2021 VIP PRESENTERS
Celebrating What's Right with the World - HIGHLIGHTS
A world-class photojournalist and keynote speaker , Dewitt Jones "Celebrates What’s Right with the World." As a motion picture director, he had two documentary films nominated for Academy Awards before he was thirty. He rose to the forefront of creative marketing with his photography for advertising campaigns for organizations such as Dewar’s Scotch, Canon, and United Airlines. Dewitt has published nine books including California! and John Muir’s High Sierra. He collaborated with Stephen R. Covey for his most recent book, The Nature of Leadership. Speaking to audiences across the country, Dewitt is recognized as a renowned lecturer. Dewitt graduated from Dartmouth College with a B.A. in drama and holds a Master’s Degree in filmmaking from the University of California at Los Angeles
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Kim Cobb - HIGHLIGHTS
In highlights from our full interview, IPCC lead author Kim Cobb answers the critical question: Is there still time to take action on climate change? Cobb also discusses the future of emissions, the changing nature of coral reefs, effective climate communication in a polarized political climate, and ways in which local communities and individuals can go all-in on climate action.
Kate Raworth & Kamana Beamer - HIGHLIGHTS
Growth economics have built the modern world. But is priming GDP expansion compatible with planetary limits and human well-being? Oxford economist Kate Raworth thinks not. She argues that we need a new economics for the 21st century, an economics that prioritizes health, sustainability, and wellness over endless growth. In conversation with UH professor Kamanamaikalani Beamer, she discovers how modern circular economics builds from ancestral Native Hawaiian practices of wealth creation, resource distribution, and environmental conservation.
Heart of Fire - HIGHLIGHTS
US Sen Mazie Hirono's her riveting memoir of how a “good Japanese American girl” climbed out of desperate poverty and up the ranks of male-dominated local and national politics to become the major national political figure she is today.
The Island of Sea Women - HIGHLIGHTS
"Lisa See has created an enthralling, compelling portrait of a unique culture and a turbulent time in history, but what's really remarkable about this novel is the characters—two women whose lifelong friendship is tested during impossibly difficult times." (Kristin Hannah)
Peril -- Featuring Bob Woodward and Robert Costa
The international best-seller on the extraordinary final days of the Trump Presidency, by Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa.
Michael E. Mann: The New Climate War
One of the world’s leading climate scientists and a tireless advocate documents precisely the who, what, why and when of the systemic and deliberate campaign to undermine public confidence in climate science.
Charles Johnson: Buddhism, Race, & Writing - HIGHLIGHTS
A wide-ranging conversation between National Book Award winner Charles Johnson and George Tanabe, Emeritus Professor of Religion.
Joy Harjo & Pacific Poets - HIGHLIGHTS
The US Poet Laureate's celebration of indigenous poetry, joined by five Hawai'i poets.