J. Daniel, Ph.D. is Professor of Accountancy and Director of the Pacific Asian Management
Institute (PAMI) in the Shidler College of Business Administration at the University of Hawaiì . She is
also Director of the federally-funded Center for International Business Education and Research. She
received her Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University, majoring in accounting with minors in economics
and quantitative methods. Daniel is a licensed CPA, is past-president of the Hawaiì Society of CPAs,
and serves on the Board of Directors of Hawaiì an Electric Industries and American Savings Bank.
Daniel’s research focuses on international comparative manufacturing and accounting practices, and
international corporate governance. Her research has been published in numerous journals including
Accounting Organizations and Society, Auditing: Practice and Theory, Journal of International Business
Studies, and Management International Review. She had also founded the State of Hawaiì GEAR UP
program, a federally-funded program which helps low-income youth prepare for college. She is also
active in a number of community organizations and teaches training seminars for non-profit leaders in
the community.
D. Kapua Sproat, Assistant Professor, Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law,
Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaiì
Kapua Sproat joined the law school in 2007 as an Assistant Professor with the Ka Huli Ao Center for
Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law. She currently teaches courses in Native Hawaiian and
Environmental Law, and Legal Research and Writing. In addition to her teaching, Sproat assists with all
aspects of Ka Huli Ao’s program work, including student recruitment and retention, community outreach
and education, and fund development. Her areas of scholarship and interest include Native Hawaiian
law, Indigenous rights, and natural resource protection and management. Prior to joining the faculty,
Sproat spent nine years as an attorney in the Hawaiì office of Earthjustice, a national, public interest
environmental litigation firm. Sproat worked to preserve the resources necessary to perpetuate her
culture by litigating state and federal cases under the Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, State
Water Code, and various Hawaiì environmental laws. Sproat developed a special interest in water law
and worked on ground-breaking litigation on the Islands of Oàhu, Hawaiì, and Maui to return diverted
stream flows to public trust and other community uses, including traditional Hawaiian agriculture and
aquaculture. She remains Of Counsel at Earthjustice where she continues to work on water and other
issues. Sproat was born and raised Kauaì’s North Shore in Kalihiwai. She received her Bachelor’s
degree from Mills College in 1995. While at Mills, she was one of 30 students selected internationally to
participate in a nine-country study abroad program focusing on environmental issues with an emphasis
on Indigenous Peoples with a colonial history. Sproat received her juris doctor from the University of
Hawaiì’s William S. Richardson School of Law in 1998 with an environmental law certificate.
Tuesday, June 2 PM – Sustainable Solutions from Non-Government Organizations
Stuart Coleman, Surfrider Foundation
Stuart H. Coleman is the Hawaiì Coordinator of the Surfrider Foundation, a grassroots, environmental
non-profit dedicated to protecting and preserving the world's oceans, beaches and coastlines.
Previously, Coleman worked as the Coordinator for the East-West Center's Leadership Certificate
Program and as a writing and literature teacher at Punahou and Iolani Schools. He is the author of the
award-winning biography "Eddie Would Go" and a new book called "Fierce Heart" (St. Martin's Press,
'09).
Vicky Holt Takamine, KAHEA
KAHEA, or the Hawaiian Environmental Alliance, is a coalition of Hawaiian and Environmental
organizations committed to protecting the natural and cultural environment of Hawai‘i. Vicky Holt
Takamine is the President and a co-founder of KAHEA. She is a graduate of Kamehameha Schools
and received her BA & MA in Dance Ethnology from the University of Hawai'i. In 1975, She graduated
as kumu hula (master teacher of Hawaiian dance) through the ‘ūniki rituals of hula from Maiki Aiu Lake
and is the founder and kumu hula (master teacher) of two schools of traditional Hawaiian dance, Pua
Ali‘i ‘Ilima on O‘ahu and Papa Laua‘e O Makana, on Kaua‘i island. She co-founded ‘Īlio‘ulaokalani
Coalition, a coalition of traditional practitioners committed to protecting their Hawaiian customs and
traditions. She has served as the po‘o (president) and inspirational leader of this organization since
1997. She is also a lecturer of hula at UH Manoa and Leeward Community College.
Donna Wong, Hawaiì 1000 Friends
Donna Wong is the Executive Director of the Hawaiì’s Thousand Friends organization. Hawaiì's
Thousand Friends is dedicated to ensuring that growth is reasonable and responsible, that appropriate
planning, management, and water & land use decisions are made that protect the environment, human
health and cultural and natural resources, and that decisions are made and proposals are implemented
in conformity with the law. Wong advocates for her community and the environment by researching,
evaluating and testifying before the State Legislature, Honolulu City Council, and various boards and
commissions on environmental, land and water issues. She has been so successful in her grass-roots
approach of bringing environmental issues to the for-front of peoples’ minds that she has been named
the "2009 Woman of The Year" by The Hawaiì State Commission on the Status of Women, and was
recognized as a social justice leader by Windcall in 2003; these are among some of the awards and
distinctions she has received. Wong has also been elected to serve on the Kailua Neighborhood Board
for fourteen consecutive two-year terms, where she has served as the Chairperson of the Planning and
Zoning Committee for thirteen years and as Board Chairperson for two years.
James Koshiba, Kanu Hawaiì
James Koshiba is Co-Founder & Executive Director of Kanu Hawai‘i. Kanu is building a social
movement for environmental sustainability, compassionate community, and local resilience rooted in
island thinking and personal commitments to change. People join the movement by publicly declaring at
least one personal commitment that models sustainability, compassion, or local self-reliance. A
combination of grassroots organizing and Web 2.0 technology empowers the movement’s members,
demonstrates the power of group action, and keeps people engaged with each other. In its first 18
months, Kanu attracted more than 7,000 members and has held demonstrations, rallies, and volunteer
events that have drawn the participation of hundreds of members each time. Born and raised in
Hawaiì, Koshiba graduated from Brown University and earned a Masters Degree from Harvard's
Kennedy School of Government.
Tuesday, June 2 PM – Sustainable Solutions from Government Agencies
Robert Alm, Hawaiian Electric Company
Robert Alm is Executive Vice President for Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. He also is active in the
community and is incoming Chair of Hawaiì Public Television Foundation; and serves on the Boards of
Helping Hands Hawaiì, Hawaiì Institute for Public Affairs, Bishop Museum, The Friends of Iolani
Palace, Hawaiì Nature Center, and Sutter Health Pacific, among others. Alm teaches a graduate
course on leadership in the Public Administration Program at the University of Hawaiì at Manoa. Prior
to joining Hawaiian Electric, he was an Executive Vice President at First Hawaiian Bank, and Director of
State Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; and worked for U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye.
He is a graduate of University High School, University of Hawaiì (B.A.) and the University of Iowa
School of Law (J.D.). He and his wife Cindy (an attorney and mediator) have two daughters, Kristin and
Rachel.
Ted Peck, Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT)
Ted Peck is a former naval engineer, consultant, and energy management specialist. Peck worked with
the State's energy office, and had a leadership role in numerous initiatives including energy planning,
the shaping of the state's approach to renewable energy permitting and facilitation, the state hydrogen
program, the Hawai‘i Clean Energy Initiative partnership between the state and U.S. Department of
Energy, the greenhouse gas emission reduction task force, and a number of other strategic initiatives.
Prior to working for the State, he was a principal with Booz Allen Hamilton and led the Honolulu office for
its first five years. He also has significant technical credentials, having graduated Cum Laude from the
U.S. Naval Academy with a bachelor's of science degree in physics; graduated in the top 5 percent from
the Naval Nuclear Power School; and received recognition as the top graduate from the S1C Nuclear
Power Training Unit. He qualified as a Naval Nuclear Engineer with the second highest rating possible.
In 2004, he was selected as one of Pacific Business News "40 under Forty" and in 2006 was a Pacific
Century Fellow.
Jeff Fox, Coordinator of Environmental Change, Vulnerability and Governance and a Senior
Fellow at the East-West Center
Jeff Fox received his Ph.D. in Development Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1983.
