Webinar: A Place-Based Model for Sustainability Across the Curriculum: Experiences from Hawaiʻi
The integration of cultural & place-based curricula into a model for learning sustainability across the curriculum is innovative, effective and meaningful. This session presents examples of a culturally and spatially grounded sustainability education from Hawaiʻi, discussing ways in which sense of place, hands-on experiences, and context-specific knowledge enhance student learning and students’ sense of mastery of sustainability competencies.
The cases presented are inspired by an ʻāina (land)-based epistemology and practices developed over centuries by the peoples of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific and recently described and refined by Native Hawaiian scholars. The session highlights the wisdom from Indigenous communities and how they resonate with sustainability principles. It will inspire participants to consider grounding their curriculum to a particular place.
UHMānoa is proudly recognized as an AASHE member.
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Kamakana Aquino, Native Hawaiian Coordinator, Hui ʻĀina Pilipili, College of Social Sciences (UHM), University of Hawaii at Manoa 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. |