［ Outline｜COMMITTEE｜Management｜Program Coordinators ｜Program Overview｜Schedule of activities］
Outline
Take action for the future of the planet. Sustainability*1 has now become a major issue for the future of humankind. To form a sustainable society, broad insight that encompasses a variety of viewpoints, not only problems concerning the natural environment but also problems concerning the entire global environment, including economic and international problems, and the general ability to solve issues will be needed.
In 2008, DENSO Corporation.*2 started the "DENSO YOUTH for EARTH Action:New Earthlings Project" in cooperation with the Japan Environmental Education Forum.*3 It is an international program that will foster young people who have a high level of awareness about humankind's coexistence with the environment and who will actively tackle efforts to create a sustainable society. Through this program, the youth around the world will come into contact with the rich natural world of Japan and the ASEAN countries, and they will experience that coexistence with the environment in regions and companies. Then, they will devise their own action plans based on the various values, broad insights, experiences, and knowledge obtained through the program and present those action plans at the forum. We aim to expand the environmental activity to the world by connecting that to their own activities.
In 2009, which will be the second year of the program, it will be held in Japan for students from Japan and the six ASEAN countries.*4 We hope that Japanese and Southeast Asian youths will learn through on-site experience, and, as a step toward their own future, they will become the "new earthlings" who will support the next generation.
*1 There are various opinions about the definition of sustainability, but the general definition is "sustainable development." That is the concept that was taken up as a central idea in a report titled "Our Common Future," which the World Commission on Environment and Development (chaired by then Norwegian Prime Minister Brundtland) released in 1987. It has come to mean the type of "development that will satisfy today's needs while meeting the needs of the future generation."
*2 DENSO Corporation (headquarters in Kariya City, Aichi Prefecture) is Japan's largest automotive parts supplier and has expanded to 32 countries and regions worldwide. Denso's mission, and its management philosophy, is to "contribute to a better world by creating value together with a vision for the future," and it hopes to put into practice corporate actions that are truly trusted by society.
*3 The Japan Environmental Education Forum networks with nations, corporations, and NPOs and promotes cooperation and exchange based on a practical training in environmental education. It wants to contribute toward building a sustainable society, a global issue.
*4 Students from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Singapore.
COMMITTEE （Approval Org.）
| Committee members | Akio Tajima (Managing Officer, DENSO CORPORATION) |
| Shigeyuki Okajima (Chief Executive Director, JEEF) | |
| Osamu Abe (Professor of Sociology, Rikkyo University) | |
| Junko Tabei (Alpinist) | |
| Advisors | Hideki Minamikawa (Director of the Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of the Environment) |
| Naoto Suzuki (Professor, Graduate school of engineering , University of Chiba) |
Management
■Office in Japan
| DNJP |
Kiyoshi Kawaguchi (Senior Manager ) Takeshi Koyama (Project Leader) Ken Saitoh (Assistant Project Leader) Rumi Ezaka（Project Coordinator） Miho Tsuruhashi（Project Coordinator） |
| JEEF |
Toshihiro Hayashida (Secretariat Director) Koji Tagi (International Project Director) Junji Imaizumi (Chief Researcher) Kazue Tsukahara (International Project Coordinator) Midori Shibahara (International Project Coordinator) Takuji Sugiyama (PR Staff) |
■Office in Thailand
| DENSO INTERNATIONAL ASIA CO., LTD. | Mr. Somkid Sathasomboon |
■Office in Indonesia
| PT. DENSO INDONESIA | Mr. Agus Setiawan |
■Office in Malaysia
| DENSO (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD. | Ms. Sandra Kumari |
■Office in The Philippines
| PHILIPPINE AUTO COMPONENTS, INC. | Mr. Freddie Palencia |
■Office in Vietnam
| DENSO MANUFACTURING VIETNAM CO., LTD. | Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngan Hang |
■Office in Singapore
| DENSO INTERNATIONAL ASIA PTE. LTD. | Ms. Audrey Lim |
Program Coordinators
| Masanori Shintani |
President of Eco-Logic |
| Yuichiro Yamakawa |
NPO Whole Earth Institute. |
| Hazuki Yasuhara |
NPO Whole Earth Institute. |
Program Overview
- Intended applicants
- 30 university and graduate students from Japan and the six ASEAN countries of Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Singapore
- Perspective
- Through work-study, this on-site program will teach young people from Japan and the ASEAN countries about creating a sustainable society that enables humans to coexist with the environment and to connect that to their own activities.
- Orientation : Share issues
- On-site program : Realize,study
- Action plan : Develop ideas
- Forum : Explain decisions
- Following activities : Put into practice
- Orientation : Share issues
Sponsored by DENSO Corporation, in cooperation with the Japan Environmental Education Forum, and with support from the Ministry of the Environment ,Shiga Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture, United Nations Environment Programme Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (UNEP ROAP), and the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies
Schedule of activities
- Application, selection
- The ASEAN countries: February 23rd - April 10th Japan: April 1st - June 30th
Calling attention to the significance of problems
- Screening of applications, and selection based on interviews - Orientation
- Thailand: July 29th-31th (3 days, 2 nights) Japan: August 27th-28th (2 days, 1 nights)
Explanation about program, and sharing of participants' issues
- Understanding, exchanging information about current situations in Japan and the ASEAN countries - On-site program
- October 7th - October 20th
| Outline | Site | |
|---|---|---|
| Perceiving the connection between humans and nature, examining how coexistence ought to be | -Outdoor activities on Mount Fuji | Shizuoka Prefecture (Mt. Fuji) |
| Examining citizen and government efforts in connection with local environmental issues | -Examining how the sustainable use of water ought to be through the case study of Lake Biwa | Shiga Prefecture (Lake Biwa) |
| -Examining aquatic conservation efforts through case studies of corporate efforts | Aichi Prefecture | |
| Cultivating the ability to formulate and solve issues(creating action plans) | -Devising one's own action plan based on learning, awareness from work-study | Aichi Prefecture |
- Forum
- December 11th - December 12th
| Outline | Site | |
|---|---|---|
| Presentation of action plans | -In-house presentation meeting: presentation of action plans that are crested -Open forum: presentations by student representatives, speeches by experts |
Aichi Prefecture |
- Following activities
- After forum
| Outline | Site | |
|---|---|---|
| Activities to put action plans into practice in one's own country | -Formation of human networks (web construction and announcements) | One's own country |
*Sudden changes to the program content may occur as a result of the weather or other situation. Program details and introductions of program navigators will be released on the web after final determinations are made.
*Utmost efforts will be made to take into consideration and respect the cultures and social backgrounds of each participating country, but please understand that we may not be able to meet all of your needs and wishes.
