Dr. Art Whatley, MA/GLSD Program Chair

SOS Issue 4 Fall 2011
I N S ID E S O S
 Letter from the
program chair
 Letter from the
editor; Spotlight on
Alumna Mondy
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Sp otl igh t on S us tain abi li ty
A N ew s l ett er f o r th e M A in Gl ob al
L e ad e rs h ip an d S u s t a in ab le
D ev e l op m en t p ro gr am , C o l le g e of
Hu m an it i es an d S oc ia l S c ien c es ,
H aw ai `i P ac if ic U n iv e rs ity
Jamshidi (p. 2)
 Spotlight on
Campus:
Sustainability
Coordinator Josh
Prigge a nd HPU’s
redefinition of
waste (p. 3)
 Spotlight on
Faculty: Incoming
professor Dr. Leah
Horowitz and
adjunct instructor
Bill Waring (p. 4)
 Spotlight on
Students:
Charlene Felkley
and Rob Kinslow
(p. 5)
 Spotlight on
Hawai’i: Richard
Heinberg educates
HPU community on
peak oil (p. 6)
 Photo page (p. 8)
 Leaders for a
Sustainable F uture
club at HPU (p. 9)
 Mahalos (p. 9)
Dr. Art Whatley, MA/GLSD Program Chair
Aloha to all students, alumni, and
friends of the Master of Arts in Global
Leadership and Sustainable Development
program, and to everyone in the HPU
community who support sustainability
initiatives everywhere:
I’m pleased to share with you this fourth
edition of the Spotlight on Sustainability, the
newsletter for the MA/Global Leadership and
Sustainable Development program at Hawai‘i
Pacific University. 21 new students joined the
program this fall along with a new full-time
GLSD faculty person, Dr. Leah Horowitz.
Dr. Horowitz has a doctorate in cultural
geography and has a long track record of
extensive research on the mining industry and
its social and environmental impacts in New
Caledonia. She is teaching the Environmental
History and Professional Paper courses this
year. We are delighted to have someone with
her experience and education to join us.
A new sustainability internship course,
GLSD 6950-Practicum, was offered for the
first time this fall. It is being taught by an avid
supporter of HPU and the GLSD program,
Bill Waring. Bill has a MA in GLSD, a LEED
certification, and 30 years of business
experience in the Honolulu community—
credentials he puts to good use arranging and
overseeing a variety of sustainability
internships. Eight GLSD students are on
internships this semester. With greater
frequency, internships are converted into fulltime positions for the interns upon graduation.
We are delighted that HPU now has a full-
time Campus Sustainability Coordinator, Josh
Prigge. Josh is a recent graduate of the MA/
GLSD program and a recent recipient of a
LEED certification. He is charged with
managing and initiating sustainability initiatives
on both campuses and, most importantly, with
making sustainability policy and strategy
recommendations to President Bannister’s
office. A Steering Committee of faculty,
administrators, and students has been created
to advise and assist Josh in this capacity.
And finally, you will be pleased to know
that HPU is now a member of the Association
for the Advancement of Sustainability in
Higher Education (AASHE). AASHE’s
mission is to empower its higher education
members to lead the sustainability
transformation that is taking place on
university campuses around the world.
Membership gives the HPU community access
to resources and a network of support for
advancing campus sustainability in everything
we do, from campus facilities and energy
consumption to the curriculum. This bold step
toward campus sustainability was supported by
HPU administration and the foresight of Vice
President for Academic Affairs John Kearns.
I welcome your thoughts and suggestions
about the program, and I relish staying in
touch with the growing GLSD community and
look forward to our next contact.
Mahalo, and keep in touch.
Professor Art Whatley
MA/GLSD Program Chair
AASHE’s mission is to
empower higher education to lead the sustainability transformation by
providing resources,
professional development, and a network of support to enable institutions of higher education to model and advance sustainability in everything they do, from governance and operations to education and research.
