problems we face at both the global and local levels. And, perhaps most importantly, these new global leaders will have the moral courage to help chart new directions towards a hu- man community in harmony with the natural world. Upon closing, I invite you to contact me or Paula Lombardo, the Student Editor of this Newsletter, with your feedback, comments or questions about any aspect of the newsletter or the MAGLSD program. Our aim is to become a vital information exchange with alumni, friends, prospective new students, faculty, and the many NGOs, business organizations, and communities—local, national, and international—who support the vision and values of the MAGLSD program. On a personal note, Mahalo, Paula for having taken on the huge task of de- signing this Newsletter and publishing this first Issue. Like so many other students, old and new, Paula has been unselfish with her time and energies on behalf of the program. Mahalo! Send your correspondence to: [email protected]A Sustained ALOHA to All Friends, Alumni, Students, Fac- ulty, Staff, and Administrators affiliated with the MA program in Global Leadership and Sus- tainable Development: Welcome to this first issue of ―Spotlight on Sustainability‖. Pro- foundly important changes are oc- curring in the MAGLSD program and this newsletter is the perfect vehicle for sharing. For starters, the program was moved to the College of Natural and Computational Sci- ences as of July 1, 2009. After the move, my new colleagues from Environmental Science and I started work in September on a major revision of the curriculum which will go into effect in the Fall, 2010. We are adding new courses such as: ―Sustainable Energy Systems,‖ ―Global Climate Change,‖ and ―Sustainable Building Sciences‖ to strengthen the sustainable develop- ment dimension of the degree. Also, we are adding a 9-credit ―supporting field‖ option. Students will chose from over 9 different academic areas. Examples are: International Disaster and Emergency Management, International Eco- nomics, Religion and Sustainability, Community Development, Environ- mental Science, World History. We believe that with these changes we will be on our way to having one of the most respected inter- disciplinary leadership and sus- tainable development-focused masters programs in the Pacific and Western United States re- gions. Our goal is to produce global leaders who are first and foremost environmental stew- ards and who understand the causes of the multitude of envi- ronmental, social, and economic I try to live by the motto : ―To whom much is given, much is expected‖. As a new student in the MAGLSD pro- gram, I came to HPU via Jamaica and Kenya (full story in next issue) with a clear goal in mind: To learn as much as possible to maximize my ability to take full advantage of my privilege by serving humanity. While my life‘s journeys have made me feel abundantly blessed and inspired, they have also heightened my awareness of the realities of the effects our ―abundance‖ has had on many parts of the world. As Paul Hawken said in Blessed Unrest, ―If you look at the science that describes what is happening on earth today and aren‘t pessimistic, you don‘t have the correct data. If you meet the people in this unnamed movement and aren‘t optimistic, you have- n‘t got a heart.‖ I strive for balance between the realities of the problems we are facing with hopefulness in the wealth of solutions being offered, discussed and implemented throughout the global community and particularly in the sustainability movement. The MAGLSD program is helping me achieve Dr Arthur Whatley, Chair of MA in Global Leadership and Sustainability Development humbly displays his garden in the back of his house in Enchanted Lakes, Kailua. Reconnecting with nature can be done by learning how to run urban gardens. Letter MAGLSD Program Chair, Dr. Art Whatley Letter from the Editor, Paula Lombardo Newsletter for the MA in Global Leadership & Sustainable Development Program at Hawaii Pacific University Spring 2010 Volume 1, Issue 1 Inside this issue: Letters from the Program Chair and the Editor (p. 1) Spotlight on Campus: HPU Hawai'i Loa Campus Expan- sion and The Green Club at HPU (p. 2) Spotlight on Fac- ulty: Dr. Louie Primavera‟s Aquaponics Project and Dr. Regina Oster- gaard-Klem (p. 3) Spotlight on Students: Saleh Azizi and Duda Breeseg (p. 4) Spotlight on Alumni: Erwin Hudelist and Myah Ely (p. 5) Spotlight on Hawaii: Kanu Hawaii and the Blue Planet Foundation (p.6) Spotlight on the World: Idealist.org and Ashoka.org (p. 7) Mahalos! Next Issue pre- view and a request for your feedback (p. 8) Continued on back page...
