{"id":146999,"date":"2021-08-24T16:13:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T02:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=146999"},"modified":"2021-09-13T11:48:52","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T21:48:52","slug":"new-manoa-sustainability-certificate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/24\/new-manoa-sustainability-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"New sustainability certificate offers opportunity to integrate disciplines"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_84929\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84929\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/manoa-sustainability-isr-site.jpg\" alt=\"M\u0101noa Valley and Waikiki, downtown Honolulu, and the ocean in the distance\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/manoa-sustainability-isr-site.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/manoa-sustainability-isr-site-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-84929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Brian Rocheleau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa is offering a new way for students to incorporate sustainability into their undergraduate education. The Undergraduate Certificate in Sustainability provides students an opportunity to explore links between their major area of study and environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/isr\/\">Institute of Sustainability and Resilience<\/a> (<abbr>ISR<\/abbr>) spearheaded the certificate program, which aims to help students develop and expand in three areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>understanding of the interconnectivity of human and natural systems;<\/li>\n<li>evidence-based reasoning on the implications of sustainability problems and\/or proposed solutions;<\/li>\n<li>understanding that multiple knowledge systems inform processes for achieving sustainability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;The new undergraduate certificate provides students another option to study sustainability in addition to the <abbr>BA<\/abbr> in sustainability,&rdquo; said <abbr>ISR<\/abbr> Director <strong>Makena Coffman<\/strong>. &ldquo;The certificate is designed to complement students\u2019 primary field of study, and give a broad grounding in issues of sustainability.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa undergraduate certificate in sustainability requires a total of 15 credits, of which three to six are lower and nine to twelve are upper division to provide flexibility for students at any stage in their undergraduate education. Students can choose sustainability courses in disciplines offered through <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s colleges and schools including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>College of Education<\/li>\n<li>College of Engineering<\/li>\n<li>College of Arts, Languages and Letters<\/li>\n<li>College of Natural Sciences<\/li>\n<li>College of Social Sciences<\/li>\n<li>College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources<\/li>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Hawaiinuiakea\">Â鶹´«Ã½nui&#257;kea<\/span> School of Hawaiian Knowledge<\/li>\n<li>School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In a survey from 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/05\/07\/students-voice-climate-change\/\">95% of students at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/a> were concerned or very concerned about climate change. Many students showed interest in being part of the effort toward a sustainable future, and the new certificate allows them to integrate sustainability with a wide range of disciplines.<\/p>\n<p>Students interested in the new Undergraduate Certificate in Sustainability can email <a href=\"mailto:isr@hawaii.edu\">isr@hawaii.edu<\/a>. Read more about sustainability certificate and degree opportunities at the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/isr\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa <abbr>ISR<\/abbr> website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This effort is an example of <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s goals of <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-2025-strategic-plan.pdf#page=28\">Building a Sustainable and Resilient Campus Environment: Within the Global Sustainability and Climate Resilience Movement<\/a> (<abbr>PDF<\/abbr>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-2025-strategic-plan.pdf#page=20\">Enhancing Student Success<\/a> (<abbr>PDF<\/abbr>) two of four goals identified in the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-2025-strategic-plan.pdf\">2015&#8211;25 Â鶹´«Ã½<\/a> (<abbr>PDF<\/abbr>), updated in December 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Undergraduates can explore links between their major area of study and environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[1480,1466,1314,73,9],"class_list":["post-146999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-manoa-academic-innovation-engaged-learning","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-manoa-sustainability","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146999"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147009,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146999\/revisions\/147009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}