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Letter from the editor, Sara Cobble
Aloha GLSD ‘ohana,
Even after a year in the GLSD program, I am still in awe of everything this experience has
given me: the opportunity to live in a cosmopolitan city nestled in some of the most beautiful
wilderness on Earth, learn and fight for issues I deeply care about, and complete a lifechanging journey alongside a driven and diverse group of students, faculty, and community
members and leaders from all over the country and world. I am continuously inspired by the
events that are taking shape on HPU’s campus and in the state of Hawai‘i, and the GLSD
program is giving students the chance to participate in both. The networking and work opportunities in the state for students in this program continue to blossom, and I am heartened
by the increase in green jobs and internships our graduates are seizing. There are so many
stories taking shape on this island and by this program’s alumni who are going on to make a
difference in the world. In this issue, you will read about a few of them: recent alumni Mondy
Jamshidi and Bill Waring, who are using their knowledge and experience they gained in the
program to educate others, as well as current students Charlene Felkley and Rob Kinslow
who are active in educating people in the Pacific region about the effects of climate change. I
encourage you to share your stories and your accomplishments with SOS and the GLSD
community. Thank you for hard work and for doing your part to push this program and
movement forward, and I hope to hear from you soon. Mahalo!
Spotlight on Alumni
Mondenna ‘Mondy’ Jamshidi began her
study in the Masters of Arts in Global
Leadership and Sustainable Development
at HPU in 2009. She provided leadership
and capacity building during her time as
Treasurer of the GREEN Club at HPU
(now called Leaders for a Sustainable Future) and PeaceJam Hawai‘i, a global responsibility-centered service learning program. She now champions green jobs at
Kupu Hawaii, a non-profit that provides
paid internships in environmental conservation and sustainability in her role as the
Urban Corps VISTA.
During her studies, Mondy became the
first HPU RISE intern. She sought out the
experience after becoming inspired in 2008
at the Green for All: Dream Reborn Conference held in Memphis, Tenn. in honor
of Dr. Martin Luther King. The conference
was held to promote what would become
known as “green collar jobs”; a concept of
“an inclusive green economy strong enough
to lift people out of poverty” (www.greenforall.org). From then on,
she wanted to get her hands on the skills it
took for sustainability.
In an effort that predates the 2011 Universities for Sustainability conference at
HPU, she had sought partnership University of Hawaii, Manoa and attended their
green club called Sustainable UH.
“There is no ‘one-brand’ of sustainability,” Mondy says. “I just wanted to learn
everything there is, specifically how to
make green jobs accessible to all people”.
Mondy was also committed to policy
implementation in her internship with
the Department of Business, Economic
Development and Tourism (DBEDT),
where she worked in the Energy Efficiency Branch with fellow MA/GLSD
grad Jon Chin and eventually Christopher Chang-Lo, Brian Wilson and Chris
Barzman. Her favorite part was helping
to do building auditing. She then applied
to become part what would be known as
the RISE UH team.
As a RISE UH intern passionate about
sustainability education, Mondy enjoyed
performing the sustainability audits of
Kalani High School but was the most passionate about teaching others how to do audits, a skill which she employs in her
current position. “There is a true difference between ‘sustainability’ and ‘green,’
and I now have the challenge of teaching this with under-resourced youth who
we’re trying to equip to be ready for Hawaii’s green jobs,” she says.
Mondy aims to carry out her experience in the MA/GLSD program in
building Kupu’s HYCC-Urban Corps program, and she is grateful to Dr. Art
Whatley, the faculty and mentorship community she found in program. “Hands
-on applied knowledge from experiential learning is the key to a sustainable future, at least for my kids,” she said.
Mondy Jamshidi
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Spotlight on Campus
Re-shaping the way we think about waste
by Josh Prigge,
HPU Sustainability Coordinator
In the past several months, many
changes have taken place on the
downtown and Hawai’i Loa campuses.
