Dr. Art Whatley, MA/GLSD Program Chair - Hawaii Pacific University

SOS Issue 4 Fall 2011 1 

I N SIDE SOS 

Letter from the 

program chair 

Letter from the 

editor; Spotlight on 

Alumna Mondy 

Jamshidi (p. 2) 

Spotlight on 

Campus: 

Sustainability 

Coordinator Josh 

Prigge and HPU’s 

redefinition of 

waste (p. 3) 

Spotlight on 

Faculty: Incoming 

professor Dr. Leah 

Horowitz and 

adjunct instructor 

Bill Waring (p. 4) 

Spotlight on 

Students: 

Charlene Felkley 

and Rob Kinslow 

(p. 5) 

Spotlight on 

Hawai’i: Richard 

Heinberg educates 

HPU community on 

peak oil (p. 6) 

Photo page (p. 8) 

Leaders for a 

Sustainable Future 

club at HPU (p. 9) 

Mahalos (p. 9) 

S p o t l i gh t o n S u s t a i n a b i l i t y 

A N ew s l et t er f o r t h e M A in Gl ob al 

L e ad e r s h ip an d S u s t a in ab le 

D ev e l op m en t p r o gr am , C o l le g e of 

H u m an it i es an d S oc ia l S c ien c es , 

H aw ai ` i P ac if ic U n iv e r s it y 

Dr. Art Whatley, MA/GLSD Program Chair 

Aloha to all students, alumni, and 

friends of the Master of Arts in Global 

Leadership and Sustainable Development 

program, and to everyone in the HPU 

community who support sustainability 

initiatives everywhere: 

I’m pleased to share with you this fourth 

edition of the Spotlight on Sustainability, the 

newsletter for the MA/Global Leadership and 

Sustainable Development program at Hawai‘i 

Pacific University. 21 new students joined the 

program this fall along with a new full-time 

GLSD faculty person, Dr. Leah Horowitz. 

Dr. Horowitz has a doctorate in cultural 

geography and has a long track record of 

extensive research on the mining industry and 

its social and environmental impacts in New 

Caledonia. She is teaching the Environmental 

History and Professional Paper courses this 

year. We are delighted to have someone with 

her experience and education to join us. 

A new sustainability internship course, 

GLSD 6950-Practicum, was offered for the 

first time this fall. It is being taught by an avid 

supporter of HPU and the GLSD program, 

Bill Waring. Bill has a MA in GLSD, a LEED 

certification, and 30 years of business 

experience in the Honolulu community— 

credentials he puts to good use arranging and 

overseeing a variety of sustainability 

internships. Eight GLSD students are on 

internships this semester. With greater 

frequency, internships are converted into fulltime 

positions for the interns upon graduation. 

We are delighted that HPU now has a full- 

time Campus Sustainability Coordinator, Josh 

Prigge. Josh is a recent graduate of the MA/ 

GLSD program and a recent recipient of a 

LEED certification. He is charged with 

managing and initiating sustainability initiatives 

on both campuses and, most importantly, with 

making sustainability policy and strategy 

recommendations to President Bannister’s 

office. A Steering Committee of faculty, 

administrators, and students has been created 

to advise and assist Josh in this capacity. 

And finally, you will be pleased to know 

that HPU is now a member of the Association 

for the Advancement of Sustainability in 

Higher Education (AASHE). AASHE’s 

mission is to empower its higher education 

members to lead the sustainability 

transformation that is taking place on 

university campuses around the world. 

Membership gives the HPU community access 

to resources and a network of support for 

advancing campus sustainability in everything 

we do, from campus facilities and energy 

consumption to the curriculum. This bold step 

toward campus sustainability was supported by 

HPU administration and the foresight of Vice 

President for Academic Affairs John Kearns. 

I welcome your thoughts and suggestions 

about the program, and I relish staying in 

touch with the growing GLSD community and 

look forward to our next contact. 

Mahalo, and keep in touch. 

Professor Art Whatley 

MA/GLSD Program Chair 

AASHE’s mission is to 

empower higher education 

to lead the sustainability 

transformation by 

providing resources, 

professional development, and a network of support to enable institutions of higher education 

to model and advance sustainability in everything they do, from governance and operations 

to education and research.


