Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 24, Number 10, 1 October 2007 — Sustainability kōkua [ARTICLE]

Sustainability kōkua

Funding support is being sought for a panel on capacity-building and sustainability. The panel is to be presented at this year's Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs convention, scheduled for Oct. 14-19 in Anchorage, Alaska. The "21st Century Challenges" panel will explore issues such as the cultural and environmental impacts of globalization and corporate industry. The panel's moderator, eonnnunity leader and civic club member Charles Burrows, believes the eonvention will be the perfect venue for examining the relationship between indigenous knowledge and effects of a globalized eeonomy. Burrows is appealing to the public to ehip in with donations to cover the cost of setting up the panel. Anyone interested in helping should write to: 21 st Century Challenges Panel, e/o 'Ahahui Mālama i ka Lōkahi, P.O. Box 751, Honolulu, HI 96808. ES