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The organizing committee of Inochi no Mori (Forest of Life), an environmental initiative planned and managed by NPO Hibiki of Japan, announced on December 1, 2015, its launch of a project to create an encyclopedia of wildlife that inhabit the Meiji Jingu shrine forest. For this project, community members together with children and young people - the next generation of leaders - will take photos of these plants and animals and the photos will be presented as an "Encyclopedia of Life." During the process of making the encyclopedia, citizen's groups and professional photographers will regularly organize workshops that include photography and nature walks in an effort to raise environmental awareness by providing opportunities for people to interact with the forest.
Meiji Jingu shrine forest, the photo shooting location, is a man-made forest created in 1920 and was designed to last forever. Although located in central Tokyo, the forest has been protected and many of its plants and animals are conserved. It has attracted attention of researchers as a place inhabited by endangered and unique species.
Starting from 2020, the year marking the 100th anniversary of Meiji Jingu Shrine, throughout the next 100 years up to 2120, the encyclopedia will be created with the support of various citizens to encourage people living today to protect the forest and promote interest, respect and love for the forest.
Inochi no mori has been carrying out various activities to call attention to environmental issues. At the same time, it has been organizing "Earth Day Inochi no mori" every year, an environmental festival for citizens to voluntarily take action, get together and express themselves to contribute to creating a sustainable society that cherishes life.
JFS Newsletter No.166 (June 2016)
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Starting in August 2015, JFS has been organizing meetup events to discuss sustainability-related issues in English. There has been quite a variety in the programs, including presentations by guest speakers visiting Tokyo at the time, a climate-talks role-playing simulation exercise, and a discussion about food issues over a lunch with a variety of Japanese traditional millet grains as alternatives to meat.
Tokyo Sustainability Meetup
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The sixth meetup, held on April 6, 2016, featured the theme of five years since the Great East Japan Earthquake, and JFS invited two guest speakers who have been dedicating themselves to disaster relief and reconstruction support. They delivered presentations about the realities in the affected areas at the time of the disaster, and changes that have occurred over the past five years, as well as current conditions and emerging challenges. JFS also gave a presentation about a visit to Fukushima.
This edition of the JFS newsletter introduces a presentation by Robin Lewis, International Coordinator at a Japanese non-profit group called Peace Boat.
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