Environment and Sustainability

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Other worlds are possible — Last modified December 16, 2009 09:24

What does human development look like in a world of climate change? That's the question which the _Up in Smoke?_ coalition have been asking since their first report back in 2004. Now, ahead of the UN Climate Change talks in Copenhagen, the coalition has brought together some of the developing world's leading thinkers, including Nobel Peace Prize winners Wangari Maathai (Kenya) and R.K. Pachauri (India), and economists Manfred Max-Neef (Chile) and Jayati Ghosh (India) to describe how they see their countries developing in a carbon-constrained world.

A Report on the Development of Environmental NGOs in China — Last modified November 30, 2009 15:23

Since July 2009 JFS has hosted a Chinese intern student for six months. Taking this as an opportunity to learn about the current situation of environmental protection in China, we asked him for a report on Chinese environmental NGOs, their development and challenges. Here is his report.

"Initiatives and Achievements of Local Governments in Japan" (No. 26): Building Sustainable Communities for the 30th Century --The Story of Ogawa, Japan's "Organic Town" — Last modified October 01, 2009 09:57

Ogawa is a town in Saitama Prefecture, about an hour by train from Tokyo, which is rich in natural beauty and surrounded by mountains, with some 35,000 residents calling it home. With its historic streets and the surrounding environment of "satoyama" woodlands (areas of rich biodiversity near human settlements in the countryside), the town is often called "Little Kyoto in Musashi" (Musashi is an old name for Saitama, and was part of what is now Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture).

Green revolution killed our water resources — Last modified September 22, 2009 09:30

The (tropical) *rainwater* could be likened to the air. The water like air is finite resource. But when it is allowed to remain as a *re cyclical resource*, it appears to be infinite. Unfortunately for us, the tropical water could be reduced in to a finite resource and subjected for *terminal consumption* under the aegis of GR.

Rolling back the climate change?: FORUM FOR TROPICAL WATER; Release-7 — Last modified September 11, 2009 07:33

Say NO to the suicidal "vulnerabilities and adaptation" paradigm. For a mass movement against the menace of killer climate,farmer's suicides (climate deaths) & the destitute out-migration (climate refugees).

Half Farmer, Half Something Else: "New" Lifestyles for an Eco-Friendly 21st Century — Last modified May 04, 2009 08:56

The global economic crisis, which began with the collapse of U.S. securities house Lehman Brothers in 2008, also triggered a series of business failures and job losses in Japan. The nation was already facing a number of problems.

A Rice-farming Area where People and Geese Live in Harmony: Osaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture — Last modified March 31, 2009 07:52

Resolution on Rice Paddies Adopted by Ramsar Convention Conference. Wetlands exist in various forms around the world - marshes and swamps, rivers, lakes, reservoirs, rice paddies, beaches, tidelands and coral reefs - and all provide habitat for a wide diversity of animals and plants. In recent years, however, wetland ecosystems are being rapidly lost due to impacts from human activity such as changes in land use, development and so on

Sustainable Use of Natural Resources — Last modified March 30, 2009 14:34

The Department of Bioresource Sciences at Nihon University has been conducting an integrated research project, the "Integrated Research on the Environment toward the Sustainable Use of Bioresources," at the Center for Natural Environment Sciences (CNES) since the spring of 2002

JFS Newsletter No.76 (December 2008) — Last modified March 30, 2009 14:35

JFS Newsletter No.76 (December 2008). Written by Junko Edahiro, Co-Chief Executive, Japan for Sustainability. Japan for Sustainability (JFS) has been working to be a driving force toward a sustainable Japan and sustainable world by spreading environmental information from Japan to the world. And I hope that JFS will evolve into Asia for Sustainability (AFS), and eventually World for Sustainability (WFS).

JFS Evolves toward "Asia for Sustainability" -- China's Environmental Initiatives, Part 1 — Last modified December 01, 2008 10:06

For the past six years, Japan for Sustainability (JFS) has worked to be a driving force toward a sustainable Japan and sustainable world by spreading environmental information from Japan to the world. Now I have a new dream: to grow from JFS into Asia for Sustainability (AFS), and eventually World for Sustainability (WFS).