Department relocations, new
classrooms, new offices, and residence
hall renovations have given HPU a bit
of a facelift. New
technology and
furniture in
classrooms and
student lounges will
enhance the learning
experience of HPU
students. New office
furniture for faculty
and staff has been
added, as well as new
furniture in the
residence halls for the
many HPU students
who call the Hawai’i Loa
Campus “home.” With all of this new
furniture, equipment, and technology
comes the question: What to do with
the discarded items once HPU no
longer needs them
Previously, these items may have
been collected by a disposal company
at a high cost and taken to a local
landfill to be buried. However, now at
HPU we are re-shaping the way we
think about waste. “Reduce-reuserecycle” is a cornerstone of
sustainability, and this idea was kept in
mind during the entire HPU
renovation project over the past several
months. We reached out to numerous
non-profits, schools, churches,
hospitals and clinics to offer all of our
discarded furniture items to those who
could put them to good use and keep
them out of the landfills. Thinking
wisely about the way we use our
resources, and what we do with them
when we are finished, has become of
important at HPU and around the
world, as global issues such as
overpopulation, natural resource
depletion, environmental degradation,
and global climate change have become
of more concern to us all.
Local green building firm
Sustainable Strategies, LLC functioned
as the project manager for the
renovation of eight hightechnology classrooms,
the new student gathering
area Sharky's Cove and
the new Business and
Counseling offices. Bill
Waring, president/owner
of Sustainable Strategies
and part-time HPU
faculty, mentioned that
his goal was to “raise the
sustainability bar for
HPU with our green
building strategies.” Bill
explained that “when Dr.
Kearns added Sustainable Strategies to
the project team, we accepted the
challenge of running every decision
through the sustainability lens before
finalizing any plans.”
Another big help in keeping
sustainability integrated throughout
these renovations was HPU’s Facilities
Coordinator Rap Craig. Rap worked
alongside the Sustainability Coordinator
to assure these projects contributed as
little waste as possible. Rap also worked
with Bill Waring in the renovation
process, and was “integral to the success
and the change of mindset,” Bill said.
In addition bringing HPU’s
Sustainability Coordinator on board to
coordinate the reuse of all discarded
furniture items, Bill also implemented a
number of other sustainable strategies in
these renovations, including meeting or
exceeding the U.S. Green Building
Council Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design Waste (LEED)
standards for volatile organic
compounds in all paints and most
adhesives, using Energy Star-rated
electronics wherever possible, assessing
recycled content of all (continued on pg. 7)
Items from downtown
and Hawai‘i Loa campuses that have been
salvaged and reused
since June 2011:
205 mattresses
200 hall desk chairs
175 wood bed frames
87
classroom desks
45
office chairs
30
metal bed frames
30
box springs
29
file cabinets
22
computer tables
17
office desks
15
nightstands
10
dressers
10
office partitions
hospital beds
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Spotlight on Faculty
The HPU community would
like to extend a warm e komo mai
to the newest member of the
by Laura Pirkle
GLSD faculty, Dr. Leah
Horowitz. Dr. Horowitz relocated to Hawai‘i this past summer with her family and is currently
teaching three courses in the GLSD program: Research Methods, Environmental History of the
Modern World and the 7100 Capstone course. Dr. Horowitz obtained her undergraduate degree from
Amherst College in 1994, earning an interdisciplinary degree in Conservation and Development in the
Third World. She earned her M.A. Phil in Environment and Development (Geography) from the
University of Cambridge in 1996, and then completed her Ph.D. in Cultural Geography (Resources, Environment and
Society) in 2003 at Australian National University.
Dr. Horowitz has an extensive professional background in the sustainability field. Her experience includes working
for the WWF, Conservation International in Washington D.C., and as Melbourne project officer for a mining certification
evaluation program. Dr. Horowitz’s geographical area of research has predominantly been in New Caledonia, where she
worked as a mining consultant, and then returned conduct her doctoral field work.
