David Forman, Director of the Environmental Law Program at UH Law School, talks about the IUCN’s World Conservation Congress and the William S. Richardson School of Law’s involvement in developing motions and a moot court presence with teams from international law schools. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm […]
Some of the People we Met at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
Jay Fidell and Kaui Lucas cover the IUCN’s World Conservation Congress held in Honolulu this year. Kirsten Turner walked the floor and talked to a variety of participants including Chipper Wichmann, of the National Tropical Botanical Garden, Suzanne Case, of DLNR, Hob Osterlund, author, Carl Evenson, of Lyon Arboretum, Wyland, a local artist, Leona Kalmia, […]
From Waste to Revenue with Styrophobia
As the President of Styrophobia, Jennifer Milholen has spent the past couple years researching the options and capacity for expanding composting services in Hawaii in order to reduce the amount of reusable resources going into the waste stream. Today we’ll hear from Jennifer how these resources and services can benefit farmers as they help rebuild […]
Resource Conservation at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
How well did the World Conservation Congress conserve the world’s and Hawaii’s resources? What was done to conserve paper, food, water, gasoline, and jet fuel? Were targets met? How successful was the pilot composting program? What are the lessons learned to help make future events more sustainable? Jennifer Milholen, the president of Styrophobia, answers these […]
IUCN Local Motions: Collaborating for Global Change
Emily Gaskin and Christina Lizzi, UH Richardson School of Law 3rd year law students and candidates for Environmental Law Certificates, have worked on the motions process for the IUCN World Conservation Congress being held in Hawaii 9/1 – 9/10/2016. They discuss the drafting, commenting and debate preparation process for Motions 051 (international biofouling),052 (marine debris),060 […]
IUCN World Conservation Congress and International Environmental Law
Dr. Nilufer Oral of the Istanbul Bilgi University School of Law, is an expert in marine environmental protection, shipping and climate change and has been actively involved in the work of the IUCN, including the protection of the High Seas. She serves on the board of IUCN Academy on Environmental Law and is in Honolulu […]
Getting Ready for the 2016 IUCN WCC
The World Conservation Congress opens in 15 days in Honolulu. Over 10,000 leaders and decision makers from 160 countries will be meeting here to discuss improving global environmental management for our “Planet at the Crossroads.” Tune in and learn more from Randall Tanaka to find out: How we’ll be impacted? What Sustainability measures are in […]
The WCC Comes to Hawaii – The IUCN World Conservation Congress
Sustainable Hawaii’s guests today, hailing from Switzerland, Germany and Hawaii, are responsible for the smooth running of the Congress. Pamela Graseman, has led the IUCN Congress Unit since 2009, managing the design, planning and development of the IUCN World Conservation Congresses in Korea and Spain and ensuring coordination between a variety of internal and external […]
Getting Ready for the WCC with Justice Antonio Herman Benjamin and Denise Antolini
Justice Antonio Benjamin of Brazil’s High Court, considered a leader in global environmental law joins us to discuss the upcoming International Union for Conservation of Nature’s World Conservation Congress, held in Hawaii from Sept. 1-10, 2016. Justice Benjamin shares the importance of this group and gives a preview of the coming congress which is being […]