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Members of the West Âé¶¹´«Ã½ community explore an ancient cave along a trail adjacent to the Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Community College–P¨¡lamanui campus that is being restored by UH students.

University of Âé¶¹´«Ã½ students, faculty and staff will gather physically and virtually at the February 8–10 on Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Island.

This year’s summit will focus on accelerating systemwide sustainability curricular initiatives such as Kapiʻolani Community College’s recently approved sustainability minor-equivalent (academic subject certificate in sustainability) that is also being implemented at several community college campuses.

Âé¶¹´«Ã½ CC P¨¡lamanui campus is the university’s first LEED platinum certified campus, and serves West Âé¶¹´«Ã½ with the latest distance learning technology and 21st century facilities. Photo by Andrew Richard Hara.

The plenary sessions on both days will be livestreamed to the to allow anyone interested to participate from any internet-connected device and interact using , a collaboration platform that can trace its origins back to the futures studies program at UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹.

, the and the will host a satellite symposium at the ACCESS Lounge (Dean Hall 5–6 on both days). Most UH campuses are hosting satellite symposiums on-site, visit the to find out where and register your attendance.

The virtual symposium will reduce the event’s environmental footprint by reducing the need to travel. The event features keynote talks presented remotely by Erik Assadourian from the , and Chip Fletcher from the UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ on February 8.

Aunty Pualani Kanakaʻole Kanahele and family will continue the rich dialogue currently underway across our campuses exploring on February 9.

Delegations from all 10 UH campuses gather annually to learn together from local practitioners, national subject matter experts and each other. The summit will include peer-to-peer faculty development about teaching climate change and related sustainability and resilience issues across disciplines, as well as sustainability-focused course development working sessions.

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