{"id":38908,"date":"2015-09-30T08:56:37","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T18:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=38908"},"modified":"2021-07-21T14:26:34","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T00:26:34","slug":"lunar-conference-on-climate-change-launched-at-uh-manoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/09\/30\/lunar-conference-on-climate-change-launched-at-uh-manoa\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunar conference on climate change launched at 糖心视频<\/abbr> M\u0101noa"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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Hundreds of cultural experts, scientists and community leaders convened on September 25 at the East-West Center<\/a> at the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa<\/a> to apply the use of the traditional lunar calendar and explore how ancestral knowledge can address and mitigate the impacts of climate change.<\/p>\n

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Pua Kanahele addressing ʻAimalama<\/span> conference attendees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The ʻAimalama<\/span> conference<\/a>, which featured panel discussions, site trips and presentations, was launched by Pualani Kanakaʻole<\/span> Kanahele<\/strong>, a revered Hawaiian cultural practitioner, retired 糖心视频<\/abbr> associate professor, kumu hula and co-founder of the Edith Kanakaʻole<\/span> Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“The Hawaiian lunar calendar is knowledge that belongs to Hawaiians,” Kanahele said. “The traditional lunar calendar is older than Hawaiians. It is ancient wisdom and therefore belongs to the People of the Pacific. The ʻAimalama<\/span> Lunar Conference brought this ancient wisdom to the forefront for us to update our knowledge today, so that we can create new knowledge for the future and share it with the world.”<\/p>\n

Bringing traditional methodologies into the future<\/h2>\n

Findings from the conference will comprise a report to be carried forward by indigenous peoples that include conference presentations and policy recommendations based on traditional methodologies. This report will inform negotiations at the upcoming 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change<\/a> (COP21\/CMP11<\/abbr>), otherwise known as “Paris 2015,” from November 30 to December 11, the International Union for Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress<\/a> in Honolulu next year, as well as other pertinent international meetings such as the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The report will feature Pacific native people’s lunar methodologies and highlight how they are used to identify indicators of climate change occurring in the Pacific and adaptive measures to prepare for it.<\/p>\n

Many Pacific societies are currently reviving and reconnecting with the traditional lunar calendar to restore traditional knowledge related to agricultural productivity, marine and forest gathering, resource management, health and healing, and daily practices that provide sustenance for the health and well-being of communities.<\/p>\n

Conference co-founder Mālia Nobrega-Olivera<\/strong> employed technology to increase the reach and impact of the conference: handouts were provided via mobile devices, remote groups or “hub sites” throughout Hawaiʻi<\/span> and abroad participated throughout the conference via Facebook and Google Hangouts, and real-time interactive meeting software MeetingSift was used to make the conference sessions more productive and impactful.<\/p>\n

“We stand at the intersection of ancestral knowledge and technological transformation in order to identify a common ground from which to confront regional and global challenges,” said Nobrega-Olivera, director of strategic partnerships and community engagement at the Hawaiʻinui\u0101kea<\/span> School of Hawaiian Knowledge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

—A School of Hawaiian Knowledge news release<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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