{"id":74814,"date":"2018-02-12T13:15:59","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T23:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=74814"},"modified":"2021-04-08T18:38:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T04:38:11","slug":"2018-presidents-green-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/02\/12\/2018-presidents-green-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 President\u2019s Green Awards recognize leadership in sustainability across campuses"},"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\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_74922\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74922\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/system-greenawards-bigisland-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/system-greenawards-bigisland-5.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/system-greenawards-bigisland-5-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philip Johnson from the Agile Power Project accepts $10,000 prize from Hawaiian Electric Light Company President Jay Ignacio and <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Community Colleges Vice President John Morton.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Winners of the 3rd University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> President&#8217;s Green Initiative Awards were honored in a ceremony on February 8 at <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Community College&#8217;s P\u0101lamanui campus as part of the 6th Annual <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Sustainability in Higher Education Summit.<\/p>\n<p>The awards recognize student initiative, innovation, creativity and civic engagement in campus and community sustainability with cash prizes totaling more than $40,000 from the Hawaiian Electric Industries Charitable Foundation, Johnson Controls, the Castiglione A. Casauria Foundation and Trane Comprehensive Solutions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are grateful for the support of our partners who sponsor these awards every year,&rdquo; said <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> President <strong>David Lassner<\/strong>. &ldquo;They help us recognize, honor and reward the amazing work of our students, faculty and staff across all ten campuses as they innovate, collaborate and lead in amazing ways to inspire us in advancing sustainability across all ten <abbr>UH<\/abbr> campuses and the state.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2><abbr>UH<\/abbr> President&#8217;s Green Initiative Award Winners<\/h2>\n<h3>Green Project Implementation Awards<\/h3>\n<p>The award recognizes student-driven sustainability projects on-campus or in the community with measurable outcomes. The honorees receive cash awards of $5,000&#8211;$10,000 to implement their project.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Agile Power Project (Hawaiian Electric Industries Charitable Foundation Green Project Implementation Award)<\/strong><br \/>\nProviding agile power quality monitoring to support the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> net-zero energy mandate and microgrid operations at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Solar-Biodiesel-Aquaponics Project (Johnson Controls Green Project Implementation Award)<\/strong><br \/>\nEfficient Production of food using solar\/biodiesel powered aquaponics systems at <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr><\/li>\n<li><strong>The <span aria-label=\"UluNui\">&#699;UluNui<\/span> Project (Castiglione A. Casauria Foundation Green Project Implementation Award)<\/strong><br \/>\nPlanting 10 <span aria-label=\"ulu\">&#699;ulu<\/span> (breadfruit trees) from at least 3 different species of breadfruit and 10 niu (coconut trees) from at least 4 different species of the coconut family which are expected to produce fruit year-round at the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> campus.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hahai n\u014d ka Ua i ka <span aria-label=\"ululaau\">Ulul\u0101&#699;au<\/span> &#8211; Rain Always Follows the Forests (Castiglione A. Casauria Foundation Green Project Implementation Award)<\/strong><br \/>\nIncrease propagation of mea kanu (native plants) through hands-on workshops and service-learning opportunities to create a living resource for our entire campus and the community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;The complex and interconnected challenges of our times&#8212;climate change, sustainability and resiliency&#8212;will require new ways of thinking, being and doing if we are to solve them,&rdquo; said <strong>Matthew K. Lynch<\/strong>, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> System sustainability coordinator. &ldquo;The creativity, passion and sophistication recognized through these awards can give us all hope for a brighter future.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h3>Green Student Leader Awards<\/h3>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_74921\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74921\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/system-greenawards-bigisland-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-74921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/system-greenawards-bigisland-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/system-greenawards-bigisland-1-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/system-greenawards-bigisland-1.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74921\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kahiau Kauluwehi from <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> received a Hawaiian Electric Industries Charitable Foundation Green Student Leader award presented by Jay Ignacio president, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Electric Light.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_74924\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74924\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/system-greenawards-bigisland-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-74924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/system-greenawards-bigisland-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/system-greenawards-bigisland-2-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/system-greenawards-bigisland-2.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blaire Langston from <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa received a Johnson Controls Green Student Leader award presented by Johnson Controls Business Development Manager Brody McMurtry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_74923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74923\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/system-greenawards-bigisland-3-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-74923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/system-greenawards-bigisland-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/system-greenawards-bigisland-3-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/system-greenawards-bigisland-3.