Masters Student at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Natural Resources & Environmental Management.
Lover of animals, wildlife warrior, and conservation enthusiast
While Hawai'i is the first state to set a goal to reach a 100% #RenewablePortfolioStandard (#RPS) by 2045, there is still a lot of work to be done. Senator Dela Cruz discusses in #NREMseminar future sources and strategies for expansion.
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Hawaiʻi State Senator @DonovanDelaCruz gave a helpful presentation on the nuances of our #RenewablePortfolioStandards and the challenges that we face, including variable vs. firm energy sources at #NREMseminar https://t.co/1jjtDQlhiQ
“Public service is the rent we pay for being here on earth" Senator Donovan Dela Cruz encourages people with #environmental backgrounds to get involved in their communities and #legislatures to push for more effective environmental actions. #NREMseminar
Senator Donovan Dela Cruz reminds us that having #reliable and #sustainable#energy sources for Hawai'i is essential for a successful energy plan to reduce fossil fuel usage and begin reversing climate change. #NREMseminar
Organizing a #sustainable, reliable, and resilient energy plan for clean renewable #energy sources for Hawaii is needed to reverse climate change and wean off #fossilfuels by 2045.
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Dr. Niemiec and Mrs. Brewer discuss how fighting #InvasiveSpecies can be implemented by addressing #Humanbehavior in the community via social marketing and behavioral incentives #NREMseminar
Dr. Rebecca Niemiec and Franny Brewer emphasized the urgency of addressing #invasivespecies issues in Hawaiʻi such as #littlefireants through people-behavior-centered interventions at #NREMseminar https://t.co/tZv8CTTdsQ
What factors influence #conservation#decisionmaking, and how can behaviors be incentivized? Dr. Rebecca Niemiec & Franny Brewer discuss how community based social marketing can achieve behavioral changes within the environment.
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Knowledge alone is not enough to battle #InvasiveSpecies. #Humanbehavior in a community must be identified to effectively eradicate species. Dr. Niemiec and Mrs. Brewer discuss the steps to a community based conservation. #NREMseminar https://t.co/1FQCWVvECk
How do we change our ways to be more environmentally conscious and address issues in our everyday lives pertaining to our environments? Dr. Niemiec and Franny Brewer are looking to answer that question by connecting #behavioralscience with #conservation. #NREMseminar
Dr. Niemiec and Mrs. Brewer discuss how fighting #InvasiveSpecies can be implemented by addressing #Humanbehavior in the community via social marketing and behavioral incentives #NREMseminar
https://t.co/epksbAp9zv
Following other co-managed Indigenous spaces, Kalani Quiocho looks to integrate Native Hawaiian #values into the co-management of #Papahānaumokuākea, through understanding Native Hawaiian peoples' thoughts and connection to the place. #NREMseminar https://t.co/sF0WYKmQ4L
Kalani Quiocho uses #Autoethnography to analyze cultural personal experiences of Native Hawaiians. This method can transform our management collaboration with #indigenouspeople. Mai Ka Pō Mai document is a great example of this approach. #NREMseminar https://t.co/0yFaNGbz2i
"We could be protecting the last place that #coral will be alive in the Pacific."
Kalani Quiocho's #autoethnography research explores how Native Hawaiian values guide co-management of #Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
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https://t.co/5KNBo5io5k
Kalani Quiocho’s #authoethnography shows how native methodologies, values, and collaborative management among agencies and native Hawaiian communities can protect #Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
#NREMseminar https://t.co/aaZWieXufG
Dr. Jonathan Fisk @FeelingFisky successfully defended his doctoral dissertation at #NREMseminar today. Dr. Fisk defended about reconstruction of #Taíno ecology & linguistics to #decolonize both people and environment. Learn more:https://t.co/akCFJtIkjg
In 2018, 4,645 people perished in PR due to catastrophic Hurricane Maria. PhD candidate, @FeelingFisky, discusses how future tragedies can be prevented & how #decolonial & #just futures can be achieved amongst Native populations.
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Learn more: https://t.co/kY7fp3g5g0
Jonathan Fisk @FeelingFisky gave an incredible, moving dissertation defense at #NREMseminar, weaving together visions of Taíno ecology, intimacy, and sovereignty, building upon their personal journey as a diasporic Taíno scholar #landback https://t.co/mR0RCtK349
Incredible #dissertationdefense by @FeelingFisky !! Taíno pre-colonization culture informing #NREM strategies to improve food insecurity and environmental issues in Puerto Rico is another example of how #indigenous knowledge is helping modern resource conservation. #NREMseminar
Dr. Jonathan Fisk @FeelingFisky#NREMseminar dissertation defense dove into #Taino ecolinguistic ontologies, worldviews between language & environment, how pre-colonial #indigenous knowledge guides us to food & material sovereignty in Puerto Rico.#landback
https://t.co/HOVvgY9lgK