Author Archives: Philip Johnson

1. FROGs (Flexible Response to Ongoing Growth)

The meeting started with an interesting presentation by Eileen Peppard on the FROG buildings, which were designed to be net zero (and in practice are net positive—they produce more energy than they consume). Here’s … Read the rest

The September 2023 meeting of the UHM Sustainability Council was held in HIG 210 from 3-4pm on Wednesday, September 20. 

This was the first in-person meeting since January, 2020. It was great to see people face-to-face again. As well as the … Read the rest

Greetings, all,

Here are some updates from the UHM Sustainability Council community.  

(1) Hawaii Storytellers: Food, farmers, fishponds, and friends
On Friday, February 25, Honolulu Civil Beat in partnership with UH West Oahu’s Sustainable Community Food Systems Program and Waiwai Collective … Read the rest

Here are some updates from the UHM Sustainability Council community.  Thanks for all the great work that you are doing!

(1) UH Office of Sustainability Annual Report to Board of Regents (Matt Lynch)

Matt Lynch shares the transcript of his … Read the rest

Here are some updates from the UHM Sustainability Council community.  Thanks for all the great work that you are doing!

(1) UH System-wide Waste Audit (Nicole Chatterson)
The UH Office of Sustainability is launching our System-Wide Waste Audit program webpage, … Read the rest

Here are some sustainability announcements from the community:

* Joseph Brown, a professor in the Dept of Mechanical Engineering, teaches an introduction to materials science and would like to hear suggestions for places on campus where students can apply their … Read the rest

The UHM Sustainability Council met from 3-4pm on January 15, 2020. Topics of discussion included the following:

* COP25 update (Kekoa Andrade)

Kekoa attended COP25 in Madrid. A major topic was how to enable states, cities, and universities to enact … Read the rest

The UHM Sustainability Council met from 3-4pm on Wednesday, November 20. Discussion topics included:

* The Go Carbon Neutral project has rescheduled their “Plant 10,000 Trees In One Day (actually, 3 hours)” event for December 7, from 2 – 5pm, … Read the rest

The UHM Sustainability Council met from 3-4pm on Wednesday, October 16. Topics of discussion included:

* Sustainability initiatives with the Student Caucus, GSO, and UNA.

Ari Eisenstat is a member of the UH Student Caucus, GSO, and the United Nations … Read the rest

The UHM Sustainability Council met from 3-4pm on Wednesday, September 18.  Topics of discussion included:

(1) From Makena Coffman: The Institute for Sustainability and Resilience (ISR) is happy to announce that it is very close to launching a BA in … Read the rest

The UH Manoa Sustainability Council held its February meeting from 3-4pm on Wednesday, February 20, in HIG 210.  A summary of the discussion follows:

* Marcie Moribe provided an overview of recent sustainability initiatives at Manoa Food Services. They received … Read the rest

The October meeting of the UH Manoa Sustainability Council was held on October 17, 2018 at 3pm in HIG 210. Here’s a summary of the conversation:

* Manoa Dining Services is a part of Sodexo, a large company with 420,000 … Read the rest

The UHM Sustainability Council met from 3-4:15pm on Wednesday, September 19. Here’s a summary of the discussion:

* Free Garden Project.  Gaye Chan provided an overview of the Free Garden Project, which is an outgrowth of the Eating in Public … Read the rest

The UHMSC met on Wednesday, February 21, from 3-4pm in the FROG building on the College of Education campus.

* FROGs (Flexible Response to Ongoing Growth) are buildings designed to help UH get to Net Zero, in part by designing … Read the rest

The UHM Sustainability Council met on January 17 from 3-4pm in POST 801. Here is a summary of the meeting:

* Sustainability Virtual Symposium (Nicole Chatterson). The 6th annual sustainability summit will be held on Feb 8-10. To reduce carbon … Read the rest

The November meeting of the UH Manoa Sustainability Council was held on Wednesday, 11/14. Reports include:

* UHM Waste Audit. One day audit in three buildings. Significant results include high amounts of Starbucks coffee cups and paper towels. In comparison … Read the rest

The UH Manoa Sustainability Council met from 3-4pm on September 20, 2017. Topics of discussion included:

Kaka’ako Sustainability. Astrid Holzinger is researching her masters thesis in sustainable urban and regional development at the University of Graz in Austria. She is … Read the rest

The UH Manoa Sustainability Council held its February meeting on Wednesday, February 15, from 3-4pm in HIG 210. A summary of the discussion:

Rebecca Ryals and her students gave a presentation on the UH Nitrogen Footprint Project. This project will … Read the rest

Summary of the meeting

* Sustainability Curriculum & Research meeting (Michael Cooney, Matt Lynch).

