Co-building community capacity for human and planetary thriving with compelling stories on pressing climate issues. This environmental nonprofit 

spurs dialogues on viable food-water-energy solutions to inspire action for a sustainable future, emphasizing the need to connect indigenous knowledge systems with modern science and technology.

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As Chief Storyteller, Director of Content and Communication, I led design, production and direction of multimedia outreach and awareness campaigns, with special focus on green materials, sustainable development, clean tech, and closed-loop systems.

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Interconnected content pieces formed the brick and mortar of larger communication strategy architecture. These stories built momentum that led to a win for sustainable action: Hawaii's Governor David Ige signed the Industrial Hemp Agriculture Bill into law on July 7, 2016, convinced of the social, environmental and economic benefits of growing an industrial hemp revolution for new clean economy in place of fallow sugarcane fields and dead industry.

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I shaped Global Mana’s project narratives and identity in touch-point communications, helping to build and strengthen collaborations with diverse partners, donors, sponsors and stakeholders. These robust narrative packages have given legs to sustainable development projects in the Pacific Islands Region: The Breadfruit Economy Initiative has led to an emergent breadfruit industry that levers agricultural excess into regenerative growing practices, food security, and sustainable development opportunities in a global gluten-free market. 

          

Web Content & Messaging

• Globalmana.org - Home

• Energy+ Solutions

• Food+ Solutions

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Article

• The Future is Hemp

• The Buzz on Hemp is Building

• Hemp Supercapacitors to Power Sustainable Future

• Review of Successful Hemp Production Around the World

• From Hemp's Absurd Ban to "Hemp For Victory"Again

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• Breadfruit: How a Humble Food Empowers Communities

• Meet Breadfruit: 5 Reasons to Pay Attention to this Humble Tree

• The Breadfruit Economy Initiative: Connecting Opportunities For Island Communities

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• Nanofribrillated Cellulose: The Future of Sustainable Materials

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Case Study & Report

• Breadfruit Economy Initiative

• Agroforestry in East Java Home Gardens as Sustainable Breadfruit Production Model

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Press Release 

• Humble Breadfruit Gathers International Leaders and Experts

• Samoa Makes Path-Breaking Development in Emergent Breadfruit Industry

• Samoan Papali'i Shares Why Breadfruit is "Potentially One of the Most Important Crop of 21st Century"

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Informational 

• Hemp Info Packet

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Video Narrative

• Global Pacific Breadfruit Summit 2017: Sustainable Development in Pacific Islands

• Steve Rose of the Maui Hemp Institute on the Role of Hemp in
  a Sustainable Future

• The Future Is Hemp 

• Indigenous Elder Kalani Souza:
  On Sustainability 

• Ulu & Spirit: The Story of Ku

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