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]
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]
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]
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]