Land and People

By Melissa Chimera

Listen to a podcast, please open Podcast Republic app. Available on Google Play Store and Apple App Store.


Category: Nature

Open in Apple Podcasts


Open RSS feed


Open Website


Rate for this podcast

Subscribers: 0
Reviews: 0
Episodes: 35

Description

Hawai`i conservationist and artist Melissa Chimera and University of Hawai`i Mānoa fire and ecosystems scientist Dr. Clay Trauernicht talk with land protectors in Hawai`i and the Pacific about the places they cherish through their professional and ancestral ties. We paint an intimate portrait of today’s land stewards dealing with global crises while problem solving at the local level. Brought to you by the Cooperative Extension Program at the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources. Music ”Raindrops” courtesy Lobo Loco.

Episode Date
EP 35 Geologist Scott Rowland on understanding Hawaiian volcanoes, archipelagos and geologic time
May 17, 2024
EP 34 Land steward Scott Fisher on restoring and understanding the deep history of Hawaiian coastlines
Apr 26, 2024
EP 33 Native Nursery’s Ethan Romanchak on making Maui productive in agriculture once again
Mar 29, 2024
EP 32 Hawaiian scholar and educator Kalehua Krug on language and thought as worldview
Mar 15, 2024
EP 31 Landscape designer and naturalist Leland Miyano on loving a place through science and art
Mar 01, 2024
EP 30 Hawaiian storyteller and conservationist Hannah Kihalani Springer on how land care begins with aloha for one another
Feb 16, 2024
EP 29 Marine experts Emily and Ann Fielding on how the beauty, spirit and nourishment of the sea sustains us
Feb 02, 2024
EP 28 Aquatic biologist Skippy Hau on the secret lives of creatures in Hawaiian streams
Jan 19, 2024
EP 27 A tribute to the father of invasive species management in Hawai`i: Dr. Lloyd Loope
Jan 05, 2024
EP 26 Rare Hawaiian snail expert Keahi Bustamente on how caring for the smallest of creatures makes your heart strong
Dec 22, 2023
EP 25 Wahine noho mauna: Maui land steward Kerri Fay and Moloka`i rare plant coordinator Ane Bakutis on women in the field
Dec 08, 2023
EP 24 Ke`eaumoku Kapu of West Maui on leading people by caring for land, water and each other
Nov 24, 2023
EP 23 Maui Nui botanist Hank Oppenheimer on the after fire road to recovery for plants, people and place
Nov 10, 2023
EP 22 Hydrologist Chris Schuler on how how we impact fresh water especially after wildfires
Oct 27, 2023
Ep 21 Water expert Jonathan Scheuer on how the history of land use in Hawai`i is the story of water
Oct 13, 2023
EP 20 Climatologist Tom Giambelluca on how the changing Hawaiian weather and climate affects fire and water
Sep 29, 2023
EP 19 Hawai`i ethnoecologist Katie Kamelamela on how restoring a place is reciprocity for the giver and the receiver
Sep 15, 2023
EP 18 Mark Merlin on how native Pacific Island plants, people and environments can sustain us
Sep 01, 2023
EP 17 Season 1 Bonus: Kekuhi Keali`ikanaka`ole on how we find family in `āina
Jun 09, 2023
EP 16 Season 1 recap: Melissa & Clay on what they learned, surprises & what’s next
May 26, 2023
EP 15 Waipi`o Valley’s Mock Chew family on how multi-generational kalo farming is love for the land & each other
May 19, 2023
EP 14 Botanical curator Mike Demotta on how native ecosystems perpetuate Hawaiian culture
May 05, 2023
EP 13 Lani Cran Petrie on the role of ranching in Hawai’i for holistic land management
Apr 21, 2023
EP 12 Ted Rodrigues retired Haleakalā ranger on community hunting & love of place through deep observation
Apr 07, 2023
EP 11 Suzanne Case former Chair of the Dept. of Land & Natural Resources on the complexities of water, land and tenure
Mar 24, 2023
EP 10 Former Molokai Nature Conservancy director Ed Misaki on seeing watershed protection through hard times
Mar 10, 2023
EP 9 Brian Naeole on the value of hunting while keeping the native forest free from introduced animals
Feb 25, 2023
EP 8 Penny Rawlins Martin on the stewardship lessons that voyaging on the 1976 Hōkūle‘a sailing canoe can teach us
Feb 11, 2023
EP 7 Insect biologist and ecosystems advocate Steven Montgomery brings us the beauty & fragility of Hawai`i’s smallest creatures
Jan 28, 2023
EP 6 Hawai`i educator Pauline Sato talks about creating a better world by learning about and loving where you live
Jan 14, 2023
EP 5 Nan Ku`ulei Akau Cabatbat on honoring the land of her ancestors by caring for people
Dec 24, 2022
EP 4 Hawaiian bird biologist Sheila Conant speaks to the joys and heartache of working with the rarest of the rare
Dec 10, 2022
EP 3 Pacific island botanist Steve Perlman talks about putting your life on the line for the love of nature
Nov 06, 2022
EP 2 Bob Hobdy, retired Maui Island District forester talks about the early days of plant discovery
Oct 16, 2022
EP 1 Hosts Dr. Clay Trauernicht and Melissa Chimera talk about the critical need for understanding ourselves in relation to the land
Oct 01, 2022