Letter from the editor, Sara Cobble 

Mondenna ‘Mondy’ Jamshidi began her 

study in the Masters of Arts in Global 

Leadership and Sustainable Development 

at HPU in 2009. She provided leadership 

and capacity building during her time as 

Treasurer of the GREEN Club at HPU 

(now called Leaders for a Sustainable Future) 

and PeaceJam Hawai‘i, a global responsibility-centered 

service learning program. 

She now champions green jobs at 

Kupu Hawaii, a non-profit that provides 

paid internships in environmental conservation 

and sustainability in her role as the 

Urban Corps VISTA. 

During her studies, Mondy became the 

first HPU RISE intern. She sought out the 

experience after becoming inspired in 2008 

at the Green for All: Dream Reborn Conference 

held in Memphis, Tenn. in honor 

of Dr. Martin Luther King. The conference 

was held to promote what would become 

known as “green collar jobs”; a concept of 

“an inclusive green economy strong enough 

to lift people out of poverty” 

(www.greenforall.org). From then on, 

she wanted to get her hands on the skills it 

took for sustainability. 

In an effort that predates the 2011 Universities 

for Sustainability conference at 

HPU, she had sought partnership University 

of Hawaii, Manoa and attended their 

Aloha GLSD ‘ohana, 

Even after a year in the GLSD program, I am still in awe of everything this experience has 

given me: the opportunity to live in a cosmopolitan city nestled in some of the most beautiful 

wilderness on Earth, learn and fight for issues I deeply care about, and complete a lifechanging 

journey alongside a driven and diverse group of students, faculty, and community 

members and leaders from all over the country and world. I am continuously inspired by the 

events that are taking shape on HPU’s campus and in the state of Hawai‘i, and the GLSD 

program is giving students the chance to participate in both. The networking and work opportunities 

in the state for students in this program continue to blossom, and I am heartened 

by the increase in green jobs and internships our graduates are seizing. There are so many 

stories taking shape on this island and by this program’s alumni who are going on to make a 

difference in the world. In this issue, you will read about a few of them: recent alumni Mondy 

Jamshidi and Bill Waring, who are using their knowledge and experience they gained in the 

program to educate others, as well as current students Charlene Felkley and Rob Kinslow 

who are active in educating people in the Pacific region about the effects of climate change. I 

encourage you to share your stories and your accomplishments with SOS and the GLSD 

community. Thank you for hard work and for doing your part to push this program and 

movement forward, and I hope to hear from you soon. Mahalo! 

Spotlight on Alumni 

green club called Sustainable UH. 

“There is no ‘one-brand’ of sustainability,” 

Mondy says. “I just wanted to learn 

everything there is, specifically how to 

make green jobs accessible to all people”. 

Mondy was also committed to policy 

implementation in her internship with 

the Department of Business, Economic 

Development and Tourism (DBEDT), 

where she worked in the Energy Efficiency 

Branch with fellow MA/GLSD 

grad Jon Chin and eventually Christopher 

Chang-Lo, Brian Wilson and Chris 

Barzman. Her favorite part was helping 

to do building auditing. She then applied 

to become part what would be known as 

the RISE UH team. 

As a RISE UH intern passionate about 

sustainability education, Mondy enjoyed 

performing the sustainability audits of 

Kalani High School but was the most pas- 

Mondy Jamshidi 

sionate about teaching others how to do audits, a skill which she employs in her 

current position. “There is a true difference between ‘sustainability’ and ‘green,’ 

and I now have the challenge of teaching this with under-resourced youth who 

we’re trying to equip to be ready for Hawaii’s green jobs,” she says. 

Mondy aims to carry out her experience in the MA/GLSD program in 

building Kupu’s HYCC-Urban Corps program, and she is grateful to Dr. Art 

Whatley, the faculty and mentorship community she found in program. “Hands 

-on applied knowledge from experiential learning is the key to a sustainable future, 

at least for my kids,” she said.


In the past several months, many 

changes have taken place on the 

downtown and Hawai’i Loa campuses. 

