Hawaii Green Growth UN Local2030 Hub

Wishing you a Happy World Water Week 2024! This year's #WorldWaterWeek is centered on water cooperation for peace and security in its broadest sense. The theme, Bridging Borders: Water for a Peaceful and Sustainable Future, asks us to recognize the regional and global interconnectivity of communities and nations, and underscores the collaborative effort needed to achieve a peaceful and sustainable future. The Stockholm International Water Institute is convening a wide range of sessions and events, bridging borders across sectors, topics and people. You can learn more and register for the upcoming free webinar events this week here: https://lnkd.in/dEnWZT3M 🌏🚰🌦🌊 The Local2030 Islands Network's Resilient Water Systems Community of Practice (Water CoP) emphasizes the implementation of UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 and the broader 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in islands in locally and culturally informed ways with a focus on capacity building to support integrated watershed management and holistic water systems management efforts, with support from key technical partners. To sign up for the Water CoP and receive updates regarding upcoming events, please visit https://lnkd.in/ggmGSVDm 🏝💡🌦 🌈 NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, USEPA, Environmental Defense Fund, Meredith Ryder-Rude, Lisa Vaughan, Stephanie Bennett, Lauren Long, Héctor L. Vélez Cruz, Carmen R. Guerrero Pérez, Martha Guzman Aceves, Jared Vollmer, Zander Nassikas, UOG Center for Island Sustainability, Hawaii Green Growth UN Local2030 Hub, Celeste Connors, Kate Brown, Samantha Happ, Erin Michelle Derrington, Dianne Dredge, PhD, Jabal Hassanali, Paula Lewis, Paula Moehlenkamp, Harm Duel, Austin J. Shelton, Ph.D., Pedzi Girigori, Vanessa Toré, Bianca Peters, John Gilroy, Edison Rijna, Roald Lapperre, Mary Alalo, Samantha Kies-Ryan, SIWI - Stockholm International Water Institute, Global Island Partnership (GLISPA), Global Resilience Partnership, Global Water Partnership, Pacific Community-SPC, Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator , Evelyn Wever-Croes, Dutch Climate Envoy Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme

Join the Hawaiʻi Green Growth team! The Hawaiʻi Green Growth UN Local2030 Hub is hiring a Network Manager to provide leadership and support to the Hawai‘i Green Growth Network, and advance environmental, social, and economic priorities through the Aloha+ Challenge – Hawai‘i's local framework to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Reporting to HGG’s Chief Executive Officer, you will build, maintain, and oversee our diverse network, relationships and processes, including membership and strategic partnerships; planning and execution of high level events including HGG’s Annual Partnership Event; communications and community engagement; youth engagement in the Aloha+ Challenge; and other strategic initiatives including facilitation of key working groups such as HGG’s Policy & Legislation Working Group and the Sustainability Business Forum. You will work closely with the CEO to engage local, state, and national leaders to catalyze action, including representing HGG at local, national, and international meetings. You should be a self-starter who builds partnerships within and beyond the HGG network to strategically facilitate public-private partnerships on climate and community resilience, corporate sustainability, sustainable tourism, nature-based solutions and payment for ecosystem services. You should work well in fast-paced team environments with a strong foundation in building partnerships and a deeper understanding on topics around interrelated sustainability goals. To Apply: please visit the RCUH job site, https://lnkd.in/dRM6vvip, and search under the following name and ID#: HAWAI‘I GREEN GROWTH NETWORK MANAGER – ID# 224531 Position open until filled.

The East-West Center is hosting the 2nd Annual #Hawaii #Youth #Summit on Saturday, September 14, 2024. The Hawai‘i Youth Summit brings together high school students to: ∙#Engage with young leaders from across the globe at the East-West Center. ∙#Explore #global citizenship and issues alongside peers from Hawai‘i. ∙#Gain new understandings about different cultures and the Indo-Pacific region. The Summit is open to students from Hawaii State Department of Education high schools. If schools are interested in bringing a delegation to the conference, please contact Hartman, Ann, Director and Dean, Professional Development and Education Programs at [email protected]. Learn more about the summit: https://lnkd.in/gXwgYBCs Keith Hayashi Niki Shishido Celeste Connors

