Lessons on Climate Change Displacement from Alaska; Using Business Ethics to Foster Peace; Holiday Music from Willow Chang
Climate Displacement, Migration, and Relocation Symposium: Robin Bronen
For years, we’ve heard what could happen along Hawaii’s coastlines as the result of climate change. But in Alaska, climate change is already affecting coastal villages. This week in Honolulu, the White House Council on Environmental Quality, NOAA’s Office of Coastal Management, the Hawai?i and Alaska Sea Grant College Programs, the William S. Richardson School of Law, and the Pacific Islands Climate Science Center are hosting the Symposium on Climate Displacement, Migration and Relocation. Robin Bronen will be attending. She’s the Executive Director for the Alaska Institute for Justice. We talked earlier and I asked her why the general climate change conversation doesn’t seem to include as much about the Arctic changes that are happening twice as quickly in the lower latitudes.
Intro Music: Stray by Naughty Professor and David Shaw
Outro Music: Tachycardia by Conor Oberst
Vocalist Willow Chang likes to paint her musical pictures with all the colors in the available spectrum -- so her upcoming Christmas program can be expected to offer moods beyond what we might expect. Willow and her musical friends are in our studio to give us a live preview this morning.
Intro Music: Green Wine by Andrew Bird
Outro Music: Christmas Luau by Bernard Kalua
Civil Beat Reality Check: Pacific Military Expansion
The American pivot to Asia includes ramping up military presence in the Mariana Islands, but can they survive it? Civil Beat reporter Chad Blair has the reality check.
Intro Music: Don't Yah Feel Better by The Velveteins
Outro Music: Guru by Coast Modern
Using Business Ethics as the Foundation for Peace: Xiaofang Zhou North
In America and China, one group is asking whether business ethics can be the foundation of peace. This comes as several American companies are cutting back their expansion into China or divesting their holdings altogether to newly flush Chinese companies. But to Xiaofang Zhou North, the idea that business ethics can pave the way to peace is a concept worth exploring. She is the cofounder of the Zhou Enlai Peace Institute, a non-profit educational effort based in Beijing and Honolulu...and this week will be hosting a discussion at Chaminade University as part of a series of events celebrating her great uncle, the first premier of modern China, Zhou Enlai
Outro Music: Radioactivity by Damien Jurado and Richard Swift
Queen Emma Summer Palace: Mahea Bernal
The Queen Emma Summer Palace is home to more than a century of tradition; a tradition it celebrates by opening its doors to the public two evenings a year, the next one being this Friday. It’s an opportunity to take in one of Hawaii’s historic treasures all lit up for the holidays, and Mahea Bernal is on the line to tell us more.
Intro Music: 11-4 Clave by Rhythm Summit
Outro Music: Constellations by Kawika Kahiapo
