An amusement park, “KidZania SDGs Center,” will provide a space where children can come in contact with SDGs. The young visitors will carry the “Change the Future! Action Rally” book and explore issues like food waste and...
Zenbird Media has covered a myriad of topics in 2021. While changes in Japan are slow, the editors of Zenbird do see positive changes and have identified possible solutions (even though, we hoped for more speed). Despite the 2nd year of...
As part of the Nippon Foundation’s “Sea and Japan Project,” elementary school students participated in the “Programming Sea SDGs!” program at the Kagoshima Museum of the Environment. The students learned programming...
Last year, SHIBUYA109 lab’s survey revealed that 40% of youths were not familiar with the term SDGs. One of the conclusions was that while there was awareness of social and environmental issues, these concerns are still distant issues for many...
Sustainably protecting the Earth’s environment is not something you can do overnight. Decades of hard effort across multiple generations is needed to truly make it happen. It’s important that the children of today understand what needs to be done to...
In less than a decade to go, the 2030 goals of the SDGs are upon us, and Japan still has some catching up to do. The launch of the “SO GOOD!! Shibuya Club” is a promotion project to encourage more young people, especially the so-called...
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals are an ambitious set of objectives established in 2015 to improve life on earth. The SDGs include both environmental goals such as clean energy and social goals such as eliminating poverty. Of...
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals were established in 2015. The SDGs are an ambitious set of objectives for improving life on our planet. Among many other things, this includes dealing with poverty, promoting clean energy and...
Compared to a few years ago, there is more awareness of environmental and social issues in Japan. Alongside the pandemic also came the opportunity for Japanese society to reassess relationships with nature and the need for sustainability. More and...
The Link Up Waste Project is an upcycling project developed by painting & wall covering contractor, Kawakami Tosokogyo. Launched in May this year, the project tackles issues such as textile waste and unemployment. It also allows the company to...