The mission of the Initiative on the Environment and Sustainability is to create a sustainable world in which human needs are met at the same time that Earth’s life systems are protected and restored for people today and generations yet to come. At the core of the initiative, the new Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford is a unifying force and inter- disciplinary hub for research, teaching, and problem-solving that draws on the experience, expertise, and passion of faculty and students from all seven schools. The initiative leverages Stanford’s historic strengths in disciplinary and interdisciplinary research, teaching, outreach, and technology transfer and carries out its mission in three ways:
- Seeking solutions to major challenges through innovative research
- Educating and training environmental leaders
- Moving ideas into action by collaborating directly with decision makers
University of Hawaii at Manoa – Center for Hawaiian Studies
The Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies is named for Gladys Kamakakūokalani ‘Ainoa Brandt, the late Native Hawaiian educator, whose reputation, integrity and passionate devotion to education, still inspires and guides Kamakakūokalani today. We offer both a Bachelor’s and Master of Art degrees in five areas of concentration encompassing the breadth of Hawaiian knowledge and experience, from politics and history, to literature, visual arts, music, natural resource management and Hawai’i’s relationship with the rest of Polynesia.The Kamakaküokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies is committed to honoring the thousands of Hawaiians 100 years ago, who signed the Ku’e petitions in opposition to the American annexation of Hawai’i. Their mandate to us, their descendants, was to forever retain our national identity, and forever seek reclamation of our sovereignty. Here at Kamakaküokalani, we provide ‘Education for the Nation,’ in support of their ancestral vision.