New Caledonia, a part of the geographical region known as Melanesia, is administratively part of France and
approximately 930 miles east of Australia. Nickel mining makes up a large part of the New Caledonian economy and is one
of the most predominant forms of environmental degradation in the region. (continued on page 7)
Dr. Leah Horowitz
Bill Waring
by Sara Cobble
As an MA/GLSD graduate,
LEED associate, and owner of
the consulting and project
management firm Sustainable
Strategies, LLC, Bill Waring
knows a thing or two about
sustainability. He is now sharing his wealth of experience
and skills as an adjunct professor teaching the newest addition to the MA/GLSD curriculum, the 6950 Practicum
course. The course provides an
opportunity for students with
jobs and internships in the sustainability field to help develop their skills and align their
work in the classroom with their professional experiences.
“The goal is to give people some hands-on, skills-based
training that's a part of their degree,” Waring said.
For the first time, the practicum is being offered as an inclass course, rather than an independent study. Waring’s
professional paper for his master's degree, which he cowrote with HPU Sustainability Coordinator and MA/GLSD
graduate Josh Prigge, was an attempt to address the
strengths of the GLSD program and opportunities it could
benefit from. Their research revealed that students were
seeking "more practical learning experience to go along with
the great theoretical stuff we were already doing,
The class is ideal for third-semester students who are beginning to work on their professional papers, as the practicum course gives students a chance to align their work with
their theses. There are many ways a student can qualify for
the course: he or she can be working as a volunteer, paid
intern, full-time employee or working on a specific research
project. The course can be taken for anywhere from 1 to 4
credits, depending on the depth of the student's project and
the deliverables he or she wants to produce. In the seminarstyle class, students discuss current sustainability issues and
events and what is going in their respective work environments. This collaboration is beneficial to help students work
through issues, as very few problems they encounter are
unique,” Waring said.
As a 30-year veteran of the retail industry who focused
primarily on building, Waring learned that conserving resources and incorporating sustainable practices are a winwin situation in the business world because they produce
desirable environmental and economic outcomes. His desire
to teach came about four years ago, and he decided to answer his calling and move from the corporate world to the
classroom. Upon finishing his MA/GLSD degree in spring
2011, he began working with (please see Waring, continued on page 7) architectural firms on green building. He
then created his own firm, Sustainable Strategies, LLC,
which primarily focuses on green building projects and the
project management and building of facilities. His firm was
an asset to the downtown HPU campus renovations, and
thanks to his efforts and a supportive administration, many
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Spotlight on Students
The GLSD program has a unique
student body with diverse backgrounds
and experiences. It was my pleasure to
sit down with second-year student
Charlene Felkley and discuss her
position as a PEAC outreach and
education officer and her recent 26-day
tour of eight Pacific Islands, where she
provided education and outreach about
global warming and weather-related
disasters and conditions.
Charlene earned her B.S. in Natural
Resource Management and Wildlife
Management from Ohio State
University. She moved to Hawaii in
2008, joined the GLSD program and
began working for the National and
Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), one of the seven uniformed
branches of the U.S. military.
NOAA provides weather
forecasting, storm warnings, buoy
service, coastal restoration, fisheries
management and a platform for
scientists to further their research and
work initiatives. Charlene’s work
primarily focuses on educating and
people and communities on the effects
of climate change, such as the ENSO
Rob Kinslow
by Laura Pirkle
Rob Kinslow and Nastassja Noell interview Stephen
Asamoah Duah head of the Ghanaian Forestry commission at the residence of the Ofinso Ashanti region chief
in Kumasi, Ghana. They documented the ELEEP experience using Flip cameras and audio recording equipment
to help University of Duquesne promote the benefits
of cross-cultural exchanges and international sustainability-focused internships.
forecasting such as typhoons and
currents and drought conditions, and
preparedness updates by the individual
by Laura Pirkle
islands. This type of ongoing
correspondence enables Charlene and
NOAA to better prepare, educate and
monitor conditions in each of these
regions and offer appropriate support
and educational materials.