Fox's scholarship focuses on land-use and land-cover change in Asia and the possible cumulative
impact of these changes on the region and the global environment. Fox has co-edited several books,
most recently, People and the Environment: Approaches for Linking Household and Community Surveys
to Remote Sensing and GIS (Kluwer Academic Press, 2003). Ongoing research includes: the
expansion of rubber and its implications for water and carbon dynamics in Montane Mainland Southeast
Asia, funded by NASA; co-management of tropical forest resources in Bangladesh, funded by
International Resources Group and the United States Agency for International Development;
understanding dynamic resource management systems and land cover transitions in Montane Mainland
Southeast Asia, funded by the National Science Foundation; the role of land-cover change in Montane
Mainland Southeast Asia in altering regional hydrological processes under a changing climate, funded
by NASA. Dr. Fox’s was formerly with watershed management projects in Nepal, and lectured in
Geography Department, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He speaks Nepali and Bahasa
Indonesia and is a member of the affiliate graduate faculty in geography and anthropology, University of
Hawaiì.
Mark Ingoglia, U.S. Air Force
Mark Ingoglia is an environmental scientist and manager with 25 years of diverse environmental
experience in academia, non-profit, legislative, state & federal levels. Since 2004 he has served as Chief
of Pacific Air Force Environmental Programs, overseeing air, water, waste, pesticides, recycling,
cleanup, natural and cultural resource management programs at 12 major and 100 minor installations
across 13 time zones the in the Pacific, with an annual budget of approx. $40M. From 1994 to 2003 he
managed the environmental restoration and closure of Johnston Atoll Air Force Base and National
Wildlife refuge, including the cleanup of dioxins, PCBs, and heavy metals. Mr. Ingoglia was past
President of the Hawaii Association of Environmental Professionals, and is currently the Board President
of the Kalihi Ahupua’a Ulupono Ahahui (KAUPA) a non-profit organization that applies traditional
Hawaiian watershed management practices and good science to improve the environmental quality of
the Kalihi, Hawaii watershed, through community based education, outreach and hands on
environmental restoration work.
Kris McElwee, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Debris Program
Kris McElwee is Pacific Islands Coordinator for the NOAA Marine Debris Program, a position she has
held since the program’s creation in 2005. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) is a scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce focused on the
conditions of the oceans and the atmosphere. NOAA warns of dangerous weather, charts seas and
skies, guides the use and protection of ocean and coastal resources, and conducts research to improve
understanding and stewardship of the environment. McElwee has worked in Hawaiì for NOAA since
2002. McElwee works throughout the Pacific Islands region, which includes Hawaiì, American Samoa,
Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Her activities include consulting with
state and territory representatives, identifying and building partnerships, expanding technical assistance
and training efforts, and coordinating marine debris activities across the Pacific Islands. McElwee
previously served as assistant director of information management for the Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture
CRSP, an cooperative research program between developing countries and the United States,
headquartered at Oregon State University. McElwee received a B.A. in geology from Case Western
Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and an M.S. in marine resource management from Oregon State
University. Her master's project, “An Analysis of Water Resource Management in the Senegal River
Valley,” arose from a three-month internship at the Centre de Recherches Océanographiques de DakarThiaroye (CRODT) with a program to examine the ecology and resources of the Senegal River.
McElwee also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kenya.
Places
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U.S. Coast Guard 14 District Enforcement Branch
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a military branch of the United States involved in maritime
law, mariner assistance, and search and rescue, among other duties of coast guards elsewhere. One of
the seven uniformed services of the United States, and the smallest armed service of the United States,
its stated mission is to protect the public, the environment, and the United States economic and security
interests in any maritime region in which those interests may be at risk, including international waters
and America's coasts, ports, and inland waterways. USCG has a broad and important role in homeland
security, law enforcement, search and rescue, marine environmental pollution response, and the
maintenance of river, intracoastal and offshore aids to navigation (ATON). It also lays claim to being the
United States' oldest continuous seagoing service. The United States Coast Guard has about 40,150
men and women on active duty.
Halawa Shaft & Underground Pumping Station
On OAHU the water is from an underground source, created by rainwater soaking through the soil and
volcanic rock to an artesian basin. The process takes 25 years for the water to reach the underground
pool. The Halawa station is 165 ft above sea level and the pump room is 23 ft above sea level. The
shaft is 284 ft long because of the 30 degree incline. At the bottom of this shaft is the pump room where
15 million gallons of pure water is brought up daily. Using two of the three pumps 4200 gallons a minute
is pumped out of the site. This water is part of the supply for East Oahu; that is from Halawa to Hawaiì
Kai. Water is supplied to Oahu through 1900 miles of pipeline at 150 million gallons of water per day.
Hōkūleʻa
Hōkūleʻa is a performance-accurate full-scale replica of a wa’a kaulua, a Polynesian double-hulled
voyaging canoe. Launched on 8 March 1975 by the Polynesian Voyaging Society, she is best known for
her 1976 Hawaiì to Tahiti voyage performed with Polynesian navigation techniques, without modern
navigational instruments. The primary goal of the voyage was to further support the anthropological
theory of the Asiatic origin of native Oceanic of Polynesians and Hawaiians in particular, as the result of
purposeful trips through the Pacific, as opposed to passive drifting on currents, or sailing from the
Americas. A secondary goal of the project was to have the canoe and voyage ‘serve as vehicles for the
cultural revitalization of Hawaiians and other Polynesians.’ (Finney, Voyage of Rediscovery, p. 71). It
has succeeded in bringing about the revitalization of Hawaiian culture in conjunction with other efforts to
promote Native Hawaiian practices. It has helped foster a sense of pride in many local people while
serving as a classroom to nourish that pride in younger generations.
Assignments
Further formulation of Action Plan
Completion of Mid-Way Report
Preparation for U.S. mainland activities and pre-briefings
Related Reference Resources
Below are short news articles on this week’s people and places. Be sure to read the bios of our guests
and come to the sessions prepared with questions.
Uploaded to the Hub Readings > USIE People & Places folder:
Restaurants Going Green (Town Restaurant, Slow Food Movement)
Palmyra Voyage Connects the Dots (Hokulea, National Marine Sanctuaries)
Pacific is a bright spot for Bush (National Marine Sanctuaries)
State Teams with Electric Car Company (Better Place Hawaiì)
Batteries Not Included (Better Place International)
Costal Cleanup (NOAA Marine Debris Program)
U.S. Coast Guard News
Calendar
WEEK 4
Monday, June 1
9:00-10:15
10:30-12:30
Imin Conference
Garden Level
Summary and Start of New Week: Summary Week 3,
Launch Week 4. Content Assessment #3. Briefings by
USIE Participants on guests. Question Prep for Week.
Sustainable Solutions from the Sciences: Sonia Garcia,
Environet; Gene Dashiell, EA/EIS Consultant; Burke
Burnett, Pacific Science Association; Makena Coffman, UH
Urban and Regional Planning
1:30-3:30
Sustainable Solutions from Private Sector: Ed Kenney,
Owner of Town Restaurant; Gary Forth-Maunakea, MA’O
Farm; Pete Cooper, Better Place; Bob King, Pacific
Biodiesel
Dinner on your own
Tuesday, June 2
9:00-9:30
Question Prep for Day
9:30-11:30
Imin Conference
Garden Level
Sustainable Solutions from Policy: (9:30-10:30) Hermina
Morita, Hawaii State Representative from Kauai Island;
Senator Russell Kokobun, Hawaii Senator from Big Island;
(10:30-11:30) D. Kapua Sproat, UH Environmental Law
Program; Shirley Daniel, UH Business School; J. Kalani
English, Hawaii State Senator from Maui
1:30-3:30
Wednesday, June 3
Sustainable Solutions from NGOs: Stuart Coleman,
Surfrider Foundation; Vicky Holt Takamine, KAHEA; Donna
Wong, Hawaii 1000 Friends; James Koshiba, Kanu Hawaii
Honolulu Green Drinks: Global Monthly Networking Event
for Environmental Professionals. Dinner at your expense
9:00-9:30
Question Prep for Day
5:00-8:00
9:30-11:30
Bus Departs Burns
5:00
Imin Conference
Garden Level
12:00-1:00
1:30-3:30
6:00-9:00
Action Plans
Hale Halawai
Thursday, June 4
8:15 - 11:30
Sustainable Solutions from Government Programs:
(9:30-10:30) Ted Peck, Dept of Business, Economic
Development and Tourism; Robert Alm, Hawaiian Electric
Company; (10:30-11:30) Mark Ingoglia, US Military; Jeff
Fox, East-West Center Environmental Change,
Vulnerability and Governance Program; Kris Mcelwee,
NOAA Marine Debris Program
Optional Lunch with Derek Ferrar, EWC Media Relations
Specialist on 'How to Communicate with the Media'.