OCN 101 (Introduction to environment science and sustainability) will be launched in Fall 2017. At end of course, disciplines can send faculty to talk about how … Read the rest

The November meeting of the UH Manoa Sustainability Council was held on November 16 from 3-4pm. Here’s a summary:

Net Zero Classrooms

Jim Maskrey discussed Project FROG (Flexible response to Ongoing Growth); two new net zero buildings with PV to … Read the rest

The October meeting of the UH Manoa Sustainability Council was held on October 19 from 3-4pm. Here’s a summary:

Education News:

Matt Lynch and Krista Hiser told us about a lecture by Erik Assadourian (http://www.worldwatch.org/users/erik-assadourian) last week called “Is Sustainability … Read the rest

The September meeting of the UH Manoa Sustainability Council occurred on September 21 from 3-4pm in HIG 210. Here are meeting notes:

New sustainability courses for Spring 2017:

• Special Topics in Sustainability: Food and Food Waste (TPSS 491). Mondays at

The Manoa Sustainability Council met in HIG 210 from 3-4pm on April 20, 2016.

Summary of meeting:

UHM Earth Day (Jordan Metoyer). 9:30 – 4pm this Friday!! Music, vendors, yoga, poetry. Looking for volunteers to work on art mural tomorrow … Read the rest

The Manoa Sustainability Council met in HIG 210 from 3-4pm on March 17, 2016.

Manoa Dining Services update: National PB&J Day (http://www.pbjcampaign.org/) is coming up! To celebrate, Manoa Dining Services will have an event in Hemingway 102 from … Read the rest

The Manoa Sustainability Council met on Wednesday, February 17, at 3:00pm in HIG 210.

Sustainable Summer ’16. Outreach college is co-sponsoring with the IUCN a certificate program for high school and college students. Involves courses, Sakamaki Extraordinary Lectures, green films, … Read the rest

The Manoa Sustainability Council met in HIG 210 on Wednesday, January 20, from 3-4pm.

Meeting summary:

Sustainability Intern Opportunity.  Help with Earth Day, Weigh the waste, paid position, about 10-15 hrs/week, $8.66/hr.  Contact Lana.Hudson@sodexo.com for more details.

Weigh the Waste … Read the rest

The Manoa Sustainability Council met in HIG 210 on Wednesday, November 18, from 3-4pm.

Agenda:

1. Introductions
2. Sustainable UH: Weigh the Waste w/UHM Dining Services (Kristen Jamieson)
3. UHM and UH System sustainability meeting (Steve Meder)
4. UH System: Latest updates (Matt Lynch)

The Manoa Sustainability Council met in POST 601 on October 21, 2015 from 3-4pm.

Agenda: 

1. Introductions
2. Sustainable UH: Manoa Soup, Recycling Campaign (Kristen Jamieson)
3. Pedal Power Project, Energy Display (Jessica Sevilla)
4. Manoa Dining Services: UH Food Day, Wasteless November (Lana

Wednesday, September 23, 3:00-4:00pm, HIG 210

1. Introductions (everyone)
2. History of UH sustainability in 120 seconds (Philip Johnson)
3. Introduction to the UH System Office of Sustainability (Matt Lynch)
4. Recycling initiatives by Buildings and Grounds Management (Roxanne Adams)
5. Projects for IS 489

UHMSC March Meeting Minutes

MEETING MINUTES 

RE:                 UHM Sustainability Council Meeting

DATE:           15 January 2014

LOCATION: HIG 210

TIME:            3:00 – 4:30 pm

ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPDATES:

1. Earth Day 2014 – Thursday, April 24, 2014 update  (Doorae Shin):
   1. See http://manoa.hawaii.edu/earthday/about-earth-day/
   2. The Earth Day committee meets

SUSTAINABILITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA

Wednesday, February 5, 2014  *  3:00 – 4:30 PM *  HIG 210

SPECIAL PRESENTATION:  Ray Delio of HECO (3:30 – 4:30 pm)

1. Introductions & announcements:  (5-10 minutes)

1. Discussion: (20 minutes)

• Earth Day update  (Doorae Shin)
• Sustainability

SUSTAINABILITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA

Wednesday, January 15, 2014  *  3:00 – 4:30 PM *  HIG 210

SPECIAL PRESENTATION:  Joe Caldwell & Sandy Maeda discuss the UH Community Colleges Energy Audit by Johnson Controls (3:30 – 4:30 pm)

1.Introductions & … Read the rest

12-04-13 UHMSC Minutes… Read the rest

Sam King – update on three campus projects:

• Lighting: retrofit planned is currently “in legal” in UH system (apparently writing language to put out to bid).
• PV: PPA for campus, new approach is to break up into phases starting with

Time/Place: 3:30-5:30pm, Kuykendall Hall #307

1. Welcome and Introductions (Group- 10 minutes)

2. The UHM Sustainability Council Organizational Development
   1. Minutes from September meeting
   2. Progress since September and connection to UH System Sustainability (Philip Johnson / Steve Meder – 5-10  minutes)
   3. Web Connections

The following is a revised version of Strategic Plan Initiative 4 created by a working group from the Manoa Sustainability Council during September, 2012.

Sustainability is a core value that cross ‐cuts each of the four strategic goals outlined in … Read the rest