We have added a new circular project “Coco＆K.” in our database. Coco&K. is an officially japan’s agency of the Kilus Foundation in the Philippines. They imports lovely and eco-mind bags that are up-cycled from consumed fruit juice packages. For more information, check the project page on this website.
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals are an ambitious set of objectives established in 2015 to improve life on earth. The SDGs include both environmental goals such as clean energy and social goals such as eliminating poverty. Of course, no one person or group can achieve these targets without assisting and cooperating with each other.…
We have added a new circular project “TNETO” in our database. Tento is the shared office built with thinned wood Yamakita machi in Kanagawa Prefecture. The office is based in the co-working space “mass x mass” in Naka-Ku, Yokohama, and is expanding to other areas. For more information, check the project page on this website.
We have added a new circular project “Ikasa” in our database. Ikasa is an umbrella sharing service that allows users to borrow and return umbrellas at the umbrella spots quickly. Ikasa’s umbrellas are durable and repairable, which helps to reduce the number of disposable umbrellas. For more information, check the project page on this website.
We have added a new circular project “Web Iikamo Ichi” and ”AppliQué” in our database. “Web Iikamo Ichi” and ”AppliQué” are run by EPO Morinooto based in Aoba ward, Yokohama. For more information, check the project page on this website.
Have you ever heard of the word “Earth Overshoot Day?” It is a day that marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds nature’s budget in that year. Unfortunately, Earth Overshoot Day has been getting earlier year by year. It is time we had to take action…
Food waste is one of the biggest social issues that should be dealt with in the world. According to the government of Japan’s website, the amount of domestic food waste in 2019 was up to 6,430,000 tons, which means we waste 50 kilograms of food for each person per year in Japan. Food Banks are…
We have added a new circular project “ZERO PC” in our database. “ZERO PC” is the computer upcycling project led by People Port Inc trying to make the environmental impact by their business zero and supporting domestic refugees and poor children. For more information, check the project page on this website.
We have added a new circular project “Yokohama Blue Carobon” in our database. Yokohama City, as “SDGs Future City,” leads the Yokohama Blue Carbon Project. It works on utilizing ocean resources and regenerating marine ecosystems and the local Fishing Industry. For more information, check the project page on this website.
We have added a new circular project “SCGs Cellulose Nanofibers” in our database. Izuru Kawamura and Noriko Kanai team (Kawamura laboratory), Yokohama National university, released in April, 2020 that cellulose nanofibers were successfully derived from spent coffee grounds(SCGs). This study shows that SCGs cellulose nanofibers can be used as alternative resources and will potentially contribute…
We have added a new circular project “The Yokohama Reuse Bin Project” in our database. This project is to produce the Yokohama-exclusive beverage and reusable glass bottles in Yokohama. It conceives the regional circle of the bottles and the local consumption of the juice and approaches environmental issues as well as supports the local communities.…
We have added a new circular project “Eco Picture Diary” in our database. Eco picture diary project encourages children to be aware of environmental issues and to consider its solutions through making a poster. The project is held every summer to help local companies create new circular businesses in Yokohama. For more information, check the…
