Custom wooden house builder Aqura Homes, in collaboration with IKEA Japan and Yokohama SDGs Design Center, has started the SDGs Life Design Project. This project was started to propose a new style of architecture and living, as well as aiming to...
Have you heard of the International Day of the Girl Child? Since 2012, October 11 is marked as this International Day. The UN declared the International Day of the Girl Child to recognize girls’ rights, understand the difficulties and challenges...
About half of the world’s food loss is generated by businesses, especially shops and restaurants. The losses can result from inclement weather, special events, reservation cancellations, wrong orders, or stocking excessive inventory. However, we...
Deciding to buy a house is no small decision to be made. It takes significant monetary commitment, and often years of debt to clear. For many, that is one of their ultimate goals in life. But there is an emerging trend that branches away from the...
At the point of writing, the Japan Meteorological Agency has announced the highest-level heavy rain emergency of level 5, to Toyko and Shizuoka, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Yamanashi and Nagano Prefectures. This level implies the danger to lives, and...
AIR Inc., a company based in Tokyo, is engaged in business such as drone industry, crowd funding and event planning. It carried out a survey related to SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) with the members of the “joshikai community” (women-only...
With the threat of climate change to our civilization and the Earth’s environment, many people have begun shifting their mindset, lifestyle, and perspective toward zero waste. In order to understand zero waste, it is important to grasp how to...
Very often, organizations tackle one or a few aspects of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). This, of course, makes sense. Not everyone would be an expert to tackle all the problems present in this world. Neither does anyone have the resources to...
A few media sources have reported that Yuriko Koike, the governor of Tokyo, announced a city-run demonstration for an original digital currency in Tokyo. Citizens will be able to use this for civil payment services at two locations in the...
One of the best ways to reduce plastic waste is to carry around water bottles. However, what happens if your water bottle gets empty and you’re still thirsty? Most people turn to vending machines—alas! more plastic waste. Social Innovation Japan has...