Sustainability Partner: June Chee
Sustainability Partner: June Chee Back To Sustainability Cover Image: Hawaiian Electric People Power Volunteer event at Kākoʻo ʻŌiwi. Image: June Chee, Electrification of Transportation – Senior Program Manager. Who are you, how did you get to Hawaiʻi, and what does your organization do? June Chee – Senior Program Manager for Policy and Program Development with […]
Sustainability Partner: Josh Gonzalez (Parley for the Oceans)
Sustainability Partner: Josh Gonzalez (Parley for the Oceans) Back to Sustainability Blogs Cover Image: Josh catching some of the summer south swell in Honolulu. Image: Josh carrying microplastic sand sifters at Wāwāmalu Beach cleanup during World Oceans Week. Who are you, how did you get to Hawaiʻi, and what does your organization do? My name […]
Sustainability Champion: Molly Hagemann
Sustainability Champion: Molly Hagemann Back to Sustainability Blogs Cover Image: Molly in the Vertebrate Zoology Collection room. Image: Molly and Penny on the Makapuʻu Lighthouse trail. Who are you, what do you do at Bishop Museum, and how did you get here? My name is Molly Hagemann, and I’m the Vertebrate Zoology Collection Manager at […]
Sustainability Champion: M. Wilson
Sustainability Champion: Michael Wilson Back to Sustainability Blogs Cover Image: Michael sailing on the Hikianalia with the Polynesian Voyaging Society in Lalo (The French Frigate Shoals). Image: Michael testing the Photo Op during installation of Expedition Dinosaur: Rise of the Mammals. October 2021 Who are you, what do you do at Bishop Museum, and how […]
Food Resiliency in Hawaiʻi
Food Resiliency in Hawaiʻi Back to Sustainability Blogs Cover Image: Clyde Imada, botany research specialist, teaching Bishop Museum docents about Native Hawaiian Plants. Food Resiliency Did you know that 85-90% of food in Hawaiʻi is imported? Hawaiʻi is one of the most geographically isolated island chains in the world, nearly 2,500 miles from the nearest […]
Sustainability Champion: Teora Morris
Sustainability Champion: Teora Morris Back to Sustainability Blogs Cover Image: Teora in the press department with donated packaging for press parcels. Image: Teora with her dog at the park. Who are you, what do you do at Bishop Museum, and how did you get here? My name is Teora Morris. I have been working at […]
Sustainability Champion: Andy Huang
Sustainability Champion: Andy Huang Back to Sustainability Blogs Cover Image: Andy in one of the digital worlds he built. Image: Andy in the Bishop Museum Malacology Department, caring for endangered Hawaiian land snails. 1. Who are you, what do you do at Bishop Museum, and how did you get here? Aloha kākou, Andy here! I’m […]
Sustainability Champion: Chris Hobbs
Sustainability Champion: Chris Hobbs Back to Sustainability Blogs Cover Image: Beach Cleanup- Chris helping out at Surfrider Oahu park cleanup at Ala Moana Beach Park, Honolulu. Image: Chris rock climbing. Who are you, what do you do at Bishop Museum, and how did you get here? My name is Christopher Hobbs and I’m the Curator […]
Change Happens Best, When It First Happens Within
Change Happens Best, When It First Happens Within By Amber Jacroux Bixel, Director of Sales & Events Home Page An expression from ʻŌlelo Noʻeau: Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings states, “He aliʻi ka ʻāina; he kauā ke kanaka — The land is chief; man is its servant.” This can be interpreted as, “land has no need for man, but man needs the land and works it for a livelihood” and as such, it […]