Discussion & Dinner (provided): Sustainable Solutions
from Students: Roundtable discussion with Students from
East-West Center, UH Environmental Studies & UH
Sustainable Saunders
(Dress Comfortable)
Bus Departs Burns
Field Trip: U.S. Coast Guard Base. Onsite tour of ship
enforcing law in Fisheries/Northwest Hawaiian Islands
National Marine Sanctuary with Commander Mark Young
and Carolyn Ridderman, International Affairs Officer
11:30-12:30
Lunch on Coast Guard galley, at your own expense
1:30 - 3:00
Field Trip: Halawa Shaft & Underground Pumping Station fresh water resources
Dinner on your own
Friday, June 5
(Dress Aloha)
8:30-9:30
Burns Hall 4012
Mainland Field Study Prep / Evaluate Weeks 4 & 5. Content
Assessment #4
9:30-11:00
Hōkūleʻa & Leadership, Dr. Nick Barker
Late Morning Afternoon
4:00-10:00
Prepare Mainland Briefings. Lunch & Dinner on your own
Bus Departs 4:00 for
Sand Island
Saturday, June 6
9:00 – 4:00
Sunday, June 7
Hōkūleʻa Sail
Free Time
UH campus
Hawaii Clean Energy Day (Optional, costs $25) A daylong program of speakers, panels and discussion centering
on the Hawai‘i Clean Energy Initiative
Free Time
WEEK 5: CALIFORNIA - LEADING BY EXAMPLE
Outcomes of USIE
The purpose of USIE is to use the United State’s experience in
environmental issues to help participants answer three
interlinked questions:
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What kinds of leadership actions are needed to affect
positive social and environmental change through
understanding these intersections?
•
How can you as a USIE participant take the new
learnings and relationships developed in the program
to affect positive environmental action in your home
community?
Overview of Week Four
It is often said, as goes California goes the nation. Whether in social or economic terms, and particularly
in reference to environmental leadership, this is evident globally. The economic shadow of this state
ranks it among the top ten economies in the world and compares with Spain, Italy and China in terms of
gross domestic product. It has long-established itself as a leader in environmental initiatives and
development of new technologies related to environmental management, and in many ways, California
presents the challenges and possibilities of the future of the US environmental movement. We will focus
our time in the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas where the movement is strongest.
In San Francisco and Berkeley, we visit the headquarters of the Sierra Club, Earth Island Institute and
the Center for Ecoliteracy, each with a long history of environmental leadership and synonymous with
the environmental movement in the United States. We travel to several university campuses to meet
with faculty and students working at the cutting edge of the social and natural sciences and appreciate
the differences between environmental challenges experienced in the Hawaiian Islands as compared
with the continental settings of the United States mainland. We continue our study of rural-urban
contrasts and the roles of watersheds in addressing integrated environmental management and
restoration. The San Francisco Bay Area is the site of the famous Silicon Valley that is now the
international hub of investment in ‘green tech’ and ‘green workforce’ training. We visit a leading
investment company that created the term ‘Cleantech,’ and see the results of a partnership between
private capital and intellectual resources in support of environmental research and education at
Monterey Bay Aquarium.
• See regional contrasts within US environmental movement and the nature of local issues
• Learn the role of research and educational institutions in affecting policy and social change
• Learn about links between finance and ‘clean technology’ development
• Meet students from leading US universities
• See the architecture of green buildings
• How do the United States mainland environmental concerns differ from those in the Hawaiian
Islands?
• How do research institutions work to affect environmental change?
• Can markets (through venture capital and other means) work ‘for’ the environment?
• What are the roles of environmental non-governmental organizations?
People, Places and Organizations
San Francisco
(Source: http://www.sanfrancisco.com/history/)
The history of San Francisco is rich with the virtues and vices of generations, making San Francisco's
history as vibrant as the characters that have colored its foggy hills and valleys. From the days of the
Gold Rush in the late 1800s, activists fighting for civil rights and today’s leaders in new technologies,
particularly green energy and stem cell research, contribute to make the San Francisco Bay Area an
eclectic mix of financial and human capital, both of which have a strong influence on environmental
stewardship.
Sierra Club
(Source: http://www.sierraclub.org)
The Sierra Club mission is to explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth; to practice and
promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; to educate and enlist humanity to
protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment; and to use all lawful means to
carry out these objectives. The strategy of the Sierra Club is to activate appropriate portions of a
network of staff, members, and other concerned citizens, using legislative, administrative, electoral, and
legal approaches, and to develop supporting public opinion. The Sierra Club goals are to:
• Enhance public perception of "environment" (overcome the perception of limits)
• Build upon and develop new forms of political leverage:
• Integrate concerns for environmental protection and social justice to strengthen the
• environmental movement:
• Enhance the Club's position of leadership within the environmental movement
California Academy of Sciences
(Source: http://www.calacademy.org/)
The California Academy of Sciences is a multifaceted scientific institution committed to leading-edge
research, to educational outreach, and to finding new and innovative ways to engage and inspire the
public. The Academy's mission - to explore, explain and protect the natural world - extends to all
corners of the institution. The California Academy of Sciences is home to an aquarium, a planetarium,
and a natural history museum that is not only physically impressive, but may be the greenest museum
on the planet, with a 2 ½ acre Living Roof, an expansive solar canopy, an extensive water reclamation
system, and walls insulated with recycled blue jeans. It is home to the deepest coral reef exhibit in the
world, a 4-story tropical rainforest, a towering T-Rex skeleton, a colony of African penguins, and a fullyimmersive digital screen by which to fly to the farthest reaches of the Universe. The Academy supports
46 world-class scientists and hundreds of researchers in 11 fields of study.
Presidio School of Management
(Source: http://www.presidiomba.org/)
Presidio School of Management is a learning community dedicated to developing business and civic
leaders with the competencies and courage to implement their ideas for creating a sustainable future.
As one of the first graduate schools to focus exclusively on sustainability, Presidio is a leader in
educational programs that fully integrate sustainable management in all courses. Graduates are
prepared to lead organizations in ways that are socially and environmentally responsible and financially
successful. The Presidio community features faculty who are business thought leaders, practitioners and
academics, as well as a thriving, diverse student body and alumni network.
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
(Source: http://www.nps.gov/goga/ &
http://www.inetours.com/Pages/SFNbrhds/Golden_Gate_Bridge.html)
Golden Gate National Park chronicles two hundred years of history, from the Native American culture,
the Spanish Empire frontier and the Mexican Republic, to maritime history, the California Gold Rush, the
evolution of American coastal fortifications, and the growth of urban San Francisco. From the park, you
will see the famous, Golden Gate Bridge that opened in 1937.
Cleantech Group
(Source: http://cleantech.com/)
The Cleantech Group, formerly the Cleantech Venture Network, pioneered clean technology as an
investment category in 2002. The company has played an influential role in the development of the
category, fostering growth through critical information products, world class research and the highest
caliber industry connections. The Cleantech Group feels that investing in clean technologies holds the
greatest promise of addressing these challenges, while generating superior returns and job creation.
