Learn about the historical and cultural heritage of Pacific voyaging over the last millenium. Celestial navigation was a vanishing art when a cultural revival of voyaging began in the 1970's based on the teachings of Micronesian navigator Mau Pialug of Satawal. Panelists will explore the cultural values of our ancestors and the canoe as a metaphor for planet Earth, an island of limited resources, floating in the sea of space. The discussion will highlight the applicability of voyaging values to the current environmental crisis and the development of a new ethos for stewardship for Island Earth, “Our Blue Canoe”. The panel will delve into the art of storytelling in reference to the upcoming film, Our Blue Canoe, a cinematic feature documentary that chronicles the epic journey of the Pacific Voyagers, a group of over 100 Pan-Pacific Islanders, who for the first time ever, sailed a fleet of traditional-style voyaging canoes across the Pacific, and over 140,000 nautical miles, to carry a message of stewardship for the ocean.