Peter J. Rappa Sustainable Coastal Development Internship

To continue the spirit and good work of long-time coastal sustainability extension agent Peter Joseph Rappa, the Sea Grant College Program of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology has created a memorial internship. The Sustainable Coastal Development (SCD) Intern will be involved in aspects of coastal sustainability and work with the UH Sea Grant Center for Smart Building and Community Design. Hawai‘i’s communities statewide are engaging their natural, social, and built environments in efforts to better manage issues that affect their livability and resiliency. The SCD Intern will work to bring attention to sustainable coastal development through extension and community-based education in topics of coastal smart growth and community planning and their integration with hazard mitigation and climate change adaptation.