Episode 94

Sustainable Short Takes - travel, business and organizations doing better in Japan

April 2023 Sustainable Japan topics - links and timestamps below:

00:00 Welcome to April Sustainable Short-Takes

00:40 Red Maple Leaf Beauty

02:00 Wooden Masu Sake cup souvenirs

02:40 Ethical Leadership Youth Camp

06:00 Sustainable Education in Japan

09:05 Setouchi 7 Event Summary

09:20 Alex Kerr Keynote Speaker Setouchi Seven Event

10:10 Governors TOKUSHIMA HYOGO feature sustainability

11:20 Moriaki Kida Diversity & Inclusion Keynote Speaker  @Google 

15:00 Aesop recyclable vegan beauty products in Japan

15:50 MUJI zero-waste beauty refills

16:50 Water refill stations at MUJI

18:50 Riki Ohkanda & Isabella Bird's Journey

20:00 Japan's Rikshaws Made-in-Japan

22:00 Japan travel - lots of walking

24:00 AI tech & energy use

26:00 DEVON UK pool heated by data center

28:00 Fukushima creating renewable energy recycle center

LINKS

** Wooden Masu Sake Cups on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/masu0211/masu-boxes/

** Kamaishi Youth Leadership Camp with Atlantic Pacific Org non-profit: https://www.atlanticpacific.org.uk/japan-spring-camp-2023-umi-to-nippon-project/

** Kamaishi city, IWATE Japan: https://www.city.kamaishi.iwate.jp/docs/2010100400028/

** Alex Kerr playlist on this Seek Sustainable Japan talkshow: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcyYXjRuE20GITGrIjiqQy5VvlAuBQOSs

** Aesop vegan and sustainable beauty products in Japan (from Australia) https://www.aesop.com/us/r/philosophy-to-products/

** Journeys in Japan - on the road to Nikko  @NHKWORLDJAPAN 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMMuKq1G7ow

** Isabella Bird Journeys post by the Japan gov site https://www.japan.go.jp/kizuna/2021/12/discovering_japan_with_isabella_bird.html

** Rikshaw history on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickshaw

** BBC  @BBC  Data center heats pool in Devon UK

** MUJI flagship store in Hiroshima Japan review: https://www.inboundambassador.com/muji-aims-for-sustainable-brand-in-hiroshima/

** Fukushima long-term view Hope Tourism on Inbound Ambassador (part-2 coming soon) Part-1: https://www.inboundambassador.com/fukushima-hope-tour-day-1/


About Sustainable Short-Takes with Joy & Tove:

Tove Kinooka and JJWalsh are sustainability-focused entrepreneurs in Tokyo and Hiroshima who talk each month about the sustainable businesses, travel, products and innovation they are involved with or which are on our radar.


Tove Kinooka is the co-founder of Global Perspective KK in Tokyo, she is based in Yokohama

http://www.globalperspectives.biz/


Joy (JJWalsh) is founder of InboundAmbassador co. & co-founder of GetHiroshima, she is based in Hiroshima

http://www.inboundambassador.com/

https://gethiroshima.com/

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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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