Hawaiʻi Practices on Hawaiʻi Landscapes
Dr. Katie Kamelamela |
TEDxCountyofHawai'i
• November 2021
Dr. Katie Kamelamela is passionate about the relationships people cultivate with Hawaii’s forests. She helps communities, governing agencies, and non-profits clarify their vision to develop a strategy to achieve long-term practice-based dreams through partnerships. Local climate action first starts with our relationship with ourselves and our landscapes. Born and raised on Oʻahu, Dr. Kamelamela graduated from the University of Hawaiʻi Botany Department with a vision of “Hawaiʻi practices on Hawaiʻi landscapes”. With diverse climate and soil types across the islands, she brings together place and practice-based community needs with policy. Her intent is to support understanding and management of forest-gathered resources for cultural and economic value to empower cultivators, managers, and consumers. Gathering practices are intertwined with policy at all levels.