Department relocations, new 

classrooms, new offices, and residence 

hall renovations have given HPU a bit 

of a facelift. New 

technology and 

furniture in 

classrooms and 

student lounges will 

enhance the learning 

experience of HPU 

students. New office 

furniture for faculty 

and staff has been 

added, as well as new 

furniture in the 

residence halls for the 

many HPU students 

who call the Hawai’i Loa 

Campus “home.” With all of this new 

furniture, equipment, and technology 

comes the question: What to do with 

the discarded items once HPU no 

longer needs them 

Previously, these items may have 

been collected by a disposal company 

at a high cost and taken to a local 

landfill to be buried. However, now at 

HPU we are re-shaping the way we 

think about waste. “Reduce-reuserecycle” 

is a cornerstone of 

sustainability, and this idea was kept in 

mind during the entire HPU 

renovation project over the past several 

months. We reached out to numerous 

non-profits, schools, churches, 

hospitals and clinics to offer all of our 

discarded furniture items to those who 

could put them to good use and keep 

them out of the landfills. Thinking 

wisely about the way we use our 

resources, and what we do with them 

when we are finished, has become of 

important at HPU and around the 

world, as global issues such as 

overpopulation, natural resource 

depletion, environmental degradation, 

Spotlight on Campus 

Re-shaping the way we think about waste 

by Josh Prigge, 

HPU Sustainability Coordinator 

and global climate change have become 

of more concern to us all. 

Local green building firm 

Sustainable Strategies, LLC functioned 

as the project manager for the 

renovation of eight hightechnology 

classrooms, 

the new student gathering 

area Sharky's Cove and 

the new Business and 

Counseling offices. Bill 

Waring, president/owner 

of Sustainable Strategies 

and part-time HPU 

faculty, mentioned that 

his goal was to “raise the 

sustainability bar for 

HPU with our green 

building strategies.” Bill 

explained that “when Dr. 

Kearns added Sustainable Strategies to 

the project team, we accepted the 

challenge of running every decision 

through the sustainability lens before 

finalizing any plans.” 

Another big help in keeping 

sustainability integrated throughout 

these renovations was HPU’s Facilities 

Coordinator Rap Craig. Rap worked 

alongside the Sustainability Coordinator 

to assure these projects contributed as 

little waste as possible. Rap also worked 

with Bill Waring in the renovation 

process, and was “integral to the success 

and the change of mindset,” Bill said. 

In addition bringing HPU’s 

Sustainability Coordinator on board to 

coordinate the reuse of all discarded 

furniture items, Bill also implemented a 

number of other sustainable strategies in 

these renovations, including meeting or 

exceeding the U.S. Green Building 

Council Leadership in Energy and 

Environmental Design Waste (LEED) 

standards for volatile organic 

compounds in all paints and most 

adhesives, using Energy Star-rated 

electronics wherever possible, assessing 

recycled content of all (continued on pg. 7) 

Items from downtown 

and Hawai‘i Loa cam- 

puses that have been 

salvaged and reused 

since June 2011: 

205 mattresses 

200 hall desk chairs 

175 wood bed frames 

87 classroom desks 

45 office chairs 

30 metal bed frames 

30 box springs 

29 file cabinets 

22 computer tables 

17 office desks 

15 nightstands 

10 dressers 

10 office partitions 

hospital beds


Dr. Leah Horowitz 

by Laura Pirkle 

The HPU community would 

like to extend a warm e komo mai 

to the newest member of the 

GLSD faculty, Dr. Leah 

Horowitz. Dr. Horowitz relocated to Hawai‘i this past summer with her family and is currently 

teaching three courses in the GLSD program: Research Methods, Environmental History of the 

Modern World and the 7100 Capstone course. Dr. Horowitz obtained her undergraduate degree from 

Amherst College in 1994, earning an interdisciplinary degree in Conservation and Development in the 

Third World. She earned her M.A. Phil in Environment and Development (Geography) from the 

University of Cambridge in 1996, and then completed her Ph.D. in Cultural Geography (Resources, Environment and 

Society) in 2003 at Australian National University. 

Dr. Horowitz has an extensive professional background in the sustainability field. Her experience includes working 

for the WWF, Conservation International in Washington D.C., and as Melbourne project officer for a mining certification 

evaluation program. Dr. Horowitz’s geographical area of research has predominantly been in New Caledonia, where she 

worked as a mining consultant, and then returned conduct her doctoral field work. 

