Maui Wowi: Food, Agriculture, & Outdoor Adventure!
ActivityWinter 2015|#MWFAOA_W15
Description
Hale Akua Farm and Garden. First stop on the trip!
Join other students on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure of learning and community on Maui for your 2015 spring break. Through hands-on opportunities, participants will explore tropical plant ecology, traditional taro production, and cultural food ways at four sites across the island. You will also adventure on land and sea to explore different eco-systems and marine life from a dense bamboo forest with waterfalls and camping near the top of a volcanic crater to coral reefs harboring abundant fish life and sea turtles. Participants should be comfortable in moderately strenuous farming activities in addition to basic hiking and tent camping experience, however, most importantly, be prepared with a sense of adventure and service to learning within this tropical landscape!
For questions or inquires about this trip please contact Tim Galarneau, tgalarne@ucsc.edu or 831-459-3248.
Travel to Maui:
Trip Leader Bios
Tim Galarneau: Tim works as a education and research specialist on social issues for the Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) focusing on farm to institution, community food systems, and student education and engagement. He advises the campus Food Systems Working Group and coordinates the Central Coast School Food Alliance working on issues of access, health, and efforts to transform the built environment. Tim participated in a multi-year national cohort project based out of Hawaii examining how to utilize island strategies for community building and sustainability with broader national networks advocating for social and environmental justice. He also serves on the advisory committee of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) and board chair for Real Food Generations, which oversees the national Real Food Challenge campaign that works with college students across the United States on fostering sustainable and socially just campus food systems.
David is an educator, designer, researcher, and agent for cultural change. He works with people worldwide to build healthy, resilient connections with themselves, with each other, and with the natural world. He has taught ecological horticulture at UC Santa Cruz since 2004 and instructs for multiple college affiliated courses today. David also works for the Regenerative Design Institute as a core instructor for the 4 Seasons Permaculture Design Course. He frequently facilitates strategic meetings and conferences through The World Café Community Foundation as part of his ongoing commitment to participatory action research and sustainable development. He lives happily and humbly on a 2-acre homestead in Santa Cruz, California.
***ENVS 2-unit independent field study credit available spring quarter building on this alternative spring break trip.***