Charlene’s recent tour, which
included stops on Guam, Palou, and the
islands of Micronesia, allowed her to
reach out to island nations and offer
education and support materials on
climate change, the ENSO cycle and
other Pacific Island-specific needs and
concerns.
(El Niño Southern Oscillation) cycle
She discussed the constant “pull and
and other weather-related services and push” of each nation regarding outreach
forecasts for all U.S.-affiliated Pacific
and support. Most of these nations want
islands, including Hawai‘i.
to maintain seclusion, yet need and
NOAA holds monthly conference appreciate the offered services. These
calls with these island nations on the
island nations have distinct local
second week of each month. These calls cultures and are much more vulnerable
cover a great deal of material and are
to climate change and the effects of
critical for NOAA’s continued guidance natural disasters; therefore the type of
and education to these regions. Topics guidance is carefully chosen to ensure
of the conference calls include the
reciprocity, understanding, and respect
rainfall percentage, sea level rise, disaster for local cultures and lifestyles.
Charlene Felkley
Many GLSD students have seen Rob Kinslow's friendly face around campus,
collaborated with him on local community service projects, or sat in on one of his
collaborative meetings on innovative projects for community development. Rob’s
service to the community started as a child. The eldest of 11, Rob grew up on a
farm where he assumed many responsibilities and learned a great deal about community in service to the greater good. He then took a degree in aerospace engineering, eventually working for the military-industrial complex in California. As
ethical concerns about his chosen profession arose, he made a complete lifestyle
change and took a hiatus to travel the world to reevaluate his personal and professional goals. His view of a sustainable future began to take shape and he felt the
need to pursue a lifestyle that took into consideration the elements of a healthy
community and Earth.
Once he returned to California he began the process of founding a land trust
in Los Angeles. Rob and three other people saw the open space in the middle of
industrial Los Angeles as a unique opportunity to build a large nature park. The
land had previously been granted to Howard Hughes by the U.S. government to
build his missile factory, and the city and county of Los Angeles were quickly moving forward planning millions of square feet of office spaces, businesses and attractions. Using a multi-faceted approach involving community groups, businesses,
artists and politicians with a legal, political and moral strategy, they eventually built
a coalition of 110 groups representing two million people and convinced the state
of California to issue a 20 million dollar bond to purchase 640 acres of land. There
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Kinslow (continued from pg. 4) are at least 9 endangered species in this wetland. Rob then moved to Hawaii in 1999 and
began what became over a decade of volunteering with community groups, consisting of about 1,000 hours a year. He joined
the GLSD program in fall of 2010 to become a more effective community educator and began reaching out to students to
help them find their place in community service.
Recently he participated in the Hawaii Emerging Leaders Program (HELP), a student conference simulating the Asia
Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in November 2011. Sponsored by the Pacific Forum, the objective of HELP was to
develop a public policy agenda grounded in emerging students’ perspectives regarding how climate change will affect each
country’s economy. To understand the issues relating to their member economy, participants acquired an understanding of
the foreign policies of member countries. The focus was a results-based approach to climate change problems. A successful
outcome was defined as one in which a framework for achieving a well-defined strategy could be agreed upon by all member
economies.
The HELP simulation consisted of 37 students grouped into five countries: China, the United States, Canada, Peru and
Vietnam. Brenda Suazo, the team leader for Peru and five other students, Genevieve Bourgeois, Marcela Gill, Kate Burns,
Alix Reichert, and Therese Oriola, researched, wrote, developed presentation materials and supported the negotiations of the
Peru team. Over the course of four weeks, they collaborated to create policy resolutions in a written and visual form for Peru. All of the five teams then presented the results of their research to the Pacific Forum staff on November 4 at the Hawaii
State capitol. Team leaders negotiated at the simulation and the individual resolutions were voted. Team Peru developed
three resolutions, with mining as their primary focus. Due to the extremely detrimental effects mining has on a multitude of
natural and societal resources, sustainable solutions are essential. The second area of resolution was a reduction in tariffs on
“green” products such as solar panels, and the third resolution being a zero waste policy by 2025.