Brian Fan, Senior Director of Research at Cleantech Group, manages Cleantech Group's research
operations, and has over 15 years of experience in market research, management consulting,
investment management, technology product development, and marketing. Brian was an Equity
Research Analyst for The Cypress Funds, LLC, a long-short hedge fund with $300 million assets under
management, where he generated original investment ideas in the technology, Internet, retail, consumer
discretionary, defense/ aerospace, and lodging/gaming sectors. Brian was Senior Partner at Olliance
Consulting Group, a leading strategy consulting firm in Silicon Valley, where he formulated business and
product strategy for over 40 clients including Nokia, Intel, Microsoft, NEC, Adobe, Motorola, Barclays
Global Investors and numerous venture-funded startups such as JasperSoft, Krugle, and OpenLogic. At
Microsoft, Brian was Product Planner for Expedia.com, where he defined customer & marketing
requirements and product features. As part of this, he oversaw Marketing Research, and designed and
commissioned over a dozen major quantitative, qualitative and usability research studies. Brian worked
at the Walt Disney Co. in retail marketing and merchandising, and at Procter & Gamble in brand
marketing.
San Francisco Opera, Porgy and Bess
(Source: http://sfopera.com/o/274.asp)
San Francisco Opera is the second largest opera company in North America. It is internationally
recognized as one of the top opera companies in the world—heralded for its first-rate productions and
roster of international opera stars. In Porgy and Bess, George Gershwin miraculously melded classical
music, popular song, jazz, blues and spirituals in this quintessentially American masterpiece that tells
the poignant story of a crippled beggar, the headstrong woman he loves, and the community that
sustains them both.
Carnegie Institute, Department of Global Ecology at Stanford University
(Source: http://dge.stanford.edu/DGE/CIWDGE/CIWDGE.HTML)
The Carnegie Institute for Science is a private organization that conducts basic research on the
interactions among the earth's ecosystems, land, atmosphere, and oceans for the benefit of humanity.
Its Department of Global Ecology was founded in 2002 on the campus of Stanford University. The goal
of this research is to understand the ways these interactions shape the behavior of the earth system,
including its responses to future changes. The Department of Global Ecology includes faculty members,
post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduates, plus technical and administrative staff.
Chris Field, Founding Director of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology,
Professor of Biology and Environmental Earth System Science at Stanford University, and Faculty
Director of Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. Field’s research emphasizes impacts of climate
change, from the molecular to the global scale. His work includes major field experiments on responses
of California grassland to multi-factor global change, integrative studies on the global carbon cycle, and
assessments of impacts of climate change on agriculture. Field’s work with models includes studies on
the global distribution of carbon sources and sinks, and studies on environmental consequences of
expanding biomass energy. Field has served on many national and international committees related to
global ecology and climate change. He was a coordinating lead author for the fourth assessment report
of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In September, 2008, he was elected co-chair of
working group 2 of the IPCC, and will lead the next assessment on climate change impacts, adaptation,
and vulnerability. He is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences. Field received his PhD
from Stanford in 1981 and has been at the Carnegie Institution for Science since 1984.
Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University
(Source: http://woods.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/index.php)
The Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University harnesses the expertise and imagination
of leading academics and decision-makers to create practical solutions for people and the planet. In the
same spirit that inspired Stanford’s role in Silicon Valley’s high-tech revolution, the Woods Institute is
pioneering innovative approaches to meet the environmental challenges of the 21st century – from
climate change to sustainable food supplies to ocean conservation. Research at Woods focuses on five
core areas: climate and energy, land use and conservation, oceans and estuaries, freshwater
sustainable built environment.
The Woods Institute carries out its mission by:
• Sponsoring research that leads to new solutions to global environmental sustainability issues.
• Infusing science into policies and practices of the business, government, and NGO
communities.
• Developing strong environmental leaders for today and the future.
• Serving as a catalyst and a hub for the university's interdisciplinary work in environmental
research, education, and action.
Stanford Center for Responsible Travel
(Source: http://www.responsibletravel.org)
The Center for Responsible Travel, or CREST, was launched in 2003 as a bi-coastal institute, offering
programs, conferences, courses, and research projects at both of its locations, as well as field research
opportunities. CREST uses policy-oriented research to design, monitor, evaluate, and improve the
social and environmental commitments of responsible tourism, as well as to promote sustainable
practices and principles within the wider tourism industry. CREST focuses on tourism's potential as a
tool for poverty alleviation and biodiversity conservation. The Center's activities include:
• Coordinating international research projects, based in Washington, DC and at Stanford
• Writing publications, including books, pamphlets, booklets, and handbooks
• Participating in international workshops and conferences
• Organizing responsible tourism courses and seminars at Stanford and other institutions
• Building partnerships with universities and research institutes in developing countries
William Durham, Ph.D., CREST's co-Director at Stanford, is the Bing Professor in Human Biology in
the Department of Anthropological Sciences, and the Yang and Yamazaki University Fellow. Co-editor
of The Social Causes of Environmental Destruction in Latin America (Michigan, 1995), Bill has particular
interest in ecotourism as a means to address conservation and development issues in Central America,
the Amazon Rain Forest, and Galapagos.
Earth Island Institute
(Source: http://www.earthisland.org/)
For 25 years, Earth Island Institute has been a hub for grassroots campaigns dedicated to conserving,
preserving, and restoring the ecosystems on which our civilization depends. Earth Island Institute acts
as an incubator for start-up environmental projects, giving crucial assistance to groups and individuals
with new ideas for promoting ecological sustainability. By serving as a support system for creative
individuals, the Institute helps to grow environmental success through sponsored projects that address
many of the world’s most pressing environmental and social issues. The Institute works toward a
sustainable future through a combination of education and activism — informing decision-makers, the
media, and the general public about global threats and opportunities; developing constituencies to
respond to them; and providing ordinary citizens with opportunities to get involved, take action, and
make a difference.
Dave Brower Center
(Source: http://www.browercenter.org)
One of the Bay Area’s most advanced green buildings, the nonprofit David Brower Center is an inspiring
home for environmental and social action, combining both offices and program facilities in a 50,000
square-foot space. Conceived as a vibrant community of like-minded individuals and organizations
committed to a just and ecologically sustainable society, the Brower Center promises to be an invaluable
asset for the region and a landmark for anyone, anywhere committed to the planet and its inhabitants.
By investing in a centrally located workspace and gathering place, the Brower Center is using real estate
as an enduring progressive strategy and building a destination for activism and education. Until now,
there has been no physical space in the Bay Area designed to foster collaborations between like-minded
organizations and individuals, engage new people in advocacy and facilitate cross-sector
communication and partnerships. The David Brower Center provides a central address for the nonprofit
community, a place to discover the connections between issues, build lasting relationships and affect
real, substantive change. The Brower Center was built adjacent to Oxford Plaza, affordable family
housing with retail on the ground floor, and over a city-owned underground parking facility. The Brower
Center and Oxford Plaza are independently owned, but were designed together as a mixed-use, transitoriented development.
Center for Ecoliteracy
(Source: http://www.ecoliteracy.org)
The Center for Ecoliteracy is dedicated to education for sustainable living and provides information,
inspiration, and support to the vital movement of K-12 educators, parents, and other members of the
school community who are helping young people gain the knowledge, skills, and values essential to
sustainable living. Their work is based on these four guiding principles:
• Nature is our teacher
• Sustainability is a community practice
• The real world is the optimal learning environment
• Sustainable living is rooted in a deep knowledge of place
Through the initiative, Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability, the Center offers both a strong
theoretical framework and practical resources for combining hands-on learning in the natural world with
curricular innovation in K–12 education.
Monterey
(Source: http://www.monterey.org/)
Monterey is a spectacular coastal community in northern California with a temperate climate year-round.
