Video: Forest restorationist Jermy Uowolo gives public talk at UH Hilo on climate change resilience
The talk, “Resilience in Climate Challenges,” is part of UH Hilo’s Kuleana and Community Weekly Talk Story gatherings.
By Staff/UH Hilo Stories.
Jermy Uowolo, a graduate student at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo and vice president of Micronesians United—Big Island, gave a public talk March 14 at UH Hilo about Hawaiʻi Island enhancing community resilience using a traditional cultural understanding of canoe plants and trees. Uowolo was recently a high-elevation forest restoration specialist with the Mauna Kea Forest Restoration Project under the Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources and UH Mānoa.
Uowolo received a bachelor of arts in geography in 2008 from UH Hilo; he will graduate with a master of arts in heritage management in May.
The talk, “Resilience in Climate Challenges,” is part of a series of weekly gatherings held each semester at UH Hilo where students, faculty, staff, university retirees, and members of the local community get together in a safe and welcoming environment to share their thoughts around a common topic.
Kuleana and Community Weekly Talk Story
The goal of the series, named “Kuleana and Community Weekly Talk Story: Building Community Through Conversation” and launched in fall of 2024, is to strengthen the university’s connections to the local community through conversation. Talks cover youth-focused government programs, health care, food systems, climate challenges, and more. Following a short talk by a featured guest, attendees break out into discussion groups and then share their manaʻo (thoughts) with everyone.
The talks are held on campus at the Kilohana Student Success Center located in Edwin Mookini Library.
The Kuleana and Community series is sponsored by the UH Hilo Office of the Chancellor, Kīpuka Native Hawaiian Student Center, Kilohana Academic Success Center, Center for Global Education and Exchange, and Assistant Professor of Communication Colby Miyose and Associate Professor of Sociology Alton Okinaka.
Watch more talks from the series.
