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Draft Dodgers: House-warming Made Easy

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Just as summer’s setsuden or energy conversation efforts required creative solutions to keep cool, winter winds call for similar ideas to keep warm. The draft dodger, a stuffed tube of cloth laid at the base of doors, on window sills, or wherever a slight gap lets a chill breeze in or warm air out, is an easy to make (and more often than not attractive) way to do just that. As temperatures drop at home, my mother still pulls ours out of storage and sets them out around the house just as her mother did when she... 

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Two wheels better than two legs

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

I love my bicycle  - probably in the same way that some people love their cars. To me, my bicycle represents freedom – the freedom to get from A to B quickly and carry loads of stuff without the hassle of having to look for a parking space .  It is so much quicker than walking and so much less stressful than driving! Once you switch from walking to cycling you can never go back -everything takes far too long by foot afterwards. And the best thing is, I can transport my daughter around on the back of it. Much... 

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Hubble Bubble Toil and Trouble…

Thursday, February 9, 2012

This week I tried another cleaning experiment – also using vinegar! But this time using baking powder as well. A quick explanation to start with: in my kitchen, I have a variety of cleaning cloths which have different functions and all of which are in various stages of their lifecycles. Firstly, there is the standard sponge which is good for making lots of foam but which looks like it might disintegrate soon. Secondly I have a scrubbing brush, which comes in handy when I don’t want to get my hands wet but which... 

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This House of Straw: The Story of Square One

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

If it weren’t for a touch of insomnia, Toby and Maiko Weymiller’s dream home might still be just a dream. Up early one morning, Toby wandered out to the living room in their Seattle apartment, and picked up a book from the coffee table. Lent by a friend a few months before who knew of their search for land and desire to build sustainably, they hadn’t had a chance to look it over. A sleepless morning seemed as good an opportunity as any to start. A few pages in and Toby was hooked. One pot of coffee... 

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A week in the life of a Japanese Tenugui (traditional towel)

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

The latest addition to my household from the Eco+waza range was a Japanese ‘Tenugui’ or traditional towel. These towels are made from 100% cotton and have a multitude of uses from drying hands to wrapping lunchboxes. I got to take home one with a pink triangular pattern, which is an artistic representation of uroko or fish scales. This design is said to be a charm against bad luck. I put my tenugui straight to the test in the kitchen drying dishes. It performed the function well – as the cloth is quite thin,... 

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JAPAN NOW & THEN

Satoyama: The Wild Side of Japanese Farming

Friday, September 9, 2011
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Traditional farming in Japan has a wild edge.  Adjacent to the carefully tended rice fields and rows of vegetables is an area rich with life.  Birds dive over the trees and fields, catching insects, while bees drone from one flower to the next. Trees of all types and sizes move in the wind, and a [read more]

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CHANGE MAKERS

Video: Toko Tomita from AMNESTY

Friday, October 28, 2011
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Video streaming by Ustream Human rights and environmental issues. These two huge issues tend to be thought of as two different fields. However many problems nowadays are sharing both aspects. Our guest today is Toko Tomita from Amnesty International, Japan. Toko talks about the “Niger-delta” issue, an environmental and human rights issue still occuring in [read more]

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LIVING IN JAPAN

Draft Dodgers: House-warming Made Easy

Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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Just as summer’s setsuden or energy conversation efforts required creative solutions to keep cool, winter winds call for similar ideas to keep warm. The draft dodger, a stuffed tube of cloth laid at the base of doors, on window sills, or wherever a slight gap lets a chill breeze in or warm air out, is [read more]

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GREEN LEADERS FORUM -SPRING- March 5, 2012 7pm-9:30pm

Thursday, January 19, 2012
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Hosted by the British Council/Powered by eco+waza ■ CONCEPT Through this forum, we will connect global environmental issues to individuals’ daily lives. Each session will be addressing a common issue and consist of two parts; 1) a talk session by specialists / entrepreneurs / professors to provide an overview and 2) a workshop to introduce [read more]

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Two wheels better than two legs

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Hubble Bubble Toil and Trouble…

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How to use your Green Cleaning Kit

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This House of Straw: The Story of Square One

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