Spring 2025 |
Sustainability and Climate Change Across the Curriculum
Are you interested in updating your curriculum toward sustainability solutions to understand and address our planetary predicament? This workshop will introduce participants to frameworks for integrating sustainability and climate change into your courses.
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, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is organizing a workshop to inspire faculty and other instructors including graduate students to integrate social, economic and/or environmental sustainability into undergraduate teaching. The workshop brings together educators from all academic disciplines to work collaboratively to introduce and enhance sustainability content in new and existing courses across the curriculum.
Conference Schedule
Join us for this 2-day workshop in beautiful Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.
Join us for this 2-day workshop in beautiful Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.
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Day 1: Saturday, March 1 2025
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Day 2: Sunday, March 2, 2025
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Benefits of Participation
- Explore the concept of sustainability across different fields and learn how to integrate it 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.
- We look forward to welcoming you to this transformative workshop!
Conference Facilitators
Ulla Hasager |
Ulla Hasager is Director of Civic Engagement for UHM’s College of Social Sciences and Senior Advisor to the CSS Dean. She leads engaged curriculum creation as well as professional and program development across communities, institutions, and disciplines, for instance leading the innovative Mālama I Nā Ahupuaʻa service-learning program which is internationally recognized as a model for sustainability education. Ulla coordinates SENCER Hawaiʻi (Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities), is co-director of the national SENCER’s Center for Innovation West, and a member of the Hawaiʻi planning team for the Continuums of Service 2025 conference.
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Krista Hiser |
Krista Hiser (Ph.D.) currently serves as the Senior Lead and Advisor for Sustainability Education at the Global Council for Science and the Environment. Formerly the Director of 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 at Kapiʻolani Community College, with an emphasis on sustainability and climate change education. Her doctoral degree is in Educational Administration from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
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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 Ph.D. 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).
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Guest Speakers
Kamakana Aquino |
Kamakanaokealoha “Kamakana” M. Aquino is from Waimānalo, Oʻahu and is the Native Hawaiian Coordinator for Hui ʻĀina Pilipili: Native Hawaiian Initiative in the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Social Sciences. Kamakana 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.
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Chip Fletcher |
Dr. Chip Fletcher, is the interim Dean of the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, and Director of the Climate Resilience Collaborative research team. He is Professor and past Chair of the Department of Earth Sciences and past Chair of the Honolulu Climate Change Commission. Chip is special advisor to Governor Josh Green for Climate and Resilience, and serves on the Governors Climate Advisory Team, and Decarbonization Working Group.
Chip’s research focuses on assimilating global trends in decarbonization and climate projections, integrating climate projections for Hawai‘i to understand future shocks and stresses driving adaptation needs, and modeling the impacts of sea level rise in Hawai‘i. |
Dr. Davianna McGregor |
Dr. Davianna Pomaika'i McGregor, was on the founding faculty and is now a professor emerita of Ethnic Studies and Oral History at the University of Hawai'i, Mānoa. Her ongoing research endeavors focus on the persistence of traditional Hawaiian cultural customs, beliefs, and practices, especially in rural Hawaiian communities. She pioneered ʻāina-based education and community service learning, beginning in the 1980s. She is a longtime leader of the Protect Kaho'olawe &'Ohana that stopped military use of the island of Kaho'olawe and now helps to heal and revitalize the island. She lives in Kaiwʻula on
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Feild Trip to Waiakeakua
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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 am. Be ready to get muddy and walk around.
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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.
We would love to see you there!!
We seek faculty, graduate students, and educators from all academic disciplines and institutions looking to incorporate knowledge about sustainability and climate change into their teaching.
Please register by December 13, 2025, 11:55pm HST.
Acceptance decisions will be emailed no later than February 7, 2025.
Workshop Cost
- Workshop program fee is $200 for early registration by December 13, 2024 and $250 for registrations submitted after that date.
- Registration closes on January 31, 2025.
- Registration fee waiver may be available (see the application form).
- Payment is accepted in the form of Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover cards.
- Check or cash are accepted on site.
- Participants are responsible for covering their own travel and lodging expenses to and from the UHM campus.
Any questions about the workshop?
Please contact Aya H. Kimura ([email protected]) or Ulla Hasager ([email protected]). For logistics, please contact Madison Owens ([email protected])
Spring 2024 |
Sustainability and Climate Change Across the Curriculum
Are you interested in changing your curriculum toward sustainability issues such as climate change? This conference will introduce participants to frameworks for integrating sustainability into your courses.
National and local organizations have joined forces to support a conference to inspire faculty and other formal and informal educators, including graduate students, to integrate social, economic and environmental sustainability into undergraduate education. We bring together educators from across academic disciplines and the community to work collaboratively to introduce and enhance sustainability content in new and existing courses across the curriculum.
The gathering is organized by University of Hawaiʻi faculty and staff and is sponsored by the national Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), the national Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities’ (SENCER) Center for Innovation West, the EPSCoR-funded Transcending Barriers to Success in Economics (TBSE), the Western Region Continuums of Service Conference 2025, the UH Mānoa College of Social Sciences, and CERENE at Kapiʻolani Community College.