New Caledonia, a part of the geographical region known as Melanesia, is administratively part of France and 

approximately 930 miles east of Australia. Nickel mining makes up a large part of the New Caledonian economy and is one 

of the most predominant forms of environmental degradation in the region. (continued on page 7) 

Bill Waring 

by Sara Cobble 

As an MA/GLSD graduate, 

LEED associate, and owner of 

the consulting and project 

management firm Sustainable 

Strategies, LLC, Bill Waring 

knows a thing or two about 

sustainability. He is now sharing 

his wealth of experience 

and skills as an adjunct professor 

teaching the newest addition 

to the MA/GLSD curriculum, 

the 6950 Practicum 

course. The course provides an 

opportunity for students with 

jobs and internships in the sustainability 

field to help develop their skills and align their 

work in the classroom with their professional experiences. 

“The goal is to give people some hands-on, skills-based 

training that's a part of their degree,” Waring said. 

For the first time, the practicum is being offered as an inclass 

course, rather than an independent study. Waring’s 

professional paper for his master's degree, which he cowrote 

with HPU Sustainability Coordinator and MA/GLSD 

graduate Josh Prigge, was an attempt to address the 

strengths of the GLSD program and opportunities it could 

benefit from. Their research revealed that students were 

seeking "more practical learning experience to go along with 

Spotlight on Faculty 

the great theoretical stuff we were already doing, 

The class is ideal for third-semester students who are beginning 

to work on their professional papers, as the practicum 

course gives students a chance to align their work with 

their theses. There are many ways a student can qualify for 

the course: he or she can be working as a volunteer, paid 

intern, full-time employee or working on a specific research 

project. The course can be taken for anywhere from 1 to 4 

credits, depending on the depth of the student's project and 

the deliverables he or she wants to produce. In the seminarstyle 

class, students discuss current sustainability issues and 

events and what is going in their respective work environments. 

This collaboration is beneficial to help students work 

through issues, as very few problems they encounter are 

unique,” Waring said. 

As a 30-year veteran of the retail industry who focused 

primarily on building, Waring learned that conserving resources 

and incorporating sustainable practices are a winwin 

situation in the business world because they produce 

desirable environmental and economic outcomes. His desire 

to teach came about four years ago, and he decided to answer 

his calling and move from the corporate world to the 

classroom. Upon finishing his MA/GLSD degree in spring 

2011, he began working with (please see Waring, continued 

on page 7) architectural firms on green building. He 

then created his own firm, Sustainable Strategies, LLC, 

which primarily focuses on green building projects and the 

project management and building of facilities. His firm was 

an asset to the downtown HPU campus renovations, and 

thanks to his efforts and a supportive administration, many


The GLSD program has a unique 

student body with diverse backgrounds 

and experiences. It was my pleasure to 

sit down with second-year student 

Charlene Felkley and discuss her 

position as a PEAC outreach and 

education officer and her recent 26-day 

tour of eight Pacific Islands, where she 

provided education and outreach about 

global warming and weather-related 

disasters and conditions. 

Charlene earned her B.S. in Natural 

Resource Management and Wildlife 

Management from Ohio State 

University. She moved to Hawaii in 

2008, joined the GLSD program and 

began working for the National and 

Oceanic Atmospheric Administration 

(NOAA), one of the seven uniformed 

branches of the U.S. military. 

NOAA provides weather 

forecasting, storm warnings, buoy 

service, coastal restoration, fisheries 

management and a platform for 

scientists to further their research and 

work initiatives. Charlene’s work 

primarily focuses on educating and 

people and communities on the effects 

of climate change, such as the ENSO 

Rob Kinslow 

Rob Kinslow and Nastassja Noell interview Stephen 

Asamoah Duah head of the Ghanaian Forestry commis- 

sion at the residence of the Ofinso Ashanti region chief 

in Kumasi, Ghana. They documented the ELEEP experi- 

ence using Flip cameras and audio recording equipment 

to help University of Duquesne promote the benefits 

of cross-cultural exchanges and international sustaina- 

bility-focused internships. 


Spotlight on Students 

Charlene Felkley 


(El Niño Southern Oscillation) cycle 

and other weather-related services and 

forecasts for all U.S.-affiliated Pacific 

islands, including Hawai‘i. 

