3.4: Kamuela Enos on Hawai'ian Strengths and History and Creating Indigenous Infrastructure and Systems

Kamuela Enos was born and raised in Waianae, on the island of O`ahu. He received his AA from Leeward Community College, BA in Hawaiian Studies from UH Manoa, MA in Urban and Regional Planner. His masters thesis is titled "Utilizing Traditional Hawaiian Land Use Practices to Create Sustainability Paradigms for the 21st Century." He sits on the boards of numerous community based non-profits. He is a lecturer at UH Manoa’s Dept of Urban and Regional Planning. Currently, Kamuela Enos is the Director of the Office of Indigenous Innovation for the University of Hawaii. His work focuses on repositioning ancestral practice as contemporary innovation. Kamuela previously worked at MA`O Farms- a community run social enterprise. Show Notes:  https://www.maoorganicfarms.org News Article on Center for Indigenous Innovation: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2021/09/23/center-for-indigenous-innovation/ Email: [email protected] Music:  Intro by Local Indigenous Band, Boss of Three https://linktr.ee/BossofThree