ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES
Molokai Climate Change
contributeis a community-led climate change & sea-level rise plan for Molokai's future. Our overarching goal is to develop a Climate Change and Sea Level Adaptation and Resiliency (CCSLAR) Plan that best serves our Molokai community.
We collected nearly 1000 surveys through in-person workshops, online surveys, and other outreach efforts and reached 2,000+ community members with locally prepared and sourced meals in the process!
Watch video summaries of community workshops held in Maunaloa, Hoʻolehua, Manaʻe, and Kaunakakai.
has an indigenous place-based perspective—meaning the planning process is led by kamaʻāina and long-time community leaders
incorporates appropriate technical land-use planning and coastal engineering expertise
utilizes this process as an opportunity to engage and develop our next generation of local leaders
will result in an action-oriented document that identifies the key climate change issues and ways to build greater community adaptability, resilience, and capacity
in the years ahead
Project kickoff, draft work plan, create Stakeholder Master List & Outreach Program
Community Walk-Thru Workshops #1
Maunaloa, Manaʻe, Hoʻolehua/Kualapuʻu, Kaunakakai
Community Sea Level Rise DIY TOUR
Community Workshops #2
Community Workshops #3
Draft and finalize Molokai CCSLAR Plan
Heather Place, Project Manager
Katy Mokuau, Project Manager
Harmonee Williams, Assistant Project Manager
Malia Akutagawa, JD, ESQ., Associate Professor of Law & Hawaiian Studies,
Hui ʻĀina Momona, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Matt Yamashita, Quazifilms
Momi Afelin, Thomas J. Watson Fellow
Jesica Yee, Project Assistant
Bruce Tsuchida, TSI President and Principal Planner
Sherri Hiraoka, TSI Vice President and Principal Planner
Marc Ericksen, SEI Vice President
Andy Bohlander, Project Engineer
