The Hilo campus of the University of Hawai`i was established in 1947 and became a distinct entity in 1970. There are over 4,000 students enrolled at this institution which is located on the Big Island of Hawai`i.
Courses
Hawaiian Ethnobotany (HWST 211)
Hawaiian herbs and plants; their identification, their place in the heritage of the Hawaiian people, their medicinal properties, and other practical uses; extensive use of Hawaiian terminology.
Hawaiian Ethnozoology (HWST 213) Hawaiian fishes, birds, and other creatures: their identification, their place in the heritage of the Hawaiian people, methods of capture, their practical uses; extensive use of Hawaiian terminology. | Web Link: University of Hawai`i at Hilo
Faculty
Modules The following links contain information shared and received during the OSN's Teaching Tuesday Symposium and Workshops held at the Society for Economic Botany in Frostburg, MD (July, 2012). Core Ethnobiology Objectives Checklist Workshop Overview Sustainable Landscapes Information Learning Activity Example: Sustainable Alternative Landscape Learning Activity Example: Chemical Ecology in the Garden Biology in the Garden Workshop Submissions Apiary Avengers Bat Boxes Container Ecology Dandylions Garden Aquapoly Culture Landscaping with Natives Mixed Gardens: Species Interactions We Love Gardens Where do garden plants come from? Salamander Rescue Project Other Developing an Ethnobiological Conservation Reserve- In this educational module, students' will develop a plant for an ethnobiologically focused nature conservation reserve. The Endangered Nēnē Goose and its Potential Threat to Human Air-Traffic in Hawai’i - This exercise is built on a current human-environmental issue that involves an endangered species (the Nēnē goose), airport personnel and airplane passengers, local environmental groups, a local Hawaiian cultural group, a private golf course, US Fish and Wildlife biologists, and a federal wildlife service agency. The problem is that large birds, like geese (Branta spp.) are formidable threats to humans in airplanes because the geese can cause crashes when they hit the airplane and are sucked into the engines. |