NOAA holds monthly conference 

calls with these island nations on the 

second week of each month. These calls 

cover a great deal of material and are 

critical for NOAA’s continued guidance 

and education to these regions. Topics 

of the conference calls include the 

rainfall percentage, sea level rise, disaster 

forecasting such as typhoons and 

currents and drought conditions, and 

preparedness updates by the individual 

islands. This type of ongoing 

correspondence enables Charlene and 

NOAA to better prepare, educate and 

monitor conditions in each of these 

regions and offer appropriate support 

and educational materials. 

Charlene’s recent tour, which 

included stops on Guam, Palou, and the 

islands of Micronesia, allowed her to 

reach out to island nations and offer 

education and support materials on 

climate change, the ENSO cycle and 

other Pacific Island-specific needs and 

concerns. 

She discussed the constant “pull and 

push” of each nation regarding outreach 

and support. Most of these nations want 

to maintain seclusion, yet need and 

appreciate the offered services. These 

island nations have distinct local 

cultures and are much more vulnerable 

to climate change and the effects of 

natural disasters; therefore the type of 

guidance is carefully chosen to ensure 

reciprocity, understanding, and respect 

for local cultures and lifestyles. 

Many GLSD students have seen Rob Kinslow's friendly face around campus, 

collaborated with him on local community service projects, or sat in on one of his 

collaborative meetings on innovative projects for community development. Rob’s 

service to the community started as a child. The eldest of 11, Rob grew up on a 

farm where he assumed many responsibilities and learned a great deal about community 

in service to the greater good. He then took a degree in aerospace engineering, 

eventually working for the military-industrial complex in California. As 

ethical concerns about his chosen profession arose, he made a complete lifestyle 

change and took a hiatus to travel the world to reevaluate his personal and professional 

goals. His view of a sustainable future began to take shape and he felt the 

need to pursue a lifestyle that took into consideration the elements of a healthy 

community and Earth. 

Once he returned to California he began the process of founding a land trust 

in Los Angeles. Rob and three other people saw the open space in the middle of 

industrial Los Angeles as a unique opportunity to build a large nature park. The 

land had previously been granted to Howard Hughes by the U.S. government to 

build his missile factory, and the city and county of Los Angeles were quickly moving 

forward planning millions of square feet of office spaces, businesses and attractions. 

Using a multi-faceted approach involving community groups, businesses, 

artists and politicians with a legal, political and moral strategy, they eventually built 

a coalition of 110 groups representing two million people and convinced the state 

of California to issue a 20 million dollar bond to purchase 640 acres of land. There


Kinslow (continued from pg. 4) are at least 9 endangered species in this wetland. Rob then moved to Hawaii in 1999 and 

began what became over a decade of volunteering with community groups, consisting of about 1,000 hours a year. He joined 

the GLSD program in fall of 2010 to become a more effective community educator and began reaching out to students to 

help them find their place in community service. 

Recently he participated in the Hawaii Emerging Leaders Program (HELP), a student conference simulating the Asia 

Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in November 2011. Sponsored by the Pacific Forum, the objective of HELP was to 

develop a public policy agenda grounded in emerging students’ perspectives regarding how climate change will affect each 

country’s economy. To understand the issues relating to their member economy, participants acquired an understanding of 

the foreign policies of member countries. The focus was a results-based approach to climate change problems. A successful 

outcome was defined as one in which a framework for achieving a well-defined strategy could be agreed upon by all member 

economies. 

The HELP simulation consisted of 37 students grouped into five countries: China, the United States, Canada, Peru and 

Vietnam. Brenda Suazo, the team leader for Peru and five other students, Genevieve Bourgeois, Marcela Gill, Kate Burns, 

Alix Reichert, and Therese Oriola, researched, wrote, developed presentation materials and supported the negotiations of the 

Peru team. Over the course of four weeks, they collaborated to create policy resolutions in a written and visual form for Peru. 

All of the five teams then presented the results of their research to the Pacific Forum staff on November 4 at the Hawaii 

State capitol. Team leaders negotiated at the simulation and the individual resolutions were voted. Team Peru developed 

three resolutions, with mining as their primary focus. Due to the extremely detrimental effects mining has on a multitude of 

natural and societal resources, sustainable solutions are essential. The second area of resolution was a reduction in tariffs on 

“green” products such as solar panels, and the third resolution being a zero waste policy by 2025. 

