Sustainable Consumption: Your Complete Beginner’s Guide in Japan
Learn sustainable consumption strategies that save money and protect the planet. Practical tips for ethical shopping, reducing waste, and making eco-friendly choices on any budget.
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What is Sustainability? Complete Guide for Beginners
Learn what sustainability means, discover practical daily actions, and understand how sustainable living benefits our planet, economy, and future generations in this complete guide.
Streaming for Sustainability in Japan: A Curated Guide to Environmental Films on Hulu, Netflix & YouTube
There’s so much to learn about the global natural environment, environmental pollution, climate change, and sustainability. I often gather information by watching documentaries and videos, as they have a compelling reality that’s difficult to convey through text alone. Through actual…
Aldo Leopold’s Land Ethic: Rethinking Our Relationship with Nature
“There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot.” (Leopold 1968:xxi) I have never lived alongside wild things, but this was not the case for Aldo Leopold. Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) was an American forester, conservationist, and…
What Japanese Think of Sakura Flower
Sakura cherry blossom is a symbol of Japan. Each year, many tourists visit Japan to see the cities, embellished with the beautiful pink flowers. Japanese people are also fond of beautiful Sakura flowers. When the flower starts to bloom, it’s…
Organic isn’t enough. The future is agroecology
I have utmost respect for farmers. It is one of the most important jobs without which human beings cannot survive. Living in the current system, we, consumers, don’t see how hard it is to grow food and keep food production…
Love is a political battlefield
Valentine’s day is a special celebration for love, romantic love in particular. We still live in a society where romantic love is prioritized as an essential part of a happy life. So much so that even if we are successful…
We are all hoarders on this earth
I am strangely fascinated by hoarders. When YouTube recommends clean-up videos, I am clicking them without giving much thought. Those videos show the room filled with garbage and trash before professional cleaners help hoarders to clean up their cluttered houses.…
Best Japanese Folding Fans! Sustainable and Fashionable
The summer is getting hotter every year. It’s hard to go outside and enjoy the day without running the risk of heat strokes. Yet we still want to enjoy the sunny day as much as we can. In Japan, there…
Repairing used to be a part of Japanese Culture
Ever since I have learnt the huge environmental impact that the fashion industry creates, I am being very careful what to buy. I mostly buy second hand and discovered that there are so many choices in second hand and vintage…