“In the GLSD program we are constantly reminded of the enormous positive potentials of choosing sustainable solutions,” Rob said. "We should consider the alternatives to not adopting sustainable solutions to address industrial pollution.
There are no limits to sustainable development- there are clear limits to growth and business as usual.” These experiences
have enabled Rob to gain a new perspective of what sustainable development is in the context of policy and legislative reform. He thanks all of Team Peru for their leadership, collaborative spirits and the opportunity to work with such creative
people. From the traffic closures to the hustle and bustle in Honolulu, APEC left a lasting impression on most of us. However, sharing these experiences allows us to be mindful of a different approach to APEC: initiatives that may possibly be a part
of the near future.
Spotlight on Hawai`i
On life in a post-carbon future: One of the world's leading peak oil educators, Richard Heinberg, appeared at
HPU Nov. 9 to present “The New Economy and Sustainability in Higher EducaRichard Heinberg at HPU
tion.” After speaking at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Heinby Sara Cobble
Photo by Amy Schwab
Dr. Art Whatley shakes hands with Richard Heinberg
on the Hawai’i Loa lanai on 9 November 2011.
berg visited the Hawai’i Loa campus lanai to discuss peak oil, the new economy,
and the purpose of higher education in a world beyond carbon with HPU students, staff and the community.
Peak oil refers to the height of global oil production followed by an irreversible,
long-term decline. It does not mean that oil has run out, but that it will be more
expensive and energy-intensive to extract, which could present problems for a
modern society based on the availability of cheap fossil fuels for transportation,
food production and the manufacturing of plastics, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals
and more. Heinberg is recognized for his discourse on the necessity of moving
beyond fossil fuels and the potential for a new sustainable economy that is based
on human happiness and the health of the biosphere rather than on infinite
growth and consumption. He has written and edited numerous essays, articles
and books on these subjects, including "The End of Growth" (2011), "The Post
Carbon Reader" (2010), and "The Party's Over: Oil, War & the Fate of Industrial
Societies" (2003). He has spoken all over the United States and in dozens of
countries and has appeared in the documentary films “The End of Suburbia” and
“The 11th Hour” starring Leonardo DiCaprio." Heinberg received the M. King
Hubbert Award for Excellence in Energy Education and the Youtube
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Heinberg (continued from pg. 6) “DoGooder Video of the
Year” Award for his animation "300 Years of Fossil Fuels in 300
Minutes.” Heinberg is also the Senior Fellow-in-Residence at the PostCarbon Institute, an organization founded in 2003 and dedicated to leading “the transition to a more resilient, equitable and sustainable world,”
according to its website.
HPU Sustainability Coordinator Josh Prigge said Heinberg's work is
educational, eye-opening, and “beneficial for anyone interested in sustainability, climate change and energy issues, and even more beneficial for
those who are not as informed on these topics.”
“I read Richard’s book ‘The Party’s Over’ before I began the GLSD
program
here at HPU, and it remains one of the most interesting and eyePhoto by Amy Schwab
opening books I have ever read,” Prigge said.
Richard Heinberg speaks with MA/GLSD student Danielle Lien
“Richard Heinberg's The End of Growth, and his other writing as well,
galvanize our attention to the specter of economic decline. He shakes our deep faith in the notion of ever lasting economic
growth; yet he let us down softly, pointing to green technologies and ways to structure post-growth economies.,” said Dr.
Art Whatley, program chair of the GLSD program. Heinberg helps us confront our addictions to growth and to chart a path
to a steady-state world.” A video of the presentation can be viewed on the HPU GLSD program webpage.
(continued from page 3) new
furniture, energy efficient
lighting and motion sensors,
and using Interface carpet
in the two new classrooms
in the Frear Center.
Interface carpet tiles are
the sustainable alternative to
traditional carpet, and are
made from 100 percent
recycled material. As Bill
explains, Interface is “the
industry leader in
developing sustainably
produced carpet, and
revolutionized the industry
by establishing the first
cradle-to-cradle, no-waste
manufacturing process.”
