{"id":29104,"date":"2014-11-03T13:51:44","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T23:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=29104"},"modified":"2021-10-21T13:51:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T23:51:04","slug":"uh-manoa-celebrates-world-town-planning-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/11\/03\/uh-manoa-celebrates-world-town-planning-day\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa celebrates World Town Planning Day"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Jeff Mikulina, chief executive officer of the Blue Planet Foundation to present at World Town Planning Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Department of Urban and Regional Planning<\/a> (DURP<\/abbr>) at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa will celebrate World Town Planning Day 2014 on Friday, November 7, 6 p.m. in Crawford 105. This year’s theme is Ecosystem-Based Adaptation: Using Nature to Respond to Climate Change. The event, which is co-hosted by the American Planning Association Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Chapter<\/a>, will include a presentation, panel discussion and awards ceremony. The event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n

Presentation: “Planning to Act: Harnessing (Human) Nature to Solve our Climate Challenge”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jeff Mikulina, chief executive officer of the Blue Planet Foundation<\/a>, will give a presentation titled, “Planning to Act: Harnessing (Human) Nature to Solve our Climate Challenge.”<\/p>\n

Mikulina has been awarded an EPA<\/abbr> Environmental Hero Award, selected as one of “40 Under 40” by Pacific Business News<\/em>, chosen as one of “10 for Today” by Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Business<\/em> magazine and recognized by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin<\/em> as among “10 Who Made a Difference.” He received a master’s of science degree in engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign studying decision theory.<\/p>\n

Panel discussion: “Ecosystem-Based Adaptation: Using Nature to Respond to Climate Change”<\/strong><\/p>\n

A three-member panel discussion, “Ecosystem-Based Adaptation: Using Nature to Respond to Climate Change,” will be led by Daniele Spirandelli, an assistant professor in DURP<\/abbr> and Sea Grant College.<\/p>\n

The panelists<\/p>\n