The latest news and stories about the circular economy in Yokohama
An overall score is 101.3. It was highly rated for its commitment to community and employees Harch Inc. (Chuo-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Yu Kato), a company with the mission of “Publishing a better future” and running Circular Yokohama and other eight web medias to pushing the world sustainability forward, received the B Corporation™ Certification, an international…
Circular Yokohama participated in the event “Minato Mirai Circular Weekend – Everyone, try to decarbonize!” on March 24th and 25th. On the day of the event, we ran various programs on site. This event was the first event of the Minato Mirai Circular City Project, a Yokohama City project to promote the decarbonization of the…
We have added a new circular project “Kanazawa School for Special Needs Education” in our database. Kanazawa School for Special Needs Education is promoting career education and waste reduction project to build a sustainable society. It is actively interacting with citizens and businesses to contribute to the local community from the aspect of welfare. For…
Circular Yokohama held the event “Yokohama Local Circular Economy Seminar Vol.2: Southern Part ‘Regional Circulation Created with Children’” on February 27. The event was held in collaboration with NPO Yokohama Community Design Lab and YOKOHAMA Living Lab Support Office. The Yokohama version of the Circular Economy Seminar is a series of three special seminars designed…
Circular Yokohama has created “Circular Gacha,” a capsule toy machine that visitors can play with by inserting PET bottle caps, with the aim of creating opportunities for people to enjoy experiencing regional and resource recycling. The capsules that serve as prizes contain recyclable goods manufactured by businesses in Yokohama City, and visitors can obtain one…
From January 10 to 15, Circular Yokohama and LOCAL GOOD YOKOHAMA collaborated to hold “LOCAL GOOD DAY! Good communities circulate.” The event was held at the event space on the second basement floor of LUMINE Yokohama. Circular Yokohama held the “YOKOHAMA CIRCULAR DESIGN MUSEUM,” a mobile museum where visitors can see, touch, and purchase products…
Circular Yokohama, Harch’s online platform that aims to promote the circular economy in Yokohama, held the event “Yokohama Local Circular Economy Seminar Vol.1: Northern Part ‘Circular Urban Farming and Community Housing for Building Neighborhood Connections’” on February 1. The event was held in collaboration with NPO Yokohama Community Design Lab and YOKOHAMA Living Lab Support…
Circular Yokohama will be holding a mobile museum, YOKOHAMA CIRCULAR DESIGN MUSEUM. It will exhibit from 10-13 January at LUMINE Yokohama, displaying various products linked with Yokohama’s circular economy. This comes together with the collaboration with LOCAL GOOD YOKOHAMA, an organization promoting circular lifestyles through social good, to hold the “LOCAL GOOD DAY!” event. LOCAL…
Happy holidays! We hope you are having a cozy and wonderful winter season wherever you are. Circular Yokohama has started rapping up 2022 as the calendar tells us to do so. Here are the things we went through in the past November. Collaboration with the “SEYANISHI SDGs PROJECT” by Seyanishi High School Seyanishi high school,…
Circular Yokohama, Harch’s online platform that aims to promote the circular economy in Yokohama, participated in a talk event titled “Yokohama Circular Future Sessions” on October 22nd. *This event was planned as part of “Yokohama Joint Development Exhibition 2022 (in Japanese)” held at Yokohama City Hall from October 21st to 28th. News Points Fourteen organizations gathered…
We feel the winter is coming here in Japan. The past October brought us a lot of joy and excitement. We will walk you through our delightful moments! Local festival “HOSHITEN FAIR 2022 PLAY!! HOSHITEN!!” We joined Yokohama’s local festival, “HOSHITEN FAIR 2022 PLAY!! HOSHITEN!!” on 9 October. The event was held by the railway…
Circular Yokohama participated in the event “Hoshiten Fair 2022 PLAY!! HOSHITEN!!” which was held in front of Tennocho Station on the Sotetsu Line in Yokohama. Workshops and markets where visitors could enjoy the charms of the Hoshiten Area “Hoshiten Fair 2022 PLAY!! HOSHITEN!!” is a fair where visitors could enjoy the charm of the area…
