ISR partners with various research institutions and organizations to host interdisciplinary thematic seminars and film series each year on contemporary topics.
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Film and Seminar Series – Current Series – 2024 Film Series
About the Series
The Sustainability Film Series explores contemporary issues at the intersection of human and natural environments. The series combines films and public conversations aimed at linking film themes to Hawaiʻi and the region. Panelists with differing expertise, including scientists, policy-makers, nonprofit experts, and artists, will discuss the many dimensions of existing efforts and sustainability solutions. The series is open to the public and designed for broad engagement. It is our hope that the series inspires communities of practice among students and community members by empowering you to engage in these important social and environmental issues.
For this series starting this Fall 2024, we are delighted that partnership between the Honolulu Museum of Art and the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series, with sponsorship from the State of Hawaiʻi Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, will allow us to provide these events to the public for free of charge.
Series Location
Doris Duke Theatre (at the Honolulu Museum of Art)
Registration
These events are free with Eventbrite registration.
This year the series will consist of 4 events, to be held at Doris Duke Theatre on the following dates:
Each event featuring a unique film will be followed by panel discussions and conclude by 9pm.
- 6:30-7:00 Doors Open
- 7:00pm-9:00pm Film Screening and Panel
Join us for the following Films and Panel Discussions
- November 22, 2024: Birds, Not Mosquitoes + panel discussion
- October 4, 2024: Embers of Awakening + panel discussion
- January 24, 2025: The Day After Tomorrow + fact or fiction game
- Climate Week (TBD): The Burden + panel discussion
Special Thanks to our Organizing Partners to provider this free series:
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Institute for Sustainability and Resilience
- Better Tomorrow Speaker Series
- Honolulu Museum of Art/ Doris Duke Theater
- State of Hawaiʻi Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission
Previous Seminar Series
2024 Spring Seminar Series
The aim of this series is to build bridges between academic researchers, sustainability practitioners, and policy makers, and to ensure that policies and practices are informed by the most up-to-date research. We do this by hosting an interdisciplinary, thematic seminar series focused on timely topics facing Hawaiʻi and beyond. The series aimed to highlight the Environmental Humanities, a field of study that has grown out of literature and ecocriticism, particularly in the disciplines of English, Art and History. A range of speakers from Theatre and Arts to Religion and history, discussed how their niche in environmental humanities can address today’s critical environmental issues and sustainability.
2023 Fall Film Series
UH News has a story on the launch of the film series. Held in the Fall, the Sustainability Film Series is designed to explore contemporary issues at the intersection of human and natural environments. The series combines films and panel discussions aimed at linking film themes to Hawaiʻi and the region. Panelists with differing expertise, including scientists, policymakers, nonprofit experts, and artists, will discuss the many dimensions of existing efforts and sustainability solutions. The series is open to the public and designed for broad engagement. It is our hope that the series inspires communities of practice among students and community members by empowering them to engage in these important social and environmental issues.
The 2023 Sustainability Film Series included film and panel events, hosted at the Doris Duke Theatre at the Honolulu Museum of Art.
2022–2023 Seminar Series: Coastal Adaptation
The Spring 2023 seminar series focused on sea level rise and coastal adaptation, the work of the Climate Resilience Collaborative (CRC), a research program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, as well as related research from public and private partners. CRC’s mission is to provide communities and the government with research results that inform effective management decisions leading to climate resilient development.
2021–2022 Seminar Series: APRU Sustainable Cities & Landscapes
The theme for the 2021 seminar series was Sustainable Cities and Landscapes, co-hosted by the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU). The Sustainable Cities and Landscapes Live Webinar Series brought researchers and scholars together from across the Pacific Rim to engage in cross-cultural conversations around climate justice, sustainable, and social equity. See a list of the speakers and watch the event recordings.
2020–2021 Seminar Series: Resilient Pacific
Co-hosted by the Center for Pacific Islands Studies (CPIS), this series featured presenters whose multidisciplinary work showcases the many ways that Pacific communities develop their capacity to overcome a wide range of challenges. The talks highlighted the diverse ways that people demonstrate resilience in forging community empowerment, innovative solutions, and sustainable futures across the Pacific and beyond toward regional and global well-being.