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We also plan to adopt the Kamalii Park to get more
bicycle stands for the university.
The GREEN Club at HPU is the
student club around sustainability.
GREEN stands for Globally Re-
sponsible Environmental Efforts
Now. We are committed to pro-
mote sustainability within the HPU
community and to the people of
Hawaii through education and rais-
ing awareness. In the past, our main
effort was the paper recycling at
the downtown campus. Most of-
fices at the downtown campus can
now recycle paper and newsprint
which is then picked up by the
Hagadone Printing Company. This
Spotlight on Campus: The Green Club at HPU
Stories, above and below, submitted by Theresa
Freund, President of The Green Club at HPU and a
last semester student in the MAGLSD program.
HPU Sustainability Day — February 24, 2010 On February 24th, 2010 the GREEN Club will be hosting a major HPU event: ―HPU as a sustainable campus day‖. This will be a day-
long event envisioning how HPU can become more sustainable and how a sustainable HPU can serve Hawaii. During the day, vari-
ous student clubs, classes, faculty members and local green businesses will have booths and displays on Upper Fort Street Mall to
present their involvement in sustainability. We want to show the community why sustainability is important and how everyone can
make their lives more sustainable. Students and the public can obtain information about the recycling program at HPU, there will be
tours of the garden and the aquaponics project, and you can exchange your light bulb at the CFL Light Bulb Exchange Program. For
a good atmosphere there will also be a band playing and food and refreshments for sale. In the afternoon a forum will follow, start-
ing with a couple of short presentations by politicians, business leaders, students, and faculty about sustainability issues related to
HPU. Afterwards the audience and the speakers will participate in a dialogue, discussion, sharing, brainstorming, and inspiration with
the goal to write up a concluding report with recommendations on how HPU can become more sustainable.
Spotlight on Faculty:
Dr. Louie Primavera & The Aquaponics Project at HPU
P a g e 3 V o l u m e 1 , I s s u e 1
Above: Current aquaponics system
showing the fish tank, PVC plumbing,
and the plants present in the large
grow bed. The roof is made from
clear, UV- protected, polycarbonate
roofing sheets.
“The Conversion of a
Portion of the Hawaii Loa
Campus Sewage Treatment
Plant into a Sustainable
Agriculture Aquaponics
Farm” by
Louis P. Primavera, Ph.D., Assoc. Prof. of Microbiology
Above: This image shows the preliminary
crop of bok choy and herbs that were
then moved to the large grow bed and
immersed in the fish water.
Above: This photo displays the return water
spout (from the large grow bed) into the fish
tank. The orange blotches in the water (lower
right in photo) are the Tilapia fingerlings.
Spotlight on Faculty:
Dr. Regina Ostergaard-Klem
Dr. Regina Ostergaard-Klem is an adjunct professor at HPU. Regina‘s course in Ecological Economics
and Sustainable Development has been highly acclaimed and recommended by numerous alumni from
the MAGLSD program. The course addresses the topic of sustainable development focusing on eco-
nomics at the interface of nations and the global economy. Students complete a comprehensive study of
the emerging field of ecological economics and contrast/compare it to the neoclassical economic model
of development. Students also propose policy options for sustainable development and conduct in-depth
analysis of a developing nation in terms of economic development based on population, agriculture, in-
dustrial development, and natural capital (ecosystem goods and services). She also teaches Environ-
mental History, Natural Resources Management and Environmental Science & the Modern Prospect.
Before joining HPU, Regina was an Environmental Policy Advisor (Global Environment Center, Office of
Energy, Environment and Technology) with United States Agency for International Development
(USAID) in Washington, DC. There she provided technical expertise for programmatic design, support,
and oversight while serving as an on-site policy advisor to USAID and provided technical assistance to
USAID missions and programs in support of USAID‘s Global Climate Change Initiative. She was also a
Science and Diplomacy Fellow at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and
a Fulbright Fellow with the University of Lodz in Poland.