These last few weeks our team has been busy with many great activities! Swipe through the photos to see what we’ve been up to: 🌳The Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference was a great success with over 1,400 participants! We hosted a table in their Exhibitor Hall and connected with numerous partners and organizations doing AMAZING things in the field of conservation, like lab-grown mosquitoes to curb their populations to give endangered birds a fighting chance. We asked attendees, “What do you envision for the future of Hawaiʻi?”, an important question we should all be thinking about. So tell us, what do YOU envision for Hawaiʻi’s future? 🌊Waimea Valley, Hiʻipaka LLC HGG Volunteer Day: we spent the day prepping koa seeds, sorting through good and bad ones, and getting rid of the weevils that chose koa seeds as their snack. Then we got a tour of the garden where we learned about native Hawaiian plants such as ʻilima, koa, naupaka, pōhinahina, ʻōhiʻa lehua, and more! 🤝Our Q3 Policy & Legislation meeting was in person this time! We met at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol, where we hosted Vice Speaker Greggor Ilagan, Senator Hashimoto, and Governor’s Senior Advisor, Blake Oshiro, who all shared their thoughts on the 2024 Legislative Session. 💪Gals with LEI 2024 Global was an event hosted by the East-West Center that celebrated the Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Inspiration of women business and social entrepreneurs in generating jobs and strengthening communities. Hearing these women share their stories was a true inspiration!

💧🌊 🏝️ WATER SECURITY WEBINAR: Join us tomorrow! "Creative and innovative approaches to water security in the Pacific: a symposium across research and practice" Join the East-West Center's Research Speaker Series, featuring Dr. Samantha Kies-Ryan (Director, Earth Water People) tomorrow, WEDNESDAY, 14 AUGUST at 12:00pm (noon) Hawaii Standard time. The need to manage watersheds and water sources sustainably is urgent, as access to clean water now and into the future is a key challenge for Pacific states impacted by climate change. We will need major transformational shifts in the way that we interact with our biosphere, water and oceans in order to provide water access for all. This will be an interactive panel which aims to bring practitioners, researchers and community members together to talk about collaborative ways forward in research and practice towards holistically working towards water security in partnership with communities. Mary Alalo, Water Security Engagement Lead for the Pacific Community-SPC based in Fiji, Pauline Komolong, WASH Technical Adviser at Live and Learn in Vanuatu, @Collin Benjamin, a community-based WASH researcher at the Solomon Islands National University, and Erin Michelle Derrington, the Global Energy and Water Communities of Practice Coordinator with Local2030 Islands Network, who is supporting member-identified resilience-building priorities in islands to achieve holistic adaptation of the built and natural environments in the face of a changing climate. Learn more and register here: https://lnkd.in/g96KQ3Hg #SDG6 #watersecurity #local2030 #communityofpractice #innovation #watermanagement #pacific #watersheds #partnerships #community #islands #islandnetwork #SDGs #water

The OahuMPO invites you to share your input on the Oʻahu Regional Transportation Plan 2050. This is your opportunity to help prioritize goals and objectives that will shape our island's transportation landscape for the next three decades. What changes do you want to see in our transportation system? More bike lanes? Better public transit? Let's plan a future that works for all. Participate in the survey and make your voice heard! 🔗 Take the survey here: https://bit.ly/46ySpzk

Congratulations, Caroline Kleinfox! What a beautiful site to host these stories of action, implementation, and progress. Extra proud to see Hawaii’s young leaders represented here - the future they’re calling us to create together is so bright. Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Green Growth UN Local2030 Hub United Nations Foundation

We are excited to announce Local2030 Islands Network's Erin Derrington will be a speaker at the East-West Center's Speaker Series on August 14, which focuses on water security in the Pacific. Event abstract: The need to manage watersheds and water sources sustainably is urgent, as access to clean water now and into the future is a key challenge for Pacific states impacted by climate change. We will need major transformational shifts in the way that we interact with our biosphere, water and oceans in order to provide water access for all. This will be an interactive panel which aims to bring practitioners, researchers and community members together to talk about collaborative ways forward in research and practice towards holistically working towards water security in partnership with communities. 🔗 Register for this event at https://lnkd.in/g96KQ3Hg

Join an energy listening session on Hawaiʻi Island on July 28, 30, or 31 to share your perspectives on energy needs—including costs, resilience, energy independence, air quality, renewable sources for heating and cooling, and whether geothermal might be right for your community. Hosted by National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Pahoa, Hilo, and Waimea, the goal of the listening sessions is to bring community members interested in energy on the Big Island together and connect communities with informational resources so they can play a role in their energy futures. Register for a listening session or learn more at: https://lnkd.in/gDb2VGEa

Are you interested in implementing a zero waste program in tropical and sub-tropical island communities? Join our panel of experts, including Timonie Hood from the EPA, Robyn Vettraino of VCA Green, and Stephanie Barger from USGBC and founder of the TRUE rating system, to learn more on this FREE webinar hosted by the U.S. Green Building Council Hawai’i and Pacific Region. https://lnkd.in/g6wZVxAh U.S. Green Building Council - U.S. Market Insights