“A Humble Handbook,” because this shift must be driven by the humble desire to create a better society. It must be accessible, replicable, diverse, decentralized, and a unique passage for each human, each community, each ecosystem, each society.

A crisis is a terrible thing to waste, and what we are faced with in this era is a crisis indeed. Where all the elements of this humble manifesto come together are within the human heart, within the heart of individuals and the collective heart of small communities that make the decision to manifest their own future, to refuse being another cog in the wheel, to live simply so that others may simply live.

To move towards a more economically independent Oceania it will be important to encourage the exchange of information, stories, and knowledge between islands in the Pacific. Additionally, by doing so the Pacific can serve as an example to the globe of indigenous peoples reclaiming the knowledge stolen from them through colonial myth telling and narrative creation. As indigenous peoples begin to challenge these colonial narratives the world over, the imperial monopoly on the telling of history will began to unravel.

The purpose of this project is to assist with water sovereignty for sustainable family farming operations in the area known as Upcountry Maui, Hawaii. In the spirit of sustainability and honoring traditional knowledge, this project will provide for on-site water harnessing and utilizing, and in doing so will be in step with the long-term goal of strengthening the local economy, promoting conservation, honoring traditional knowledge, and increasing sustainability consciousness throughout the community.

This paper will primarily examine Tuvalu, an island nation comprised of low-lying atolls. With limited freshwater, limited financial resources, a growing population, globalization, and the threat of global climate change how does Tuvalu manage its water resources?

…Though Weber would advocate for the rational-legal legitimacy provided in democratic state structure, when legitimacy is acquired solely through a show of force, such as in the case of occupation, and also in a democratic state, particularly by an individual or a group that does not identify with those being ruled, it is unlikely that power will not be challenged. So whereas the Weberian approach sees politics as taking place from within the sphere of government, in the case of East Timor it appears more fitting that the true politics essentially takes place in the sphere of citizen resistance, and particularly resistance to occupation…

Though the signification (the representations) of indigenous medicines have changed; from earlier interpretations as being reviled to contemporary interpretations as being revered, the motivations have remained the same...the representations are never created for the sake of the those being represented. Theses representations are created in order to see what indigenous people have to offer and what their indigeneity can provide for missionaries and settlers in order to continually reinforce European/Christian empire.

“Long Term Strategies”

We can’t rape men
put anything in them
against their will
pull down their secrets
chilled by fear, or force
tight apertures
fresh and wide.
We can’t stalk and take
bleed the night
squeeze hysteria
from burning stars.
No, we cannot do
just what men do.
But in Pele’s hills
beneath a bloody moon
young women dancers
learn castration
as an art.
-Haunani-Kay Trask,
1994 from Light in the Crevice Never Seen