Ryan McClymont (USGS Communications Specialist) and Jamie Kawai, documented the 2016 Climate Change Boot Camp and performed in-depth interviews with attendees and planners during the experience.
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Manager Climate Corps
UH Hilo Stories, a publication of the UH Hilo Office of the Chancellor, highlighted PI-CASC projects in a five-part series on climate change research at UH Hilo.
On May 9-11, MCC presented at the 2017 Annual National Adaptation Forum within a climate adaptation education session.
The Hawaiʻi Tribune Herald highlights 2017 senate climate change bill and how it relates to the MCC research team led by Steve Colbert, Jason Adolf, Cherie Kauahi, and Kamala Anthony.
On April 18-21, MCC participated in the 2017 University of Guam Island Sustainability Conference where graduate students presented their manager-driven research and MCC held a climate breakout session where the immersion camp film screened.
On November 2nd and 3rd, MCC developed and led two knowledge coproduction training sessions at the National Climate Science Center Student and Early Career Training hosted by the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
PI: Steven Colbert, Assistant Professor of Marine Science, UH Hilo
MCC Graduate Scholar: Cherie Kauahi, Tropical Conservation Biology & Environmental Science, UH Hilo
Co-I: Noelani Punawai, Assistant Professor, Kamakakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, UH Hilo
Funded: FY2016
PI: Steven Colbert, Associate Professor of Marine Science, UH Hilo
MCC Graduate Scholar: Kamala Anthony, Tropical Conservation Biology & Environmental Science, UH Hilo
Co-I: Noelani Punawai, Assistant Professor, Kamakakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, UH Hilo
Funded: FY2016
In August of 2016, the PI-CASC Climate Change Boot Camp utilized a wide variety of in-person experiences and multiple ways of knowing to expand local professional networks, while improving our understanding of the worldviews of others.
PI: Rebecca Ostertag, Professor of Biology, UH Hilo
MCC Graduate Scholar: Joanna Norton, Tropical Conservation Biology & Environmental Science, UH Hilo
Collaborators: Bruce Mathews, Professor of Soil Science, UH Hilo; Flint Hughes, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, US Forest Service
Funded: FY2016