Sustainability and Climate Change across the Curriculum
University and college faculty, instructors and graduate students are invited to a workshop focused on sustainability curriculum for undergraduates. Participants will be introduced to frameworks for integrating social, economic and/or environmental sustainability in new or existing courses.
This second annual workshop is presented by the College of Social Sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in collaboration with the Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) and the national Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER) Center for Innovation West.
Date: Saturday and Sunday, March 1-2, 2025
Location: UH Mānoa campus
Schedule
Join us for this 2-day workshop in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.
Day 1: Saturday, March 1, 2025
- Arrive at the UH Mānoa campus by 8:15 a.m. for:
- Registration and
- light breakfast
- Particiapte in the all-day interactive workshop until 5 p.m.
- Lunch provided
Day 2: Sunday, March 2, 2025
- Arrive at UH Mānoa campus by 8 a.m.
- Explore a Native Hawaiian forest restoration site with an immersive field experience. (See information on Waiakeakua below)
- Return to campus at about 2 p.m.
Benefits of Participation
- Explore the concept of sustainability across different fields and learn how to integrate them into new or existing courses.
- Be inspired to work with indigenous and local communities to include a sense of place and diverse forms of knowledge in the curriculum.
- Learn how to use a campus and its sustainability programs as teaching resources.
- Explore transdisciplinary connections with other faculty and programs in home institutions and beyond.
- Share resources for developing and enhancing sustainability content in courses.
- Gain knowledge on climate change and ideas on incorporating related issues in courses.
- Obtain a digital certificate of completion for promotion dossier or other career purposes.
Facilitators
Ulla Hasager
Ulla Hasager is the CSS Director of Civic Engagement and Senior Advisor to the CSS Dean. She leads engaged curriculum creation and professional and program development across communities, institutions and disciplines. For example, she leads the innovative Mālama I Nā Ahupuaʻa service-learning program, which is internationally recognized as a model for sustainability education. She coordinates SENCER Hawaiʻi (Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities), is co-director of the national SENCER’s Center for Innovation West, and is a member of the Hawaiʻi planning team for the Continuums of Service 2025 conference.
Krista Hiser
Krista Hiser, PhD, is a Professor at Kapiʻolani Community College and Director of the Sustainability Education Accreditation Commission for the National Sustainability Society. She has served as the Senior Advisor for Sustainability Education at the Global Council for Science and the Environment and established the University of Hawaiʻi System Center for Sustainability Across the Curriculum. She is also the host of AASHE’s Ultimate Cli Fi Book Club, and teaches writing and literature with an emphasis on sustainability and climate change education. Her doctoral degree is in Educational Administration from UH Mānoa.
Aya H. Kimura
Aya H. Kimura is a Professor of Sociology, Senior Advisor to the CSS Dean, and Director of the University of Hawaiʻi Center on Sustainability Across the Curriculum. She has an MA in Environmental Studies (Yale) and a PhD in Sociology (University of Wisconsin-Madison). Her books include Radiation Brain Moms and Citizen Scientists: The Gender Politics of Food Contamination after Fukushima (Duke University Press: recipient of the Rachel Carson Book Award from the Society for Social Studies of Science) and Hidden Hunger: Gender and the Politics of Smarter Foods (Cornell University Press: recipient of the Outstanding Scholarly Award from the Rural Sociological Society).
Guest Speakers
Kamakana Aquino
Kamakanaokealoha M. Aquino is from Waimānalo, O‘ahu, and is the Native Hawaiian Coordinator for Hui ʻĀina Pilipili: the CSS Native Hawaiian Initiative, UH Mānoa. He coordinates and supports Hawaiian-centered programs in teaching, learning, service and scholarship, including the College’s Nā Koʻokoʻo: Hawaiian Leadership Program for students and Hulihia: Decolonizing and Indigenizing Social Sciences Curriculum Program for College faculty.
Charles Fletcher
Charles “Chip” Fletcher is the interim Dean of the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at UH Mānoa and Director of the Climate Resilience Collaborative research team. He is a special advisor to Governor Josh Green for Climate and Resilience and serves on the Governor’s Climate Advisory Team and Decarbonization Working Group. His research focuses on assimilating global trends in decarbonization and integrating climate projections for Hawaiʻi. He teaches Earth Science and Climate Change, and, with his students, has published over 100 peer-reviewed scientific research papers. He is the author of three textbooks, a frequent public speaker, and a contributor to local and national media inquiries.
Field Trip
Waiakeakua
The field trip will take the participants from the UH Mānoa Campus to the Native Forest Restoration site, Waiakeakua, in the back of Mānoa Valley. The field activity will start at 8 a.m. and includes lunch. Be ready to get muddy as the site is explored.
Workshop Registration
Faculty, graduate students and educators from all academic disciplines and institutions are invited to apply for this workshop on Sustainability and Climate Change Across the Curriculum.
Please register by January 10, 2025, 11:55 p.m. HST.
Registrants will be notified of acceptance by January 17, 2025.
Workshop Cost
- The full workshop program fee is $250.
- Registration fee waiver may be available (see the application form).
- Checks or cash are accepted on site.
- Participants are responsible for covering their own travel and lodging expenses to and from the UHM campus.
Additional Details
UH Mānoa is an AASHE Regional Center for Sustainability Across the Curriculum and the home of the administration of SENCER Hawaiʻi, Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities, which has a leading role in making the work of Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities transcending the natural sciences and integrating indigenous knowledge, the social sciences, and the humanities.
Any questions about the workshop?
For general workshop inquiries, please contact Aya H. Kimura (kimuraa@hawaii.edu) or Ulla Hasager (ulla@hawaii.edu). For workshop logistics, please contact Madison Owens (msowens@hawaii.edu).