The session presents and and give participants opportunities to collaborate on creating sustainability curriculum for undergraduates across the disciplines. Participants will be introduced to frameworks for integrating and assessing social, economic and/or environmental sustainability in new or existing courses. It

• introduces the newest iteration of the tool of Key Competencies and how it can be integrated into higher education, including providing suggestions for resources for its integration into a range of academic disciplines.
• provides examples of a culturally place-based sustainability education from Hawaii, 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 integration of cultural & place-based curricula into the sustainability across the curriculum model is innovative, effective and meaningful. It is inspired by an ʻāina-based epistemology and practice developed over centuries by the peoples of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific and recently described and refined by Native Hawaiian scholars..

Strengthened by the key concept methodology and an opportunity to work in interdisciplinary groups (1-hour break-out session) to dream up course curricula or assignments, the participants will leave the session with a new network, ideas, and inspiration to create or improve their own sustainability curriculum.

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Registration Fees* 

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A limited number of scholarships are available to individuals who need financial assistance to participate. Please apply two weeks before the program begins (e.g., 7/17/2025) to be considered for a scholarship for this workshop.

Registration Policies:

• Registration deadline is Thursday, July 31, 12:00 p.m. ET.
• Payment is accepted in the form of Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover cards.
  If you need to pay by check or ACH, please contact us at least 5 weeks prior to the event start date. Registration using these forms of payment must be received 4 weeks prior to the event start date and full payment must be received by AASHE within 2 weeks of event start date.
• Cancellation Policy: A 20% processing fee applies to any cancellation prior to July 21, 2025. No refunds will be given after July 21, 2025.
• No substitutions are allowed.
• Registered participants will receive access to the recording after the live event.
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Facilitators

Ulla Hasager, Director of Civic Engagement for the College of Social Sciences, PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Ulla Hasager is the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Social Sciences 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) and is co-director of the national SENCER Center for Innovation West.

Aya Kimura, Professor of Sociology, Director of the University of Hawaii Center on Sustainability Across the Curriculum, University of Hawaii at Manoa
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).

Krista Hiser, Kapiʻolani Community College Professor and Director of the Sustainability Education Accreditation Commission for the National Sustainability Society, Kapiʻolani Community College, University of Hawaii System
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.

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.

Any questions about the workshop?
Please contact Daita Serghi, education@aashe.org