{"id":22860,"date":"2014-02-26T08:34:14","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T18:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=22860"},"modified":"2021-11-04T13:56:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T23:56:36","slug":"windward-cc-hosts-2nd-annual-sustainability-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/02\/26\/windward-cc-hosts-2nd-annual-sustainability-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Windward CC<\/abbr> hosts 2nd Annual Sustainability Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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The University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> will hold the 2nd Annual Hawaii Sustainability in Higher Education Summit<\/a> at Windward Community College<\/a>, March 13–15. The summit is a three-day conference for work planning, program sharing and skill building for sustainability for the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> 10-campus system and higher education colleagues at Hawaiʻi<\/span> Pacific University<\/a>, Brigham Young University—Hawaiʻi<\/span><\/a> and Chaminade University<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The summit is organized by a collaborative group of faculty, staff, students and administrators throughout the state, and supported by the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> System<\/a> and Vice-President for Community Colleges John Morton<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The summit will engage participants in four tracks including policy and planning, program sharing (curriculum, operations, green workforce development and sustainable businesses), skill building and service projects and student leadership.<\/p>\n

Student members of the newly launched statewide Student Sustainability Coalition of Hawaiʻi<\/span><\/a> will organize a student forum to share their experiences in working towards more sustainable campuses and to organize around cross-campus sustainability projects.<\/p>\n

Schedule of events<\/h2>\n