Executive Director and Ecoliteracy Educator
Center for Getting Things Started
12-7106 Punakai St.
Pahoa, HI 96778
(w) (808) 443-9231
About
Koh Ming Wei aka “intellectual farmer” who has a PhD. in Sustainability Education, has insatiable curiosity, and is an educational consultant, curriculum developer, māmaki farmer, and distiller. Passionate about Education for Sustainability (EfS), she integrates education for sustainability benchmarks, standards, and ecological principles into State and National Education standards in the Pacific Region. Ming Wei, who co-founded Center for Getting Things Started and leads the EfS programming there, is also an independent researcher and was the Principal Investigator (PI) on two National Science Foundation funded projects, Geo-Literacy Education Micronesia (GEM), and Water Network Team STEM (WaNTS). Currently, Ming Wei is the Co-PI for two USDA funded project,s Food Experiences for Agriculture Science Training (FEAST) and Aloha ʻĀina Academy: Agricultural Literacy through Sustainable Food Systems Education. Widely traveled, Ming Wei is interested in how different cultures and indigenous communities work with nature to resolve ecological and social challenges through community partnerships, agriculture, food, music and art, and place-based education.
Projects
| FW20-368 | Mamaki – Fertilization and branch bending trials for continuous leaf flush and soil fertility |