Southwest of Takamatsu City in Kagawa Prefecture is the Ayagawa town. Nearing meguru Zero Waste Cafe, you can see the distant urban sprawl under a blue sky. The cafe’s location offers its unique flavor of scenery to its guests. We meet Toyo...
Circular Economy helps us tackle the climate crisis in the long run, especially with system change. The relationship between the two is not immediately apparent, but a circular economy can help achieve some targets of the SDGs 13, Climate Action...
1.5 (degrees increase in global warming) is the horror barrier we want to avoid, but this self-destructive truck we’re riding on just crashed through the 1.0C wall effortlessly. There seem to be no signs of it slowing down. At the back of the...
We can reduce carbon emissions as individuals by asking two questions, where does this come from? where does this go after we use them? If we switched to 100% renewable energy tomorrow, we would only have cut 55% of total global carbon emissions...
The best way to tackle the problem of global warming and increasing carbon emissions is to look at the carbon cycle, or in a more straightforward sense, where carbon should be. Remember, carbon is not the enemy, but it is more about putting carbon...
Both upcycling and reusing (secondhand) clothes have their place in reducing waste, taking us a step closer to zero waste and a circular economy. So we want to include both as better alternatives to discarding them as garbage. If we have to say...
Those familiar with Zenbird will know our stand that carbon and plastics are more nuanced than simply good or bad. But can we live without plastics? Here is a map of how much Japan depended on plastics. Red areas mean 100% dependent on plastic...
The Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February is devastating news, uprooting Ukraine’s peace and freedom, while threatening the country’s people with death and destruction. As we witness how the war develops daily, we can’t help...
To achieve a circular economy where resources are kept within the system, we need to learn how to deal with our waste through recycling, reusing, upcycling, etc. Yet, it is not always easy to identify where to bring our waste to. For example, there...
Sustainable hotel ANCHOR HOTEL FUKUYAMA will soon reopen its ANCHOR MARKET this coming April, an enjoyable market to connect people through all things Hiroshima and Fukuyama. More than just a simple market, ANCHOR MARKET’s main crowd is mothers with...