Tag: Hawaii

LAMA featured on Think Tech Hawaiʻi- Climate Change: Beyond Outrage

Makahiki- 2016, Mālama- Welo, Mahina- Lāʻaupau (Tuesday, April 26, 2016) Malia Nobrega-Olivera, Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge (HSHK) Director of Strategic Partnerships and Community Engagement shared her story and her work on Think Tech Hawaiʻi.  She shared about the impacts of climate change on cultural practices like salt making on the island of Kauaʻi.  Ms. …

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Hōʻā i ka lama on Sep 9

Download event poster Download event press release A call to our global community to “Hōʻā i ka lama” (ignite the torch) on the next full moon (September 9, 2014), turning our attention to the night sky to show our collective support for the Polynesian Voyaging Society’s Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage, to raise awareness around the …

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LAMA at First Stewards 2014 Symposium in Washington DC

Malia Nobrega-Olivera, LAMA Director and HSHK Director of Strategic Partnerships and Community Engagement, was invited to participate in the First Stewards 2014 Symposium in Washington DC.  The theme for this years symposium was “United  Indigenous  Voices  Address Sustainability: Climate  Change  & Traditional  Places”.  Malia spoke on the Rights and Responsibilities panel that discussed the following- “Indigenous …

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22nd Annual Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference

LAMA Director and HSHK Director of Strategic Partnerships and Community Engagement, Malia Nobrega-Olivera recently spoke at the 22nd Annual Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference- “Navigating Change in the Pacific Islands” on a plenary panel on July 17, 2014.  The panel participants included Governor Neil Abercrombie, Ambassador Ronny Jumeau of the Seychelles, Representative Chris Lee.  The panel was …

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Kresge Foundation $460,000 Award To UH Mānoa Strengthens Hawai‘i’s Food Security and Builds Partnerships to Protect Environment and Native Hawaiian Cultural Knowledge

April 2013 NEWS RELEASE KRESGE FOUNDATION $460,000 AWARD TO UH MĀNOA Strengthens Hawai‘i’s Food Security and Builds Partnerships to Protect Environment and Native Hawaiian Cultural Knowledge Contact- Margot Schrire, Director of Communications (808) 956-6774 or margot.schrire@uhfoundation.org (Download Press Release) HONOLULU- The Detroit-based Kresge Foundation has awarded $460,000 to Lamakū Na‘auao (Knowledge Torch), a new University …

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