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Japanese Charcoal: How and Why this Natural Deoderizer Works Its Magic
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
There’s good reason for charcoal to be so popular in Japan. A long tradition of using it to heat and cook made it indispensable for a smooth running household, but it played other roles inside and outside the home. A charcoal maker would have gathered their raw material – wood – from nearby forests, which [read more]
CHANGE MAKERS
A conference on Sustainable Development: The End of Business as We Know it….?
Friday, May 18, 2012
It was the pleasure of the Eco+waza team to be invited to attend the recent conference organised by the European Business Council in Japan (EBC) on ‘The End of Business as We Know it: Perspectives on Sustainable Development’. This was the first of its kind to be organised by the EBC and the line-up of [read more]
Living Green in Japan
Big Spring Green Up: Clean Your Home the Green Way
Friday, April 6, 2012
Living in Japan, you run into plenty of problems around the house and Mom isn’t around to help out. Water quality and lifestyles, a language that’s hard to read, and not being able to find the right kitchen cleaner at the store, for all these problems and more we asked Japanese Moms and got some [read more]
STAFF BLOG
“A Little Boy” Soap & PAX Naturon Cream Soap
Saturday, May 5, 2012
“Bocchan” (A little boy’s) soap When I opened the packet of Bocchan soap and smelled it, I was transported back to my childhood in a whiff of nostalgia. Bocchan smells like sebo de macho, an over the counter topical ointment popular in the Philippines applied to the skin to promote healing and keep wounds from [read more]
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International Media Coverage: OIGEN, the “top” runner
[Updates from OIGEN]Friday, May 18, 2012
