Water Wealth and the Ancestral Circular Economy with Kamanamaikalani Beamer

The extractive linear economy and policies focused on endless growth have produced unparalleled socioeconomic inequality and the climate crisis. Communities around the world are calling for new economic models that are regenerative towards people, place, and ecosystems. Ancestral ʻŌiwi (indigenous Hawaiian) economic systems were built around people's relationships and understandings of wai (water). Kamanamaikalani Beamer, Director of the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi, explores the lessons that can be drawn from the Hawaiian Ancestral Circular Economy and the resurrection of peoples' ancestral relationships to love and protect water. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 41295]

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Water Wealth and the Ancestral Circular Economy with Kamanamaikalani Beamer is an episode from UC Santa Barbara (Audio) by UCTV.

This episode is 00:56:18 long.

This episode was published on Feb 4, 2026.

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