Visitors from around the world come to Monterey to experience its natural beauty, cultural resources and
rich historic past. Located 115 miles south of San Francisco and 350 miles north of Los Angeles,
Monterey offers an excellent quality of life and unparalleled beauty. The City features a dazzling
waterfront along the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, a lush urban forest, a rich array of
historic and cultural resources, museums, gardens, and recreational activities. Monterey's rich history
includes Spanish exploration dating back to 1542, and the establishment of the San Carlos Cathedral by
Father Junipero Serra in 1770. It was the site of Alta California's capital under Spain and later Mexico,
and the place where California statehood began in 1849.
California State University at Monterey Bay
(Source: http://watershed.csumb.edu/wi/)
CSUMB has educated and served the diverse population of California and its immediate Tri-County
region since being established in 1994 on part of the former Fort Ord Army base. The university
particularly emphasizes access to quality higher education for traditionally underserved and low-income
populations. The Watershed Institute at CSUMB consists of a direct action community-based coalition
of researchers, restoration ecologist, educators, planners, students, and volunteers. These participants
all work to promote and employ a systems approach to the management of watersheds around the
world. Restorationists, researchers, and educators work in watersheds around the world to apply a
watershed systems management approach. The implementation of an ecosystem management
approach is either mandated or supported by lead organizations such as the Environmental Protection
Agency and the California State Water Resources Control Board. The Watershed Institute has already
implemented some of these agencies' goals to convert the Monterey Bay region from a microcosm of
watershed problems to a model for positive action.
Moss Landing Marine Laboratory
(Source: http://www.mlml.calstate.edu/)
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML) are dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in both education
and research. MLML administers the Masters of Science program for a consortium of seven California
State University campuses in northern and central California. An outfitted Marine Operations
department, strong research diving program and state of the art equipment allow for cutting edge
research in a wide variety of disciplines including: marine ecology, the biology of marine plants,
invertebrates, fishes, turtles, birds and mammals, oceanography, and marine geology, chemistry, and
biogeochemistry. MLML is known for a hands-on, field-oriented approach, which places students,
faculty, researchers and staff at the frontiers of marine science worldwide where discoveries are being
made.
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
(Source: http://www.mbari.org/)
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) was founded in 1987 by David Packard, who
stated that, “The mission of MBARI is to achieve and maintain a position as a world center for advanced
research and education in ocean science and technology, and to do so through the development of
better instruments, systems, and methods for scientific research in the deep waters of the ocean.
MBARI emphasizes the peer relationship between engineers and scientists as a basic principle of its
operation. All of the activities of MBARI must be characterized by excellence, innovation, and vision.”
The Institute’s science and technology goals are to: 1) Identify important areas of marine science where
research progress is limited by lack of appropriate technology; 2) Develop sophisticated systems for
investigating aspects of the marine environment and its inhabitants where high scientific potential exists;
3) Meet the highest possible performance standards for the operation of its equipment and technological
systems; 4) Conduct high-quality, innovative research that maximizes effective management and use of
all MBARI assets; 5) Develop, in collaboration with the Monterey Bay Aquarium, creative programs that
maximize the educational value of MBARI’s research results; and 6) Transfer research results,
technology, and operational techniques to the marine science community worldwide.
Monterey Bay Kayaks Natural History Tour of Elkhorn Slough
(Source: http://www.montereybaykayaks.com/tours/index.php#nathist)
Monterey Bay Kayaks offers a unique experience to outdoors enthusiasts. Moss Landing is a quaint,
historic fishing village, located at the mouth of Elkhorn Slough. This charming, eclectic seaport is the
gateway to the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, California's second largest marine
wetland and one of only twenty such areas in the nation. This expansive tidal wetland is an important
habitat for sea otters, harbor seals, and over 250 resident and migratory bird species. In addition, seven
currently endangered species make their homes here, making Elkhorn Slough a "must see" for curious
naturalists. Birdwatchers will especially enjoy trips during the fall and spring migrations, when thousands
of birds descend upon the Slough, creating grand, colorful displays of aerial acrobatics.
Monterey Bay Aquarium
(Source: http://members.seemonterey.com/montereybayaquarium/)
Rated the nation’s No. 1 aquarium, the Aquarium puts visitors closer to sea life than ever before with the
three-story living kelp forest, above and below the surface views of playful sea otters, and a walkthrough wave crash experience. The Outer Bay galleries are home to giant tunas, sea turtles and
sharks and huge displays of living jellies. The many mysteries of seahorses are now revealed with "The
Secret Lives of Seahorses," the Monterey Bay Aquarium's newest special exhibition. More than 15
species of seahorses, sea dragons, pipehorses and pipefish will entice visitors into the elusive world of
charismatic creatures that conduct elaborate courtship dances, are masters of camouflage and rely on
the males to get pregnant and deliver the babies. The exhibit highlights what visitors can do to protect
seahorses and their fragile habitats in the wild.
Carmel Mission
(Source: http://www.carmelmission.org/museum/)
Through its five museums, the Carmel Mission addresses the history of one of California’s most
important heritage sites. The Basilica Church, a registered National Historic Landmark, is the
centerpiece of the Mission. The Mission’s fine collection of Spanish Colonial Liturgical Art and Artifacts
are displayed through the church. The Community of the Carmel Mission has been gathering with
countless people for worship since 1771.
Points Lobos State Park
(Source: http://pt-lobos.parks.state.ca.us/)
Deriving its name from the offshore rocks at Punta de los Lobos Marinos, Point of the Sea Wolves,
where the sound of the sea lions carries inland, the Reserve has often been called "the crown jewel of
the State Park System." Point Lobos State Reserve has outstanding passive recreation values, such as
sightseeing, photography, painting, nature study, picnicking, SCUBA diving, and jogging. In addition to
the spectacular beauty, nearly every aspect of its resources is of scientific interest. There are rare plant
communities, endangered archeological sites, unique geological formations, and incredibly rich flora and
fauna of both land and sea.
Carmel-by-the-Sea
(Source: http://www.carmelcalifornia.com/)
Carmel-by-the-Sea is a quaint coastal enclave tucked between the sites and sophistication of San
Francisco and Southern California. The historic little station on the way from one place to another has
evolved into a world-renowned destination of its own. A vision to establish this little seaside town began
in 1903 and it has been attracting people ever since.
Assignments
Journals
Sustainability evaluation (see separate email for access)
Related References and Resources (Scan as many as possible)
Online resources available on above links
California scores green tech capital
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/17/BUHTUGFJM.DTL
The Six Trillion Dollar Men
Uploaded to Hub Readings>Green Investments folder
The Power and the Glory
Uploaded to Hub Readings>Green Investments folder
Markets & the Environment
Keeping the Love Affair Sweet
Uploaded to Hub Readings>Markets & the Environment folder
The Independent Business Voice for the Environment
http://www.e2.org/jsp/generic.jsp
Mother Nature’s Dow
Uploaded to Hub Readings>Markets & the Environment
Observatory Powers Deep Sea Studies (Moss Landing, CA)
Uploaded to Hub Readings>USIE People & Places folder
Calendar
WEEK 5
Monday, June 8
10:30
Depart from Burns
10:30, Flight 1:00 PM
Depart Honolulu
Lunch & Dinner at your expense
9:00 PM
Arrive in San Francisco
Bus
Check in Hotel Monoco
(Dress Professional for Meetings)
7:30 - 9:30
Hotel
Breakfast provided
9:00-10:00
Walk or taxi
Sierra Club
Tuesday, June 9
10:30-2:00
2:00-4:00
Explore San Francisco (California Academy of Sciences and
Golden Gate Park option). Lunch on your own.