Some people assume
that sustainability refers
only to environmental
issues, but being sustainable
means considering
environmental, social, and
economic factors with all of
our actions. Sustainable
development meets the
needs of the current
generation without
compromising future
generations ability to meet
their own needs, while
contributing to the longterm environmental, social,
and economic health of
society.
Without a doubt, our
actions at HPU over the past
several months have
benefited our environment,
our community and our
economy. We have
contributed to the protection
of our natural environment
by keeping items out of the
landfills, and we have
prevented the need to
extract more natural
resources for the production
of more goods. We have
contributed to the good of
the community by providing
free furniture for many
organizations in need, who
will in turn be more effective
in their service to the
community. We have also
helped many organizations
save money on buying new
furniture, while saving
money ourselves on waste
pick-up and disposal fees.
environment, and
acknowledges the emotional
and intellectual importance in
developing respect and
understanding of the earth
and its resources. Her
professional experiences
have molded that into a
working passion for the field
of sustainability. As a
professor, she aims to
prepare students to become
better citizens of the world
through skill building and
information gaining. She
helps students think more
critically, build better
arguments, and enable them
to make more informed
decisions in life, both
personally and professionally.
Her advice to students is to
consider options carefully,
and not be afraid to try
different career paths in their
lives. Welcome to HPU, Dr.
Horowitz! Aloha.
ships for Sustainable Employment) interns at the Department of Business, Economic
Development and Tourism
(DBEDT) to work on energy
and waste issues. He partnered
with Gail Suzuki-Jones and
MA/GLSD alumni Jon Chin in
DBEDT's Energy Efficiency
branch, and they secured an
EPA grant that enabled them
to hire seven interns, including
a few MA/GLSD students.
Answering the call to teach
was a happy move for Waring:
he said his new role as a professor is a “labor of love” that is
immensely rewarding.
“I know the potential of the
students in our program. I
know the passion of the students in our program,” he said.
“To be able to find ways to give
them skills to get out there and
make some changes in the
world, and hopefully get
hooked up with the right peoHorowitz (continued from pg. 4)
ple, it's really important.
Dr. Horowitz has focused
Waring
(continued
from
pg.
4)
Waring is proud to hear that
on the many effects of
green strategies that had nev- students are applying their themining in New Caledonia
and is still concentrating on er been used at HPU before oretical classroom knowledge in
were incorporated into the
this region in her current
the real world and turning their
research. She has always had process. Waring also played a unpaid internships into fulla strong affinity for nature, central role in the hiring of
time jobs. “That's about the
RISE (Rewarding Internecology and the
best news I can get,” he said.
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Spotlight in Photos
Fall 2011 was a busy and productive semester for GLSD
students, who were involved in
new campus and community
events and began new traditions
for the program. September 29
marked the inaugural Student
and Faculty Welcome Event, a
meet-and-greet held in the
Warmer Auditorium on the
downtown campus, where returning students and faculty
welcomed incoming students
and Dr. Leah Horowitz to the
GLSD ‘ohana. GLSD students
dedicated their time to campus
and community service projects. They participated in beach
clean-ups and rallies for bicyclefriendly streets in Waikiki,
brought sustainability leaders to
speak on campus, maintained
the campus recycling program,
completed energy audits, took
on green internships and jobs,
and spread awareness about
sustainability issues wherever
possible.
Members of the Leaders for a Sustainable Future
club show off the trash they collected during a
beach clean-up at Fort DeRussy in October 2011.
Above: GLSD faculty Dr. Art Whatley and Dr.
Regina Ostergaard-Klem welcome new professor Dr. Leah Horowitz at the GLSD Student
and Faculty Welcome Event on Sept. 29, 2011.
GLSD students Brenda Suazo and Genevieve
Bourgeois are all smiles at the GLSD Student
and Faculty Welcome Event.