“In the GLSD program we are constantly reminded of the enormous positive potentials of choosing sustainable solutions,” 

Rob said. "We should consider the alternatives to not adopting sustainable solutions to address industrial pollution. 

There are no limits to sustainable development- there are clear limits to growth and business as usual.” These experiences 

have enabled Rob to gain a new perspective of what sustainable development is in the context of policy and legislative reform. 

He thanks all of Team Peru for their leadership, collaborative spirits and the opportunity to work with such creative 

people. From the traffic closures to the hustle and bustle in Honolulu, APEC left a lasting impression on most of us. However, 

sharing these experiences allows us to be mindful of a different approach to APEC: initiatives that may possibly be a part 

of the near future. 

On life in a post-carbon future: 

Richard Heinberg at HPU 

by Sara Cobble 

Photo by Amy Schwab 

Dr. Art Whatley shakes hands with Richard Heinberg 

on the Hawai’i Loa lanai on 9 November 2011. 

Spotlight on Hawai`i 

One of the world's leading peak oil educators, Richard Heinberg, appeared at 

HPU Nov. 9 to present “The New Economy and Sustainability in Higher Education.” 

After speaking at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Heinberg 

visited the Hawai’i Loa campus lanai to discuss peak oil, the new economy, 

and the purpose of higher education in a world beyond carbon with HPU students, 

staff and the community. 

Peak oil refers to the height of global oil production followed by an irreversible, 

long-term decline. It does not mean that oil has run out, but that it will be more 

expensive and energy-intensive to extract, which could present problems for a 

modern society based on the availability of cheap fossil fuels for transportation, 

food production and the manufacturing of plastics, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals 

and more. Heinberg is recognized for his discourse on the necessity of moving 

beyond fossil fuels and the potential for a new sustainable economy that is based 

on human happiness and the health of the biosphere rather than on infinite 

growth and consumption. He has written and edited numerous essays, articles 

and books on these subjects, including "The End of Growth" (2011), "The Post 

Carbon Reader" (2010), and "The Party's Over: Oil, War & the Fate of Industrial 

Societies" (2003). He has spoken all over the United States and in dozens of 

countries and has appeared in the documentary films “The End of Suburbia” and 

“The 11th Hour” starring Leonardo DiCaprio." Heinberg received the M. King 

Hubbert Award for Excellence in Energy Education and the Youtube


Heinberg (continued from pg. 6) “DoGooder Video of the 

Year” Award for his animation "300 Years of Fossil Fuels in 300 

Minutes.” Heinberg is also the Senior Fellow-in-Residence at the Post- 

Carbon Institute, an organization founded in 2003 and dedicated to leading 

“the transition to a more resilient, equitable and sustainable world,” 

according to its website. 

HPU Sustainability Coordinator Josh Prigge said Heinberg's work is 

educational, eye-opening, and “beneficial for anyone interested in sustainability, 

climate change and energy issues, and even more beneficial for 

those who are not as informed on these topics.” 

“I read Richard’s book ‘The Party’s Over’ before I began the GLSD 

program here at HPU, and it remains one of the most interesting and eye- 

Photo by Amy Schwab 

opening books I have ever read,” Prigge said. 

Richard Heinberg speaks with MA/GLSD student Danielle Lien 

“Richard Heinberg's The End of Growth, and his other writing as well, 

galvanize our attention to the specter of economic decline. He shakes our deep faith in the notion of ever lasting economic 

growth; yet he let us down softly, pointing to green technologies and ways to structure post-growth economies.,” said Dr. 

Art Whatley, program chair of the GLSD program. Heinberg helps us confront our addictions to growth and to chart a path 

to a steady-state world.” A video of the presentation can be viewed on the HPU GLSD program webpage. 

(continued from page 3) new 

furniture, energy efficient 

lighting and motion sensors, 

and using Interface carpet 

in the two new classrooms 

in the Frear Center. 

Interface carpet tiles are 

the sustainable alternative to 

traditional carpet, and are 

made from 100 percent 

recycled material. As Bill 

explains, Interface is “the 

industry leader in 

developing sustainably 

produced carpet, and 

revolutionized the industry 

by establishing the first 

cradle-to-cradle, no-waste 

manufacturing process.” 

