The University of Hawai

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• The University of Hawaii
• Sea Grant College Program

E. Gordon Grau School of Ocean and Earth
Science and Technology University of Hawaii
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• OUR MISSION
• To support an innovative program of research,
  education and extension services, directed to the
  improved understanding and stewardship of coastal
  and marine resources of the state, region, and
  nation.

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University of HawaiiSea Grant College Program

• Part of a network of 32 universitybased programs
  in every coastal and Great Lakes state, and in
  Puerto Rico
• Based on the Land Grant model
• Faculty throughout Hawaii and American Samoa
  (located at UH Hilo and CCs, and at State and
  local Agencies)

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What We Do?

• Identify and address issues and opportunities
• Connect NOAA to the University Expertise
• Connect Coastal Communities to University and
  Partner Resources
• Build partnerships to address challenges, exploit
  opportunities and increase capacity

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How Do We Do It

• SOEST
• The University of Hawaii
• NOAA
• The State of Hawaii
• The Pacific Region
• The Community

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Underlying Themes

• Excellence in research
• Excellence in education
• Service to the university and the community
• Capacity building and stewardship
• Relevance to the culture and condition of Hawaii
• Program elements leverage and synergize one
  another
• Partnerships
• Utilize and leverage the resources of the
  National Sea Grant Network and NOAA
• National leadership
• Link Hawaii to the Pacific region

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Focus Areas

• Sustainable Safe Seafood Supply
• Sustainable Coastal Development
• Healthy Coastal Ecosystems
• Coastal Hazard Resiliency

Cross-Cutting Themes

• Globalization
• Climate Change Impacts
• Coastal and Ocean Literacy
• Decision-Making Capacity

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Sea Grant and SOEST

• A face of SOEST in the community
• Provides valued outreach
• Applies SOEST scholarship toward addressing
  community challenges, needs and opportunities
• Builds SOEST partnerships
• Within SOEST
• Across the campus and the University
• With government
• In the community
• Throughout the Pacific
• Supports graduate education

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The Gift and the Challenge

• Imported food and energy

• Resource depletion (water and inshore fisheries)

• Waste and pollution

• Habitat destruction

• Climate change and its consequences

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Generational Responsibility
"Then I say the earth belongs to each . . .
generationno generation can contract debts
greater than may be paid during the course of its
own existence. Thomas Jefferson (1789) "The
nation behaves well if it treats resources as
assets which it must turn over to the next
generation increased, not impaired in value."
Theodore Roosevelt (1910)
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The Ahupuaa
Sun, water, gravity, and fertility of the land
and sea
Manoa Valley, 1865
Enoch Wood Perry
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The Ahupuaa
Built on a watershed model, it was the economic,
cultural, governmental and resource management
unit of pre-contact Hawaii that supported
600 thousand people.
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Honolulu, 1990s

• The people of Hawaii are using freshwater,
  energy, fisheries and other resources at rates
  and in ways that impair them for future
  generations and alter biological communities in
  coastal marine ecosystems.
• In Hawaii, the economy is the environment

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Sustainable Coastal Development

• Decades of population migration to the coast have
  transformed our coastal landscapes and greatly
  intensified demand on finite coastal resources
• Development impacts coastal water quality, water
  supply, traditional coastal businesses,
  traditional culture and way of life
• The great majority of problems that occur in
  coastal waters results from what we do on land

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Sustainable Coastal Development

• Sea Grant is uniquely positioned along our
  nations coasts to provide research, education
  and outreach to empower the development of
  healthy coastal communities that are
• economically and socially inclusive
• supported by vibrant economies
• function within the carrying capacity of their
  ecosystems. 

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Center for Smart Building and Community Design

• A Sea Grant-led partnership among the UH School
  of Architecture, the Travel Industry Management
  School, the College of Engineering and Department
  of Urban and Regional Planning (and School of
  Law)
• How we develop land and construct buildings has
  a great impact on ecosystems on both sides of the
  shoreline
• Mission To support the development of
  economically vibrant, attractive communities that
  enhance their environment, economy, culture and
  quality of life

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Ahupuaa Restoration
Partners Coastal Zone Management, Waipa
Foundation, Hawaiian Farmers of Hanalei,
Kamehameha Schools, Kauai Community College,
U.S.F.W.S.
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Aloha and Mahalo