Matthew Kamakani Lynch Email & Phone Number

Honolulu, Hi, Us

London, England, United Kingdom

The Bertha Artivism Awards is a global funding opportunity for activist artists, arts collectives and organizations around the world to use the arts as a Call to Action – to nonviolently instigate measurable change in a community. Going beyond ‘raising awareness’ Bertha Artivists will empower and mobilize communities in collaboration with social justice organizations, campaigns or movements to achieve specific and measurable change.Artivism is a portmanteau for ‘Artistic Activism,’ which can be described as the dynamic practice of creating “Art that is grounded in the act of ‘doing’ and addresses political or social issues” using:The creative power of the Arts to move us emotionally, alter our perception, stimulate feelings ('Affect')With the strategic planning of activism to challenge and change power relations, necessary to bring about social change ('Effect')The Bertha Foundation believes that artivism should be rooted in communities, organizations and movements.

West Moloka'I, Hawaii, United States

Provide co-facilitation and strategic guidance to Sustʻāinable Molokai Landback Manager and Molokai Heritage Trust to mobilize community efforts to return Molokai Ranch to community ownership.

Honolulu, Hi / Hamburg, De

Independent record label championing rising talent.

Hawaii - Germany

I draw from a breadth of experience to consult on a wide range of projects including: cultivating emergence for transformative change; financing for landback initiatives; artist development; regenerative entrepreneurship; land restoration; change-agency as an intrapreneur; moving through climate grief; sustainability curriculum development; strategic policy development; community-based economic development and more.

Greater Boston Area

Leaders from across sectors can learn powerful new strategies for enacting high-impact sustainability leadership that positions sustainability as a driver of organizational engagement, authenticity, agility, innovation, and change-capability through the annual Executive Education for Sustainability Leadership program: https://eesl.sph.harvard.edu/

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Beautiful Emergence Radio was a 3 hour show broadcast live from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's student-run community radio station featuring music curated around the themes explored in each week’s featured interview. Interviews feature local and international guests who are leaders in their fields. Primary themes explored include: emergent strategy; complexity science; the meeting of wisdoms between indigenous ancestral knowledge systems and western sciences; Additional themes explored on the show have included: climate justice and social justice; afro-futures; ecological grief; confronting the apocalypse; climate fiction; Juneteenth; resistance & forgiveness in the age of patriarchy; and more.

Oversee integration of Sustainability into functional areas of operations, curriculum, research, engagement and cultural connections per directives outlined in UH Executive Policy EP 4.202.

Vice President For Administration

The University of Hawaii Office of Sustainability was formally established in February 2015 with the electronic signing of the Executive Sustainability Policy by UH President David Lassner.The Office functions as a backbone organization, providing support to the campuses to enhance the existing sustainability work under way, and coordination capacity for campuses to share information and resources with each other so that our institution as a whole can become more agile, more intelligent and highly impactful.

Lualualei Valley, Waianae

Kahumana Community has been working in the Luaualei Valley of Oahu since 1974. The mission of Kahumana is to create community through living, learning, and working, for and with adults with developmental disabilities.The community is a registered 501c3 non-profit under the name 'Alternative Structures International', and has operating programming serving Homelessness, Disability, and Youth through its family of social enterprises, which include the Ohana Ola O Kahumana and Ulu Ke Kukui Transitional Housing Programs for Homeless Families; Hale Lana O Kahumana's Programs for Adults with Developmental Disabilities; the Retreat and Learning Center at Kahumana Community; and Kahumana Organic Farm & Cafe.

Hawaiian Islands

Hawai‘i Green Growth (HGG) is a backbone organization which facilitates collaboration across government, non profit organizations, business and academia to advance action on an integrated approach to sustainability through the ALOHA+ Challenge. The HGG partnership honors Hawaiian cultural values and focuses on the interdependence of food, energy, natural resources, waste, smart growth, climate change, workforce development and education. The ALOHA+ Challenge is comprised of three elements:1. Joint political commitment to Sustainability w/ all four Counties, The Governorʻs office, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.2. Shared framework of targets, goals and metrics to track & measure progress on State Sustainability Goals in the areas of Clean Energy, Waste Reduction, Natural Resource Management, Local Food, Smart Sustainable Communities and Green Workforce & Education.3. Statewide multi-sector partnership to coordinate action on implementation of State Sustainability Goals.

Regenerative design develops human systems* which renew and revitalize their own energy and materials sources, so that they produce restorative impacts on their environments.The Asia-Pacific Center for Regenerative Design was founded to establish demonstrative and educational resources exploring regenerative design education.__________________________________________________*[such as food production, urban environments, buildings, economics, industry and social systems]

Honolulu

PermablitzHI is a volunteer reciprocal network which transforms urban landscapes into productive permaculture landscapes throughout Oahu.

Australia

Interned on 7-week Permaculture-based Food Security consultation in northern + southern Mongolia; contributed project summary to 'Sustainable [R]evolution' book edited by Juliana Birbaum + Louis Fox (published North Atlantic Books (2014)).Developed online course for 'Permaculture and Wellness' unit of study, currently available as an online elective course for Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University's Masters in Wellness.SCPI has worked with NGOs on every continent to support and assist development and implementation of Sustainable Aid and Development programs, including on-the-ground education of local leaders and facilitation of locally-based appropriate & replicable design solutions. See our website for more information.

Global

Self-directed course of travel & study seeking to understand ‘sustainability’ with a specific interest in permaculture and other regenerative design disciplines."theGreenBackpack is wandering the planet in search of people, places, and projects making a positive difference in our world."

Honolulu, Hawaii

Founded small company [ <10 employees] specializing in 'Mortgage Planning' services: integrating clients' real estate debt structures into their overall financial plan, with a focus on serving small business owners. The company managed over $70M in mortgage debt for its clients.Taught financial literacy classes, including 'How to Survive the Mortgage Market Meltdown' series to real estate professionals across the state of Hawaii.

Oahu, Hawaii

Small-scale real estate development.Acquired and managed modest rental property portfolio worth > $1.5M

Honolulu, Hawaii

Residential mortgage loan origination.President's Club, 2003Chairman's Club, 2004Developed and taught 'Basics of Mortgage Finance' learning module with the non-profit organization Hawaii Homeownership Center.

Honolulu, Hawaii

Residential Mortgage Loan Officer: worked with Private Banking clients to expand their financial portfolio into Hawaii real estate.Project Loan Officer: Schuler HomesProject Loan Officer: Castle & CookeProject Loan Officer: Ewa Villages