Some people assume 

that sustainability refers 

only to environmental 

issues, but being sustainable 

means considering 

environmental, social, and 

economic factors with all of 

our actions. Sustainable 

development meets the 

needs of the current 

generation without 

compromising future 

generations ability to meet 

their own needs, while 

contributing to the longterm 

environmental, social, 

and economic health of 

society. 

Without a doubt, our 

actions at HPU over the past 

several months have 

benefited our environment, 

our community and our 

economy. We have 

contributed to the protection 

of our natural environment 

by keeping items out of the 

landfills, and we have 

prevented the need to 

extract more natural 

resources for the production 

of more goods. We have 

contributed to the good of 

the community by providing 

free furniture for many 

organizations in need, who 

will in turn be more effective 

in their service to the 

community. We have also 

helped many organizations 

save money on buying new 

furniture, while saving 

money ourselves on waste 

pick-up and disposal fees. 

Horowitz (continued from pg. 4) 

Dr. Horowitz has focused 

on the many effects of 

mining in New Caledonia 

and is still concentrating on 

this region in her current 

research. She has always had 

a strong affinity for nature, 

ecology and the 

environment, and 

acknowledges the emotional 

and intellectual importance in 

developing respect and 

understanding of the earth 

and its resources. Her 

professional experiences 

have molded that into a 

working passion for the field 

of sustainability. As a 

professor, she aims to 

prepare students to become 

better citizens of the world 

through skill building and 

information gaining. She 

helps students think more 

critically, build better 

arguments, and enable them 

to make more informed 

decisions in life, both 

personally and professionally. 

Her advice to students is to 

consider options carefully, 

and not be afraid to try 

different career paths in their 

lives. Welcome to HPU, Dr. 

Horowitz! Aloha. 

Waring (continued from pg. 4) 

green strategies that had never 

been used at HPU before 

were incorporated into the 

process. Waring also played a 

central role in the hiring of 

RISE (Rewarding Intern- 

ships for Sustainable Employment) 

interns at the Department 

of Business, Economic 

Development and Tourism 

(DBEDT) to work on energy 

and waste issues. He partnered 

with Gail Suzuki-Jones and 

MA/GLSD alumni Jon Chin in 

DBEDT's Energy Efficiency 

branch, and they secured an 

EPA grant that enabled them 

to hire seven interns, including 

a few MA/GLSD students. 

Answering the call to teach 

was a happy move for Waring: 

he said his new role as a professor 

is a “labor of love” that is 

immensely rewarding. 

“I know the potential of the 

students in our program. I 

know the passion of the students 

in our program,” he said. 

“To be able to find ways to give 

them skills to get out there and 

make some changes in the 

world, and hopefully get 

hooked up with the right people, 

it's really important. 

Waring is proud to hear that 

students are applying their theoretical 

classroom knowledge in 

the real world and turning their 

unpaid internships into fulltime 

jobs. “That's about the 

best news I can get,” he said.


Fall 2011 was a busy and productive 

semester for GLSD 

students, who were involved in 

new campus and community 

events and began new traditions 

for the program. September 29 

marked the inaugural Student 

and Faculty Welcome Event, a 

meet-and-greet held in the 

Warmer Auditorium on the 

downtown campus, where returning 

students and faculty 

welcomed incoming students 

and Dr. Leah Horowitz to the 

GLSD ‘ohana. GLSD students 

dedicated their time to campus 

and community service projects. 

They participated in beach 

clean-ups and rallies for bicyclefriendly 

streets in Waikiki, 

brought sustainability leaders to 

speak on campus, maintained 

the campus recycling program, 

completed energy audits, took 

on green internships and jobs, 

and spread awareness about 

sustainability issues wherever 

possible. 

Lee Howery and Linh Do work 

the LSF table at Club Carnival on 

the downtown campus. 

A bicycle is on display at Moving Planet 

Waikiki. Students and community members 

marched in the Aloha Festival Floral Parade 

to demand safer streets for bicycling. 

Spotlight in Photos 

Members of the Leaders for a Sustainable Future 

club show off the trash they collected during a 

beach clean-up at Fort DeRussy in October 2011. 

Above: GLSD faculty Dr. Art Whatley and Dr. 

Regina Ostergaard-Klem welcome new professor 

Dr. Leah Horowitz at the GLSD Student 

and Faculty Welcome Event on Sept. 29, 2011. 

GLSD students and alumni get their hands dirty 

while volunteering for the 4th Annual Martin 

Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. 