Meet at Hotel lobby
Evening
8:00
Dinner options available near hotel
Walk or taxi
San Francisco Opera Porgy and Bess (optional)
via Caltrains
Depart for Stanford
Wednesday, June 10
7:30
Cleantech Group - Brian Fan, Senior Director, Research
10:00-11:00
Stanford University Carnegie Department of Global Ecology,
Director Chris Field
USIE participants host lunch with Stanford Graduate
Students from the Woods Institute for the Environment
1:00-4:30
Shuttle to campus
Late Afternoon Evening
Stanford University Center for Responsible Travel, Director
William Durham
Explore Stanford/Palo Alto. Dinner on your own. Return to
San Francisco by Caltrains
Dinner on your own
Thursday, June 11
7:30
(Dress Casual)
via BART train
Depart for Berkeley
Morning
David Brower Center - Offices of Earth Island Institute &
Center for Ecoliteracy
Lunch
University of California-Berkeley - See student
environmental group, activism, campus and community life
Afternoon
Return to San Francisco, Check out of Hotel, Depart for
Monterey by Bus
Evening
Check in to Victoria Hotel
Dinner in Monterey on your own
Friday, June 12
(Dress Casual)
7:30 - 9:30
Hotel
Breakfast provided
Morning
Rental vans
Explore Monterey.
9:00-3:00
California State University, Monterey Bay. Topics:
watershed, fresh water resources. Lunch on your own
3:00-6:00
Moss Landing Marine Laboratory and Monterey Bay
Aquarium Research Institute. Topics: Marine science, deepsea research, marine species
Evening
Dinner on your own
(Dress Comfortable for getting wet)
Saturday, June 13
7:30 - 8:30
Hotel
Breakfast provided
9:00-1:00
Monterey Bay Kayaks Natural History Tour of Elkhorn
Slough
Refresh at Hotel
Afternoon
Monterey Bay Aquarium, optional guided tour with
Environmental Education specialists. Lunch at your own
expense in café.
Dinner on your own at Cannery Row
Sunday, June 14
8:00-9:00
(Dress Comfortable)
Tour Bus
Carmel Mission. Topics: Early settlement history of West.
9:00-12:00
Point Lobos State Park. Topics: whaling history, wildlife
viewing, coastal conservation.
12:00-3:00
Lunch at your expense and Free Time at Carmel-by-the-Sea
3:00-5:00
To San Francisco, Check in Hotel Monaco
Dinner on your own
WEEK 6: WASHINGTON DC – MAKING DECISIONS THAT MATTER
Outcomes of USIE
The purpose of USIE is to use the United States’
What are the key intersections between social processes
and environmental ‘issues’?
What kinds of leadership actions are needed to affect
positive social and environmental change through
understanding these intersections?
How can you as a USIE participant take the new learnings
and relationships developed in the program to affect
positive environmental action in your home community?
Overview of Week Six
The final week of the U.S. Institute on the Environment takes places in the nation’s capital of
Washington D.C.. Why do we end where some say it all starts? USIE takes the view that the U.S.
environmental movement is not a top-down, centralized movement but starts democratically with diverse
communities and individuals across the nation. As we heard, ‘where the people lead, the leaders will
follow’. That said, ending in the capital will allow us to see the key role national policies and lobbying
organizations play in the U.S. environmental movement and, perhaps most importantly, how financial
resources are distributed based on policies. We will see how effective policies tested by states such as
California are then adopted at the national level.
During the week we will visit U.S. Senators leading environmental committees that create policies, those
that enforce the policies at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and those that defend or
challenge policies at the Natural Resources Defense Council. We will meet the experts who inform
policy development at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change and those who collaborate
internationally to uphold policies at the Woodrow Wilson Center and U.S. Department of State Bureau of
Ocean, Environment and Sciences. We will meet people working to change the system of
environmental management at the U.S. Green Party and those at Greenpeace who work on behalf of
the environment often outside the established political system. We conclude the week with a briefing at
the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The final day is for exploring
the iconic sites and world-class museums of the United States’ capital city.
In this final week, consider how networks of information and influence work in this hub city and how it
interacts with local environmental movements of California and Hawai‘i. Decide for yourself whether
these leaders make sound decisions given the context. Take your learning outcomes as USIE
participants and decide what decisions you will make in your home context as the next generation of
leaders.
Key Outcomes for Week Six
• Answers to the three key questions of USIE
• Answer to your research question and ask your next question
• Draft of your one-year Action Plan
• ‘Elevator speech’ to describe your USIE experience
• USIE outcomes for individual and group solidified
• Further refining your understanding of America
Questions for the Final Week of USIE
• What lessons will you bring back to your home community?
• How will you apply what you have learned in USIE?
• How has your understanding of the U.S. developed?
• Why did USIE select the people, places and field studies? What piece of the puzzle did each
provide in a study of the U.S. environmental movement?
• What do you need to learn next? How will you learn it?
• Would your 2030 future scenario be different if you wrote it today, 2 months after your original?
• Did we live up to the USIE values we created? Did we reach our stated group outcomes?
• As pioneers of USIE 1, what should USIE 2 be?
• What has surprised you the most over the past 6 weeks?
Week Six Background Information
People and Organizations
U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Clean Air & Climate Change Counsel
for US Senator Inhofe: Tom Hassenboehler
(Source: http://inhofe.senate.gov)
Tom Hassenboehler is counsel for the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee where he
works on clean air and climate change issues. He came to the committee in March of 2008 after working
for Congressman Joe Barton (R-TX) and the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Senator Inhofe, whom Mr. Hassenboehler works for, is a Senator from Oklahoma’s First Congressional
District. The Senator spent 30 years in the business community, feeling that he had been over regulated
by the federal bureaucracy. Throughout his political career, he has been a strong advocate for the
principles of limited government, individual liberty, and personal responsibility. As chairman of the
Environment and Public Works Committee, the Senator played a key role in passage of the 2005
Highway Bill, shepherding the important legislation through the U.S. Senate. Under Senator Inhofe’s
direction the Senate Committee recently published a booklet entitled “A Skeptic’s Guide to Debunking
Global Warming Alarmism. Hot & Cold Media Spin Cycle: A Challenge To Journalists who Cover Global
Warming.”
Offices of Hawaii Representative Mazie Hirono
(Source: http://hirono.house.gov/bio.shtml)
Mazie Keiko Hirono was elected in November 2006 to represent the 2nd District of Hawai‘i in the United
States House of Representatives. When the 110th Congress convened in January 2007, she became
the first immigrant woman of Asian ancestry to serve in Congress. She was previously the first woman of
Asian ancestry born in a foreign land to be elected to a statewide office, having served two 4-years
terms as the State of Hawaii’s Lieutenant Governor.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
(Source: http://www.epa.gov/)
EPA leads the nation's environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts. The mission
of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment. When
Congress writes an environmental law, the EPA implements it by writing regulations. Often, the EPA
sets national standards that states and tribes enforce through their own regulations. If they fail to meet
the national standards, the EPA can help them. At laboratories located throughout the nation, the EPA
also identifies and tries to solve environmental problems.
U.S. State Department Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science
(Source: http://www.state.gov/g/oes/)
The Bureau of Oceans, Environment, and Science (OES) promotes transformational diplomacy through
advancing environmental stewardship, encouraging economic growth, and promoting social
development around the globe to foster a safer, more secure and hopeful world. In addition, the Bureau
represents the United States at major international negotiations. Together, these activities demonstrate
the Bureau's commitment to policies that make concrete improvements in people's lives.
The Oceans and Fisheries Directorate has two offices dedicated to international oceans issues. The
Office of Marine Conservation has primary responsibility for the international conservation and
management of living marine resources, including efforts to manage shared commercial fisheries on a
sustainable basis and to reduce impacts of fishing on protected species and vulnerable marine
ecosystems. The Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs has primary responsibility for international ocean law
and policy, marine pollution, marine mammals, polar affairs, maritime boundaries, and marine science.
EWC Washington Office
(Source: http://www.eastwestcenter.org)
The East-West Center in Washington enhances US engagement and dialogue with the Asia-Pacific
region through access to the programs and expertise of the Center and policy relevant research,
publications and outreach activities, including those of the US Asia-Pacific Council.
