Episode 107

Summer Events & EV Travel among other sustainable short-takes for August 2023 chat with Tove & JJ

Monthly 30-min chat between two Sustainability-focused consultants in Japan, Tove Kinooka in Tokyo & JJWalsh in Hiroshima - what topics are on our radar this month of August 2023? See the time-jumps and topics below: Watch the video on YouTube here for the added visuals

  • 00:00 Welcome to Sustainable Short-Takes
  • 02:00 Extreme Heat Summer in Japan - NewYorker/Matt Alt
  • 03:00 Scrap & Build Construction Shift - JapanTimes
  • 05:00 Minka Summit Japan (Renovation of Old Houses)
  • 06:00 Creative Mornings Kyoto talk in old building
  • 07:00 Reusing old structures win-win-win sustainability
  • 08:10 Tourism Appeal with preserved houses
  • 08:30 SDG Manga series SURVIVAL
  • 11:00 Sustainable Festival Goer Strategies
  • 12:20 Tokyo City in Nature Webinar - REUTERS
  • 16:05 Compact Agriculture - CleanTech
  • 19:30 Nagano Naturally Organic Farmer Heather Fukase visit
  • 22:00 Eat your Soba (buckwheat) noodles folks!
  • 22:45 Volvo all-in for Electric Cars EV's push in Japan
  • 25:20 Driving Electric Cars Across Japan
  • 26:40 One Young World Summit BELFAST
  • 29:10 IB program ESS Environmental Systems & Societies
  • 31:20 Thanks for joining!

LINKS

Matt Alt - New Yorker Article: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-shock-of-japans-extreme-heat

Japan Times Scrap & Build: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2023/08/27/sustainability/japan-scrap-build-sustainability/

Creative Mornings: https://creativemornings.com/

Tokyo City in Nature Webinar (FREE) pre-register sign-in: https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/4276377/C14AE7AC03D075BFA55E70B0035D85DE?partnerref=k

One Young World Belfast, Northern Ireland

https://www.oneyoungworld.com/summit-2023

International Baccalaureate ESS courses for future sustainable leaders

https://www.ibo.org/programmes/diploma-programme/curriculum/sciences/environmental-systems-and-societies/

Tove Kinooka is a Yokohama/Tokyo-based sustainability consultant who co-founded Global Perspectives: "Creating sustainability driven organizations and leaders to deliver financial, social and environmental sustainability for all your stakeholders"

Joy Jarman-Walsh (jjwalsh) is a social-entrepreneur founder of InboundAmbassador co. and co-founder of GetHiroshima.

  • https://www.inboundambassador.com/
  • https://seeksustainablejapan.com/
  • https://gethiroshima.com/

Music Thanks to Casey Bean - original songwriter, musician & podcaster of TheBeanPod - support his music by naming your price to download on Bandcamp

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jj walsh

Hi I'm Joy (JJ) originally from Hawaii & long-time Hiroshima-jin (jin=person). My work and content is focused on sustainability & how we can make better choices to balance the needs of people, planet and profits in our lives, work and travel. Join me as I talk with wonderful people and visit interesting places in Japan.
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