The gathering is organized by University of Hawaiʻi faculty and staff and is sponsored by the national Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), the national Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities’ (SENCER) Center for Innovation West, the EPSCoR-funded Transcending Barriers to Success in Economics (TBSE), the Western Region Continuums of Service Conference 2025, the UH Mānoa College of Social Sciences, and CERENE at Kapiʻolani Community College.
Conference Schedule
The conference in Honolulu spans two days, with a one-day participation option. Cost is $150 for the conference of $75 per day.
The conference in Honolulu spans two days, with a one-day participation option. Cost is $150 for the conference of $75 per day.
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Day 1: Saturday, April 20, 2024
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Day 2: Sunday, April 21, 2024
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*This registration fee is waived for UH Mānoa College of Social Sciences faculty, lecturers, graduate assistants, graduate students, and participants from the Asia Pacific Region. Fellowships are available for Community College participants. Additional fellowships may become available. All participants must cover their own travel and lodging expenses.
Krista Hiser Conference Facilitator |
Krista Hiser (Ph.D.) currently serves as the Senior Lead and Advisor for Sustainability Education at the Global Council for Science and the Environment. Formerly the Director of 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 at Kapiʻolani Community College, with an emphasis on sustainability and climate change education. Her doctoral degree is in Educational Administration from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
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Kamakana Aquino Guest Speaker |
Kamakanaokealoha “Kamakana” M. Aquino is from Waimānalo, Oʻahu and is the Native Hawaiian Coordinator for Hui ʻĀina Pilipili: Native Hawaiian Initiative in the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Social Sciences. Kamakana 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.
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Katy Hintzen Guest Speaker |
Katy Hintzen is a Coastal Resilience Specialist with the UH Sea Grant College Program. She is also the Project and Partnership Coordinator for the Ulana ʻIke Center of Excellence, and specializes in helping coastal communities prepare for and adapt to climate change impacts across the Hawaiian Islands. In a team partnership with Kua’aina Ulu ʻAuamo and Paepae o Heʻeia, she worked to develop Kūlana Noiʻi, a set of guidelines for building and sustaining reciprocal partnerships between researchers and Native Hawaiian resource stewards. Katy continues to work to incorporate the values and guidance of Kūlana Noiʻi into institutional practices and curriculum.
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Diana Liverman Guest Speaker |
Diana’s research has focused on the human dimensions of global environmental change and her main research interests include climate impacts, vulnerability and adaptation, and climate policy and mitigation especially in the developing world. Her current projects on climate justice include the role of women in climate science, climate and poverty in Tucson, and climate in the UN Sustainable Development Goals. She is also working with the Earth Commission to envision safe and just targets for the earth system and is an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report author and editor.
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Aya H. Kimura Conference Facilitator |
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 Ph.D. 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).
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Ulla Hasager Conference Facilitator |
Ulla Hasager is Director of Civic Engagement for UHM’s College of Social Sciences and Senior Advisor to the CSS Dean. She leads engaged curriculum creation as well as professional and program development across communities, institutions, and disciplines, for instance leading the innovative Mālama I Nā Ahupuaʻa service-learning program which is internationally recognized as a model for sustainability education. Ulla coordinates SENCER Hawaiʻi (Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities), is co-director of the national SENCER’s Center for Innovation West, and a member of the Hawaiʻi planning team for the Continuums of Service 2025 conference.
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Feild Trip to WaiakeakuaThe field trip will take the participants from the UH Mānoa Campus to the Native Forest Restoration site, Waiakeakua, in Mānoa Valley. The field trip will start at 8 am. Be ready to get muddy!
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Conference participants will benefit in the following ways:
- Examine the concept of sustainability, its varied interpretations, and connections with different fields of study.
- Work with the local environment and community to teach a sense of place.
- Create new or modify existing courses to integrate sustainability across the curriculum.
- Learn how to use your campus and its sustainability programs as teaching resources.
- Explore transdisciplinary connections to other faculty and programs within your institution 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.
Additional Details
UH Mānoa is an AASHE Regional Center for Sustainability Across the Curriculum and the home of the administration of SENCER Hawaiʻi, 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.
The conference will be facilitated by Krista Hiser, who currently serves as Senior Lead and Advisor for Sustainability Education at the Global Council for Science and the Environment (GCSE); Ulla Hasager, Co-Director of SENCER Center for Innovation West, UHM-CSS Director of Civic Engagement, and Senior Advisor of Engagement for the CSS Dean; and Aya H. Kimura, Senior Advisor of Sustainability to the Dean of the College of Social Sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and UHM ASHEE representative.
The conference will be facilitated by Krista Hiser, who currently serves as Senior Lead and Advisor for Sustainability Education at the Global Council for Science and the Environment (GCSE); Ulla Hasager, Co-Director of SENCER Center for Innovation West, UHM-CSS Director of Civic Engagement, and Senior Advisor of Engagement for the CSS Dean; and Aya H. Kimura, Senior Advisor of Sustainability to the Dean of the College of Social Sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and UHM ASHEE representative.