Dr. Satu Limaye, Director of the East-West Center in Washington. Immediately prior to being
appointed Director in February 2007, he worked with the Institute for Defense Analyses in Alexandria,
Va., as a member of the research staff. Previously, he served as director of the Honolulu-based APCSS'
research and publications division from July 1998 to October 2006. Dr. Limaye was an Abe Fellow at the
National Endowment for Democracy's International Forum for Democratic Studies, and a Luce Scholar
and head of programs on South Asia at the Japan Institute of International Affairs in Tokyo. He has also
written, edited, and co-edited numerous books, monographs, and studies, including US, Australia and
Japan and the New Security Triangle, Japan in a Dynamic Asia; Special Assessment: The Asia-Pacific
and the United States, 2004-2005; Religious Radicalism in South Asia; and Special Assessment: Asia's
China Debate. Dr. Limaye earned his Ph.D. in international relations at Oxford University's Magdalen
College as a Marshall Scholar. He did his undergraduate studies at Georgetown University's Edmund
Walsh School of Foreign Service where he graduated magna cum laude and was selected to Phi Beta
Kappa.
Natural Resources Defense Council
(Source: http://www.nrdc.org/about/who_we_are.asp)
NRDC uses law, science and the support of 1.2 million members and online activists to protect the
planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. NRDC
was founded in 1970 by a group of law students and attorneys at the forefront of the environmental
movement. NRDC lawyers helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws. Today, our staff
of more than 300 lawyers, scientists and policy experts -- a MacArthur "genius" award-winner among
them -- work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Beijing.
With the support of our members and online activists, NRDC works to solve the most pressing
environmental issues we face today: curbing global warming, getting toxic chemicals out of the
environment, moving America beyond oil, reviving our oceans, saving wildlife and wild places, and
helping China go green.
Greenpeace
(Excerpts from http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/about)
Greenpeace started in 1971 when a handful of activists leased a small fishing vessel, called the Phyllis
Cormack, and set sail from Vancouver for Amchitka Island in Alaska. Their mission was to protest U.S.
nuclear testing off the coast of Alaska with an act of defiance: to place themselves in harm's way.
Despite being intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard, these activists sailed into history by bringing
worldwide attention to nuclear testing. Greenpeace has worked to ban commercial whaling, convince the
world's leaders to stop nuclear testing, protect Antarctica, and more. Today, it has grown from a small
group of dedicated activists to an international organization with offices in more than 30 countries.
Kert Davies, Research Director for Greenpeace US. Davies has been with Greenpeace for 9 years.
He directed Greenpeace’s Global Warming and Energy Campaign until 2002 when he formed the
Research Unit. He was Science Policy Director at Ozone Action and an Analyst at the Environmental
Working Group prior to Greenpeace. Davies has degrees in Environmental Studies from Hampshire
College and the University of Montana. Davies conceived Greenpeace's ExxonSecrets project.
Offices of Hawaii Representative Neil Abercrombie
(Source: http://www.house.gov/abercrombie)
Congressman Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) is a senior Member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
He is Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces, with critical
oversight responsibilities for U.S. Army and Air Force operations, budget, and equipment and weapons
systems procurement. Representative Abercrombie is also a member of the House Natural Resources
Committee and its Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans Subcommittee. Congressman Abercrombie earned a
B.A. degree in Sociology from Union College in Schenectady , N.Y., a Masters degree in Sociology and
a PhD in American Studies from the University of Hawaii. In addition to working as a college lecturer and
professor, he has also worked as a waiter, custodian, probation officer, construction apprentice program
director, and special assistant to the State Superintendent of Education.
China Environment Forum at Woodrow Wilson Center
(Source: http://www.wilsoncenter.org)
Established by an act of Congress in 1968, the Wilson Center is our nation's official living memorial to
President Woodrow Wilson. As both a distinguished scholar—the only American President with a
Ph.D.—and a national leader, Wilson felt strongly that the scholar and the policymaker were "engaged in
a common enterprise." Since 1997, the China Environment Forum has been active in creating
programming and publications to encourage dialog among U.S. and Chinese scholars, policymakers,
businesses, and nongovernmental organizations on environmental and energy challenges in China.
Green Party of the United States
(Source for bio: http://www.gp.org/)
The Green Party of the United States is a federation of state Green Parties. They focus on
environmentalism, non-violence, social justice and grassroots organizing, with a mission of removing
corporate interests from politics.
Brent McMillan, Political Director of the U.S. Green Party. As political director, McMillan serves as a
national liaison with state Green Parties, officeholders and candidates, including outreach to potential
presidential candidates. He tracks Green Party elections and ballot access efforts, and identifies and
solicits party contributors. He teaches outreach and fundraising techniques at regional campaign
schools and provides party resources for local campaigns. A former Republican, McMillan first became
involved in the Green Party in 1991 with the Delaware County Greens in Muncie, Indiana and served as
secretary for the first statewide gathering of Greens in 1992. In 1996 he co-founded the Green Party of
Seattle and served on the first coordinating council. In 1998 he co-founded the Green Party of the 36th
District and served as its Treasurer until 2004. In 2000 he co-founded the Green Party of Washington
State and served as the first State Facilitator (Chair). In 2002 he was elected as one of two delegates to
represent the state of Washington on the National Committee of the Green Party of the United States.
U.S. Department of State Educational and Cultural Affairs Bureau
(Source: http://exchanges.state.gov/about.html)
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State fosters mutual
understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries to promote
friendly, sympathetic, and peaceful relations, as mandated by the Mutual Educational and Cultural
Exchanges Act of 1961. ECA accomplishes its mission through a range of programs based on the
benefits of mutual understanding, international educational and cultural exchange, and leadership
development. ECA engages youths, students, educators, artists, athletes, and rising leaders in the
United States and more than 160 countries through academic, cultural, sports, and professional
exchanges, challenging negative perceptions about the United States and reinforcing positive ones.
ECA has over 1 million program alumni around the world, including more than 40 Nobel Laureates and
more than 300 current and former heads of state and government.
Study of the United States Branch
The Study of the U.S. Branch seeks to promote a better understanding of the people, institutions, and
culture of the United States by providing a short-term academic programs for foreign students, teachers
and scholars. Institutes are hosted by academic institutions throughout the United States and include an
intensive academic residency and integrated educational tour. Cultural and community activities
supplement the participants’ understanding of U.S. society.
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
(Source: http://www.pewclimate.org/about)
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change brings together business leaders, policy makers, scientists,
and other experts to bring a new approach to a complex and often controversial issue. Our approach is
based on sound science, straight talk, and a belief that we can work together to protect the climate while
sustaining economic growth. Over the past ten years, the Pew Center has issued over 100 reports from
top-tier researchers on key climate topics such as economic and environmental impacts and practical
domestic and international policy solutions. The Pew Center distributes its reports to more than 4,000
opinion leaders throughout the world with thousands more downloaded monthly from the Center's
website. The research is regularly featured in major news stories from the Associated Press, Nature
Magazine, The New York Times, and other media.
Jeremy Richardson, Senior Fellow for Science Policy. With a background as a research scientist
and a policy expert, he studies the science and impacts of climate change and the policy implications of
the latest science. Richardson served most recently as the 2007-08 AAAS Roger Revelle Fellow in
Global Stewardship, working with The Climate Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating
the public about the science of global warming. Prior to that, he served as the John Bahcall Public Policy
Fellow at the American Astronomical Society. Richardson spent over six years at NASA’s Goddard
Space Flight Center (three as a graduate student and three as a NASA Postdoctoral Fellow)
characterizing the atmospheric properties of a planet over 150 light years away. His research culminated
in the first observed emission spectrum of a planet outside the solar system and revealed tantalizing
evidence for the composition of the planet’s atmosphere, a discovery featured in the New York Times in
February 2007.
Timothy Juliani, Manager of BELC Relations and Senior Markets & Business Fellow. He manages
the Center's Business Environmental Leadership Council (BELC), the largest US-based association of
companies devoted to climate-related policy and corporate strategies. The BELC includes 44 mainly
Fortune 500 companies with combined revenues of over $2 trillion and over 4 million employees. He
also participates in the Pew Center’s analytic work on climate-related markets and investment issues
and is a staff representative for the Center’s involvement in the United States Climate Action Partnership
(USCAP). Mr. Juliani first came to the Pew Center in May 2005. He has also worked at the U.S. EPA to
develop a voluntary corporate partnership program to reduce high global warming potential gases.