LSF president Linh Do greets attendees at the first annual Student and
Faculty Welcome Event, held Sept. 29
in the Warmer Auditorium.
Lee Howery and Linh Do work
the LSF table at Club Carnival on
the downtown campus.
GLSD second-year students Dingilizwe
Ncube, Jason Allison and Rob Kinslow
catching up at the GLSD Student and
Faculty Welcome Event.
A bicycle is on display at Moving Planet
Waikiki. Students and community members
marched in the Aloha Festival Floral Parade
to demand safer streets for bicycling.
GLSD students and alumni get their hands dirty
while volunteering for the 4th Annual Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day of Service.
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SOS Issue 4 Fall 2011
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In fall 2011, the GREEN (Globally Responsible
Environmental Efforts Now) Club changed its name to
Leaders for a Sustainable Future (LSF). The club’s new name
and direction will build upon the GREEN Club’s strong
foundation and continue to provide more opportunities for
HPU students to become campus and community leaders on
the journey toward a more sustainable future. The club hopes
to
achieve partnerships with HPU and the state of Hawai’i to assist
as innovators, program assistants, leaders and professionals and build a more
sustainable community.
The club had an active semester, with LSF members participating in
campus and community work including internships, energy audits, gardening
days at the Hawai‘i Loa campus, grant writing, beach clean-ups and more.
The club also hosted a welcome dinner for GLSD students and staff in
September, and hosted a presentation in November by renowned peak oil
educator Richard Heinberg.
LSF president Linh Do said she hopes to increase student involvement
in the spring semester events, which will include trail restoration, hiking,
Earth Day events and a presentation by a climate change speak from former
Vice President Al Gore’s “The Climate Reality Project. Through these
campus events we hope to spread awareness and get more students and
faculty involved in the sustainability scene.” To learn more about LSF, email [email protected]
HPU’s motto, Holomua Me Ka 'Oia'i'o, w ritten in the
Hawai`ian language, means "Forw ard w ith Truth."
Mahalo Nui Loa!
Sara Cobble,
Hawai'i Pacific University's logo
is based on the Asian concept
of yin and yang, the logo signifies
the fluid and polar, yet balanced,
aspects of life. The tri-part
GLSD, Co-editor
Rob Kinslow,
Laura Pirkle,
GLSD, Contributor
HPU's location at the center of the Pacific
LSF President
the three elements of the orb.
MA - Global Leaders hip a nd Sustainable
Development
Hawai'i Pacific University
College of Huma nities and Social Sciences
1188 Fort St.
Honolulu, Hawai'i 96813
www.hpu.edu
LSF members team up with the HPU Vegetarian Club for a work day in the garden at the
Hawai‘i Loa campus.
LSF Mission and Vision
Mission: The Hawai‘i Pacific University
Leaders for a Sustainable Future’s mission is
to serve as a facilitating and supportive organization in HPU and the State of Hawai‘i’s
efforts toward becoming a more sustainable
community. Its members work in close collaboration with outside partners and internal
sustainability networks to assist as innovators, program assistants, and as leaders. We
put our efforts toward building a more sustainable island community through integration of social, ecological, and economic practices.
Vision: The HPU Leaders for a Sustainable
Future aim to be part of a leading sustainable
institution that is valued, integrated and part
of a quality and healthy State of Hawai‘i.
GLSD, Co-Editor
design represents the student, education, and
community. The "wave" form symbolizes
region. The vortex suggests the synergy
resulting from the successful combination of
Photo by Ionut Lucian Toma
Leaders for a Sustainable Future
Linh Do,
Mondy Jamshidi,
GLSD, Contributor
Amy Schwab,
Photographer
Ionut Toma,
Photographer
Josh Prigge,
HPU Sustainability
Coordinator
The Spotlight on Sustainability
team hopes you enjoyed the
fourth edition. As always, we
welcome your feedback and
would love to hear your
suggestions for upcoming
topics. We encourage you to
submit your writings for
publication
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