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Cashing in on the green: Exploring paths to self-funded conservation

When Clementine Schnabel agreed to mentor Kyle Dahilig through the Navigating Home Fellowship, she got more than research assistance. She got a firsthand look at what it means when local talent comes home.

Schnabel took Kyle in and involved him in one of the Micronesia Challenge’s key projects, a regional effort to manage 50 percent of near-shore marine resources and 30 percent of terrestrial resources by 2030. Reaching those goals takes money, so their task was to research and explore ways to build self-sustaining revenue.

Louella Losinio October 20, 2026

NATURAL RESOURCES

Our natural resources team is hard at work protecting
and conserving native and endemic plant species.

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OCEAN CONSERVATION

Our ocean research teams are working to protect our
precious marine resources and species including our native
Sea Turtles and fisheries

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Sustainable Start

At the University of Guam Center for Island Sustainability & Sea Grant (UOG CIS & Sea Grant), we define sustainability as the balance between meeting current needs and safeguarding the resources of future generations. Established in 2009, UOG CIS & Sea Grant is the region’s lead institution for supporting the transition toward a sustainable, self-reliant, and prosperous island community.

Ocean of Reach

Since our founding, UOG CIS & Sea Grant has evolved into the region’s focal point for sustainability research and community outreach. We collaborate closely with government agencies, NGOs, and community groups to address critical island needs across four key pillars: Environment, Economy, Society, and Education.

A Green Future

With an expanding portfolio of implementation projects and strong community partnerships, UOG CIS & Sea Grant is moving the region toward a sustainable tomorrow. Our work is defined by action. Through transformative programs like Guam Green Growth, the SEAS Islands Alliance, and Navigating Home, we are turning sustainability plans into on-the-ground reality.

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Riyo Anne Reyes tries her hand at closing a typhoon shutter at House 21,

Calm before Champi: A week of firsts with REEF

By Riyo Anne Reyes, REEF intern

One thing I’m quickly learning as a Research, Education, and Extension Fellowship (REEF) intern is that no two days look quite the same. This week was full of new experiences, from conducting interviews and covering events to trying something completely new.

October 19, 2026 No Comments

The second G3 GROW Corps cohort and UOG CIS & Sea Grant leadership pose holding colourful Sustainable Development Goal signs and a Guam Green Growth plaque.

UOG GROW Corps puts six new members to work for watershed restoration

Six participants have begun a six-month path toward potential careers in watershed restoration and forestry with the launch of the second cohort of the University of Guam’s Guam Green Growth (G3) GROW Corps. Over the course of the program, they will learn skills ranging from seed collection and nursery propagation to reforestation, firebreak maintenance, and forest data collection.

October 14, 2026 No Comments

Junior Achievement Guam high school students pose with G3 Makerspace Coordinator Abby Crain while holding colorful UN Sustainable Development Goal posters.

Green from the start: Junior Achievement kids learn to build sustainable businesses

Every product starts with an idea, but for Junior Achievement (JA) Guam’s young entrepreneurs, that idea begins with a question: What will it cost the island, not just the bottom line?

October 14, 2026 No Comments

Leilani Sablan Naden, program lead for Guihan for Guåhan , posing inside a fishing boat

Fishing is who we are. Can it stay that way?

By Leilani Sablan Naden, program lead for Guihan for Guåhan
Ask a fisher about fishing in Guam today, and you may hear a familiar sentiment: it just isn’t like it used to be. Trips that once brought home a cooler full of fish may now require more time and effort for a smaller catch. For many, these changes are not abstract scientific observations. They are lived experiences, passed through conversations at the boat ramp, around the dinner table, and among generations of fishers.

October 12, 2026 No Comments

Anthony Cruz, left, and Shawn Garcia, right, holding a phone stand

Inspired by son, Father promotes inclusion through island-wide walk for autism awareness

When Anthony Hana Cruz’s son was diagnosed with autism, it changed the way he saw the world. Now, that love is carrying an entire island on a 16-hour journey with it.

On Saturday, October 10, Guam will see something it has never seen before: individuals and families walking side by side from the island’s northernmost tip to its southern shores in support of autism awareness. The inaugural “Walk Different” event, co-organized by Cruz and Off The Spectrum, will take participants from Andersen Air Force Base to Merizo Pier and Cocos Island, beginning at 12:00 AM and ending at 4:00 PM.

October 9, 2026 No Comments

Curious by nature: An intro to REEF intern Riyo

My name is Riyo Anne Reyes and I’m a Research, Education, and Extension Fellowship (REEF) intern assigned to the UOG Center for Island Sustainability and Sea Grant Science Communication team.

If there’s one thing that has always driven me, it’s my curiosity. I’ve always been the type of person who loves learning about new things. Staying curious about life and accepting the fact that I don’t know everything is one of those things that sustains me. It keeps me interested in the world around me and reminds me that there is always something new to learn.

October 9, 2026 No Comments