Colleen Kredell, Communications Project. Kredell coordinates the Make An Impact program, a
collaborative effort with the Alcoa Foundation to provide tools and resources for individuals to manage
their carbon footprint, reduce energy costs, and become part of the solution to global climate change.
The project includes the development of a carbon calculator and climate resources website, along with
educational workshops with Alcoa employees, families, and communities throughout the country.
Kredell also served as an intern for Bush Heritage Australia where she was responsible for developing a
green office policy for their Melbourne headquarters and researched potential environmental
management system opportunities for the organization and its reserves.
Places
Kennedy Center
(Source: http://dc.about.com/cs/sightseeing)
The Kennedy Center, located on 17 acres overlooking the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., is
America's living memorial to President Kennedy as well as the nation’s cultural center, presenting more
than 2,000 performances each year. Touring Kennedy Center productions and its television, radio, and
Internet broadcasts reach millions around the world. As part of the Kennedy Center's Performing Arts for
Everyone outreach program, a free performance is offered 365 days a year including Thanksgiving and
Christmas, on the Millennium Stage, at 6 p.m. featuring international, national and local artists; and a full
day of free performances during the annual Open House Arts Festival. Since 1999, the Millennium
Stage performances have been broadcast live over the Internet and digitally archived on the Kennedy
Center’s website. The Kennedy Center and the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival pay tribute to Ellis Marsalis
with a concert featuring Branford, Wynton, Ellis, Delfeayo, and Jason Marsalis, with special guests Harry
Connick Jr. and Dr. Billy Taylor.
The National Mall (cover picture)
(Source: http://dc.about.com/cs/sightseeing)
The National Mall is the central point of most sightseeing visits to Washington, DC. It is the area with
Constitution Avenue to the north, Independence Avenue to the south, 3rd Street to the east and 14th
Street to the west. The Washington Monument towers above the city at the west end of the National Mall
and the U. S. Capitol Building stands tall to the east. The landscape of the National Mall includes more
than 2,000 American elm trees that line the streets and over 170 flowerbeds that are botanical
showplaces. The monument honoring our first president, George Washington, is the tallest structure in
the Nation's Capital and towers 555 feet above the National Mall. Rides can be taken up the elevator to
the top to see a spectacular view of the city.
U.S. Congress - Capitol Tour
(Source: http://www.aoc.gov/cc/visit/)
Your visit to the historic U.S. Capitol begins as you enter the Capitol Visitor Center. With its soaring
spaces and skylight views of the Capitol dome, the Visitor Center welcomes you on a journey of
discovery. The Capitol is home to the U.S. Congress and its two legislative bodies, the U.S. House of
Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Through films, exhibits, and tours, you will learn about how
Congress works, how this magnificent building was built, and how citizens can participate in this
extraordinary experiment called representative democracy.
Tour de Force Guide
(Source: http://www.atourdeforce.com/main.htm)
A TOUR DE FORCE tours are organized by Jeanne Fogle, a fourth-generation Washingtonian and
Certified Master Tour Guide, a local historian, adjunct professor of Washington History, and author of
the Encyclopedia Britannica Washington City Article and three books. A Tour de Force tours are
custom-designed for any size group and are guaranteed to be informative, historical, and enjoyable,
whether touring by limousine, SUV, van, minibus, coach, or on foot.
Smithsonian Museums
(Source: http://www.si.edu/about/history.htm)
In 1826, James Smithson, a British scientist, drew up his last will and testament, naming his nephew as
beneficiary. Smithson stipulated that, should the nephew die without heirs (as he would in 1835), the
estate should go “to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the
Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.” The
Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex,
administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment,
contributions, and profits from its shops and its magazines. Most of its facilities are located in
Washington, D.C., but its 19 museums, zoo, and nine research centers include sites in New York City,
Virginia, Panama, and elsewhere. It has over 136 million items in its collections, publishes two
magazines named Smithsonian (monthly) and Air & Space (bimonthly), and employs the Smithsonian
Police to protect visitors, staff, and the property of the museums.
Assignments
Elevator speech to describe USIE experience when people ask you on your return home
Draft of one-year Action Plan
Related Readings
Business Environmental Leadership Council, Executive Summary
http://www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/Exec_Summary_CorpStrategies.pdf
Make An Impact
http://www.alcoa.com/makeanimpact/en/home.asp
The Climate Change Lobby Explosion
http://www.publicintegrity.org/investigations/climate_change/articles/entry/1171/
The Truth about Denial (DC)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/32482
New York Times article on Senator Inholfe
Obama’s Environmental Record (EPA, DC)
Calendar
WEEK 6
Monday, June 15
6:30 AM
Depart Hotel
(check out early)
Flight 9:05 AM
Depart San Francisco. On Flight - DC Individual
Prep/Expectations & Journal Catch up
Lunch at your own expense
5:30
Arrive in Washington DC
7:00
Check in Palomar Hotel
Dinner options available near hotel, on your own
7:30
Jazz Concert - Marsalis Family, Harry Connick Jr. guest
(optional)
9:00-10:00
Evening Walk on the Historic Mall (optional)
Tuesday, June 16
PASSPORT NEEDED
8:45-10:30
Depart Hotel at 8:45,
Meeting starts 9:30
U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works,
Tom Hassenboehler, Counsel to the Chair Senator James
Inholfe
U.S. Congress - Capitol Tour
Capital Building steps
Meet Hawaii Representative Mazie Hirono
11:00-12:30
1:00-1:30
1:30-2:30
Lunch on Capitol Hill together, at your own expense
2:30-5:00
DC Orientation: Tour de Force Guide. End at Georgetown.
6:00
Dinner in Georgetown on your own
Kennedy Center Millenium Stage Event (free, optional)
Wednesday, June 17
PASSPORT NEEDED
9:00-12:00
Depart Hotel at 8:30,
Security at 9:00
Environmental Protection Agency
1:00-2:00
Lunch together at your own expense
1:30-3:30
U.S. State Department Bureau of Oceans, Environment and
Science
8:00-9:30
Working Evening Meetings, Location TBA
Thursday, June 18
(Professional Dress)
9:00-10:00
Depart Hotel at 8:30
10:30-11:30
Choose One
Greeting from East-West Center in Washington Director, Satu
Limaye. USIE Home Presentations, Summaries and
Photoswap
Natural Resources Defense Council, Eric Laaken OR
Greenpeace, Kert Davis, Research Director
11:30-12:30
Meet for lunch, at your expense
12:30-2:30
Pew Center on Global Climate Change. Tim Juliani, Manager
of Business Environmental Leadership Council Relations;
Jeremy Richardson, Senior Fellow for Science Policy; and
Colleen Kredell, Make an Impact Coordinator.
3:00-3:30
Small Group only
3:00-5:00
Friday, June 19
Meet Hawaii Representative Neil Abercrombie
Smithsonian Museums - explore on your own
Free Evening & Dinner on your own
PASSPORT NEEDED
9:00-10:00
China Environment Forum at Woodrow Wilson Center, Linden
Ellis
U.S. Green Party - Political Director, Brent McMillan
10:45-11:30
12:30-1:30
Lunch together in area at your expense
2:00 – 4:30
U.S. Department of State Educational and Cultural Affairs
Bureau - Final Briefing
Saturday, June 20
10:00-12:00
Final Brunch Together
12:00-2:00
Group Presentations on USIE Experience & Learnings
Fun Final Content Assessment. Letter to Self
Evaluation Weeks 5, 6 & Overall.
Afternoon
Free Time to Explore DC
Until Evening Gathering (DetailsTo Be Defined by Participants)
Sunday, June 21
Morning
Hotel
Goodbyes
Staff accompany participants to Airport for Departure to home
countries

Weekly Schedule US Institute on th Environment - East

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