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erika Peralta from <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa received a Johnson Controls Green Student Leader award, presented by  Johnson Controls Business Development Manager Brody McMurtry and and <abbr>UH<\/abbr> System Vice President for Community Colleges John Morton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_74920\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74920\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/system-greenawards-bigisland-4-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-74920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/system-greenawards-bigisland-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/system-greenawards-bigisland-4-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/system-greenawards-bigisland-4.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zoe Whitney received an honorable mention for her project, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo Carbon and Nitrogen Report Card, presented by <abbr>UH<\/abbr> System Vice President for Community Colleges John Morton.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The award recognizes students who take on leadership roles in sustainability related activities on campus and in their communities. The honorees receive up to $1,000 each from Hawaiian Electric Industries Charitable Foundation, Johnson Controls and Trane Comprehensive Solutions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kasey Buchanan, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo&#8212;Johnson Controls Green Leader Award<\/strong><br \/>For campus waste reduction and student sustainability initiatives.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kara Spaulding, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo&#8212;<abbr title=\"Hawaiian Electrical Industries\">HEI<\/abbr> Charitable Foundation Green Leader Award<\/strong><br \/>For developing sustainability curriculum in the arts, and perpetuating natural and cultural resources.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Joshua-Nazareth Agno, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>&#8212;Johnson Controls Green Leader<\/strong><br \/>For developing and perpetuating sustainable living, agriculture and conservation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Juanita K. Thompson, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>&#8211;P\u0101lamanui&#8212;Johnson Controls Green Leader Award<\/strong><br \/>For dedication to wiliwili and lama trees, and  perpetuating natural and cultural resources.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Boysie Burdett, Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr>&#8212;Johnson Controls Green Leader Award<\/strong><br \/>For campus waste reduction and student sustainability initiatives.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kahiau Kauluwehi, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>&#8212;<abbr>HEI<\/abbr> Charitable Foundation Green Leader Award<\/strong><br \/>For restoring <span aria-label=\"aina\">&#699;\u0101ina<\/span> momona (abundancy to the natural environment), and leading by example with the spirit of aloha.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Blaire Langston\/Erika Peralta, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa&#8212;Johnson Controls Green Leader Award<\/strong><br \/>For campus waste reduction and student sustainability initiatives.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nicole Chatterson, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa&#8212;<abbr>HEI<\/abbr> Charitable Foundation Green Leader Award<\/strong><br \/>For advancing sustainable materials management and zero-waste initiatives across campuses.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Haunani Kane, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa&#8212;<abbr>HEI<\/abbr> Charitable Foundation Green Leader Award<\/strong><br \/>For embodying the values of aloha <span aria-label=\"aina\">&#699;\u0101ina<\/span> (reciprocity with natural environment), m\u0101lama honua (caring for island Earth), <span aria-label=\"imi ike\">&#699;imi &#699;ike<\/span> (seeking wisdom) and mau\u014d (sustainability of well-being) and fearless exploration of indigenous ancestral knowledge systems and western empirical sciences.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kammie Tavares, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa&#8212;Trane Comprehensive Solutions Green Leader Award<\/strong><br \/>For innovative data modeling and analysis of sea level rise, and perpetuating natural and cultural resources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Faculty and Staff Leadership in Sustainability Awards<\/h3>\n<p>This award recognizes excellence among <abbr>UH<\/abbr> personnel to lead sustainability initiatives across operations, curriculum, research, engagement and cultural connections.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jackie Lindo, <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> <\/strong>&#8212;For developing innovative place-based curriculum in sustainable economics.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Robert Silva, Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/strong>&#8212;For restoring <span aria-label=\"aina\">&#699;\u0101ina<\/span> momona (abundant land) and commitment to teaching sustainability in the trades.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Daniela Elliot, Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/strong>&#8212;For spearheading place-based horticulture, sustainable agriculture and campus waste reduction initiatives.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kiana Frank, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/strong>&#8212;For developing innovative <span aria-label=\"aina\">&#699;\u0101ina<\/span>-based curriculum in microbiology.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tiana Henderson<\/strong>, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>&#8212;For creating a flourishing community through cultivating a flourishing campus garden and commitment to na mea waiwai (our cultural and natural resources).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tasia Yamamura, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span><\/strong>&#8212;For creating a flourishing community through cultivating a flourishing campus garden and commitment to na mea waiwai (our cultural and natural resources).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also recognized was <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo student Fera Davis who was awarded the Alaska Airlines Environmental Endowed Scholarship for academic year 2017&#8211;18.<\/p>\n<h3>About the Annual <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Sustainability in Higher Education Summit<\/h3>\n<p>Delegations from all 10 University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> campuses gather annually to learn together from local practitioners, national subject matter experts and each other. 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