On Oct. 2, National Tropical Botanical Gardens in partnership with Kaua‘i Community College hosted a public lecture on Lord Howe Island in the KCC cafeteria. Ian Hutton, curator of the museum at Lord Howe Island, started his lecture at 5:30
On Oct. 2, National Tropical Botanical Gardens in partnership with Kaua‘i Community College hosted a public lecture on Lord Howe Island in the KCC cafeteria.
Ian Hutton, curator of the museum at Lord Howe Island, started his lecture at 5:30 p.m. and ended it at 7:30 p.m.
Helen Cox, chancellor of KCC, introduced Hutton to the crowd. She was pleased at the amount of people on hand to learn about Lord Howe Island. She pointed out that public lectures is something KCC is all about and hopes for even more lectures in the future.
Dozens of people turned up for this lecture: The majority of people attending were students of the college and volunteers from NTBG.
Hutton explained the similarities between Lord Howe Island and Kaua‘i.
Hutton also gave meticulous details about indigenous and invasive species, history of the island, its sustainable efforts to reduce pollution, ecotourism and also the island’s isolation the South Pacific.
Both NTBG and KCC share a common goal of quality education to truly change lives. For more information on these two institutions, visit www.ntbg.org and kauai.hawaii.edu.
1. Charmaine Kilmer of Lawa‘i.
2. Brian Yamamoto of Kapa‘a.
3. Georgene and Ed Yamada of Lawa‘i.
4. Robert Nishek of Lawa‘i.
5. Neil Browsnahan and Bille Dawson of Kalaheo.
6. Patti Pantone of Kalaheo.
7. Sandy Gage of Kalaheo.
8. Oscar Punla of California.
9. Lucky Wells of Kapa’a and Jane Goldsmith of Lawa‘i.
10. Imogene Miner of Po‘ipu and Maureen Nuccio-Hiraga of Wailua Homesteads.
11. Robin Clark of Lawa‘i.
12. Ian Hutton of Lord Howe Island and Cammie Matsumoto of Lawa‘i.
13. Paul Forgues and Kathy Bryan of Kalaheo.