GLSD students Brenda Suazo and Genevieve 

Bourgeois are all smiles at the GLSD Student 

and Faculty Welcome Event. 

LSF president Linh Do greets attendees 

at the first annual Student and 

Faculty Welcome Event, held Sept. 29 

in the Warmer Auditorium. 

GLSD second-year students Dingilizwe 

Ncube, Jason Allison and Rob Kinslow 

catching up at the GLSD Student and 

Faculty Welcome Event. 

Have a photo you’d like to share? 

Send it to awhatley@hpu.edu


Hawai'i Pacific University's logo 

is based on the Asian concept 

of yin and yang, the logo signifies 

the fluid and polar, yet balanced, 

aspects of life. The tri-part 

design represents the student, education, and 

community. The "wave" form symbolizes 

HPU's location at the center of the Pacific 

region. The vortex suggests the synergy 

resulting from the successful combination of 

the three elements of the orb. 

Leaders for a Sustainable Future 

In fall 2011, the GREEN (Globally Responsible 

Environmental Efforts Now) Club changed its name to 

Leaders for a Sustainable Future (LSF). The club’s new name 

and direction will build upon the GREEN Club’s strong 

foundation and continue to provide more opportunities for 

HPU students to become campus and community leaders on 

the journey toward a more sustainable future. The club hopes 

t o achieve partnerships with HPU and the state of Hawai’i to assist 

as innovators, program assistants, leaders and professionals and build a more 

sustainable community. 

The club had an active semester, with LSF members participating in 

campus and community work including internships, energy audits, gardening 

days at the Hawai‘i Loa campus, grant writing, beach clean-ups and more. 

The club also hosted a welcome dinner for GLSD students and staff in 

September, and hosted a presentation in November by renowned peak oil 

educator Richard Heinberg. 

LSF president Linh Do said she hopes to increase student involvement 

in the spring semester events, which will include trail restoration, hiking, 

Earth Day events and a presentation by a climate change speak from former 

Vice President Al Gore’s “The Climate Reality Project. Through these 

campus events we hope to spread awareness and get more students and 

faculty involved in the sustainability scene.” To learn more about LSF, email 

lsf.hpu@my.hpu.edu 

HPU’s motto, Holomua Me Ka 'Oia'i'o, written in the 

Hawai`ian language, means "Forward with Truth." 

MA - Global Leadership and Sustainable 

Development 

Hawai'i Pacific University 

College of Humanities and Social Sciences 

1188 Fort St. 

Honolulu, Hawai'i 96813 

www.hpu.edu 

Mahalo Nui Loa! 

Sara Cobble, 

GLSD, Co-editor 

Rob Kinslow, 

GLSD, Co-Editor 

Laura Pirkle, 

GLSD, Contributor 

Linh Do, 

LSF President 

Mondy Jamshidi, 

GLSD, Contributor 

Amy Schwab, 

Photographer 

Ionut Toma, 

Photographer 

Josh Prigge, 

HPU Sustainability 

Coordinator 

LSF members team up with the HPU Vegetarian 

Club for a work day in the garden at the 

Hawai‘i Loa campus. 

LSF Mission and Vision 

Mission: The Hawai‘i Pacific University 

Leaders for a Sustainable Future’s mission is 

to serve as a facilitating and supportive organization 

in HPU and the State of Hawai‘i’s 

efforts toward becoming a more sustainable 

community. Its members work in close collaboration 

with outside partners and internal 

sustainability networks to assist as innovators, 

program assistants, and as leaders. We 

put our efforts toward building a more sustainable 

island community through integration 

of social, ecological, and economic practices. 

Vision: The HPU Leaders for a Sustainable 

Future aim to be part of a leading sustainable 

institution that is valued, integrated and part 

of a quality and healthy State of Hawai‘i. 

The Spotlight on Sustainability 

team hopes you enjoyed the 

fourth edition. As always, we 

welcome your feedback and 

would love to hear your 

suggestions for upcoming 

topics. We encourage you to 

submit your writings for 

p u b l i c a t i o n i n o u r 

collaborative newsletter. 

Contact awhatley@hpu.edu 

Photo by Ionut Lucian Toma

Dr. Art Whatley, MA/GLSD Program Chair - Hawaii Pacific University

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