Ph.D in Environmental Economics
and Public Policy (1997),
M.S.Engr., Environmental Systems
Analysis and Economics (1993)
from The John Hopkins University
The cleansed fish green water is then recycled
back to the fish tank. The most important point
behind this aquaponics system (besides being able
to eat the plants and eventually the fish) is that
there are no culture effluents released into our
precious environment. People that live in arid envi-
ronments (deserts or coral atolls) where potable
water is at a premium would benefit from a similar
aquaponics system setup. In addition, Hawaii Pacific
University will benefit by the production of plants
to green and beautify our reconstructed campus of
the future. (A tour of the project will be con-
ducted the end of January.)
In order to allow Hawaii Pacific University the distinc-
tion of being a national leader in the movement of
campus sustainability, and to make use of equipment
and land made available due to the decommissioning of
the Hawaii Loa Campus Sewage Treatment Plant, a
sustainable aquaponics farm was constructed. This
100% organic plant growth system incorporates Tilapia
fish green water that is relocated via a sump pump to a
pea gravel grow bed that allows luxurious plant
growth. In addition, the plants and associated bacteria
(that are present in the pea gravel grow beds) filter
the fish water and chemically convert the toxic ammo-
nia into natural plant fertilizers of nitrites and nitrates.
Spotlight on Students: Saleh Azizi
P a g e 4 V o l u m e 1 , I s s u e 1
Spotlight on Students: Duda Breseeg ―Give a man a fish, and you have feed him for one day, teach him how to fish and you have fed him for a life-
time,‖ this is the underlying, guiding philosophy of microfinance as practiced by the Grameen Bank. Its aim is to
help the poorest of the poor, so that they can lift themselves out of poverty. Microfinance is the concept of
giving collateral free loans to the poor so that they can start small businesses and move themselves and their
children out of the cycle of poverty. Duda Breseeg has become passionate about the concept of microfinance
which lead him on a search for an academic institution that would further his understanding and prepare him for
a career in sustainable development and microfinance. That search lead him to HPU‘s MAGLSD program and in
August he advanced his goal with a 2-month internship with the Grameen Bank in Bangeldesh. There he was
able to experience and witness firsthand the systematic approach and effectiveness of micro-lending and social
business practices. His journeys enabled him to visit several sister companies and projects. Grameen has estab-
lished a partnership with Danone Foods, a French yogurt company, to help feed the hungry; Grameen Eye-Care
Hospital and Grameen Kalyan to provide quality healthcare to the poor; Grameen Shakti, a utility company to provide electric ity, and Grameen
Shika, an educational project.. Duda is now motivated and inspired to start his own microcredit institution ―somewhere in the world‖.
MAGLSD Student, Duda Breseeg
with Mohammad Yunus, 2006
Nobel Peace Prize Recipient and
Founder of the Grameen Bank
Left: Saleh Azizi; Right:
Student participation and
Saleh‘s leadership made
for quick progress on the
Hawaii Loa Sustainability
Gardens
Saleh Azizi joined the MAGLSD program to attain academic and practical experience to alleviate poverty and develop poor rural areas in develop-
ing countries through tools such as food security, micro/ development- finance, fair-trade and cooperatives, carbon-trade and other efficient meth-
ods of sustainable economic development. Midway through the program he traveled to Italy and Sierra Leone for an internship with the Food and
Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO). During his time at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy ,he gained a deeper knowledge of the
UN system, food security, rural & agricultural finance, and research work. He collaborated in developing an ―Agribusiness Access to Finance‖
research project that will potentially be used for countries across the world. After moving to FAO Sierra Leone (Freetown) he worked closely
with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Food Security (MAFFS) in developing the country‘s National Sustainable Agricu ltural Development
Planning (NSADP) project. Since returning to Hawaii and HPU he has been active in the Green Club as coordinator of the Hawaii Loa Sustainabil-
ity Gardens. His opinions are often featured in HPU‘s Kalamalama, the HPU student newspaper, on topics ranging from local food security to
―economic obesity‖ in the most recent edition. The following editorial is taken from an article published in the Kalamalama in December:
―Gardening and sustainability- an idea of localized economy „as if people mattered‟ This is all about growth—
natural growth that is! Economic growth and recognizing our individual dependency on consumer goods is part of why it
makes sense to garden: reversing trends. Globally and in Hawai‗i, signs such as the 2008 financial crisis show us that over-
dependency of trade and finance can one day leave us stranded and hungry. Local food production has the potential to
initiate healthy lifestyle as well as inexpensive organic local produce. Recent revolutions in mixed agricultural systems such
as urban agriculture, perma-culture, and agro-forestry suggest that modern gardening can enhance coexistence between
urban human settlement and agricultural food production in a way that mimics the web of interlinked relationships found
in nature. However this is no news to Hawaiians, whose ahupua‗a, a traditional land unit extending from the mountaintops
to the sea, provided a valuable mix of produce, livestock, and fish as far back as 1200 C.E. Combined with the practice of
ho‗oponopono (how to correct prior error), Hawaiian wisdom can guide modern urbanized consumers back to nature,
gardening, and enhanced self-awareness. The garden itself, as much as the practice of gardening, provides lessons in har-
mony, symbiosis, and diversity as well as increased functionality and productivity. This contemporary Hawaiian practice of
interactive gardening combines best practices in components such as organic vegetable farming, mixing fruit-trees plantation and honey bees, com-
posting, water catchment, and fish farming activities—each component feedback the success of another.‖
Saleh is in his last semester of the MAGLSD program and welcomes everyone‟s participation in the Sustainability Gardens Project.
"There are two dangers
in not owning a farm.
One is the danger of
supposing that breakfast
comes from the grocery,
and the other that heat
comes from the furnace."
– Aldo Leopold from A
Sand County Almanac
Spotlight on Alumni: Erwin Hudelist, President, Hagadone Printing Co.
P a g e 5 V o l u m e 1 , I s s u e 1
Erwin Hudelist was born in Klagen-
furt, Austria in 1961. His father
Otto, a typesetter by trade, taught
him all about printing and the basic
rule in any business: be honest and
service your customer to the best
of your abilities. After a few years of operating his own business in Vienna successfully, he decided
to sell it and to ―check out the world‖. In 1990, Erwin ended up in Hawaii and got involved in Har-
bor Graphics. His total commitment to customer service and quality paid off: Harbor Graphics be-
came the largest sheet-fed printing business in the state and received several awards like the
―Environmental Award‖ and the ―Service Excellence Award‖ from the State of Hawaii. Erwin joined
Hagadone Printing Company in 1998. He attended HPU and graduated from the MAGLSD program
in 2006. He is committed to growing a company that will be second to none and is equally commit-
ted to environmentally responsible processes like using recycled paper , eco-friendly inks and carbon
offsetting. Erwin values ―innovation, reliability and the ability to ‗think out of the box‘.‖ He also be-
lieves in a strong, professional workforce. This is why Printing Industries of America has awarded
Hagadone Printing the ―The best workplace in America‖ for the 3rd year in a row. Hagadone is ac-
tively involved in supporting the local community with a variety of initiatives aimed at ―making a
meaningful impact‖. Hagadone‘s collective stated values of ―empathy, respect, integrity, and quality of
life and product‖ make them a fine example of sustainable business. Erwin invites you to visit:
www.hagadoneprinting.com.
Spotlight on Alumni: Myah Ely
Myah grew up in a small Texas town near San
Antonio. After graduating high school, she
learned carpentry and built her own house
while attending community college at North-
West Vista. Myah pursued courses there
which led her to visit places like Costa Rica &
Belize to study environmental geology. She
also worked at SeaWorld as an Education
Instructor, informing guests of the impor-
tance of conservation. Myah continued her
schooling in Hawaii with an Environmental
Studies degree. She graduated from HPU in
2006 with a particular interest in Sustainable
HonuGuide. EcoLounge is a net-
working mixer focused on sustainabil-
ity. MAGLSD students in attendance
may even earn extra credit!
Development and earned a certificate through
the MAGLSD program in Environmental Policy.
Myah joined Hagadone Printing Company in 2007
in the newly created position of Sustainability
Coordinator. Myah is also actively involved with
the Sustainability Association of Hawaii. SAH is a
great source for information and local events; they