［ Outline｜COMMITTEE｜Management｜Program Coordinators ｜Program Overview｜Schedule of activities］

Outline

Take action for the future of the planet.

Sustainability*1 has become a major issue for the future of mankind.
This project is an international program begun in 2008 by a joint effort between DENSO CORPORATION*2 and Japan Environmental Education Forum*3,with the aim of fostering young people who have a high level of awareness about mankind's coexistence with the environment and who will actively tackle efforts to create a sustainable society.
The current program, the project's third, will be held in 2010 for students from Japan and six ASEAN countries at locations in Thailand and in Japan itself.
We hope that these young people will learn through experience, use this knowledge as a step towards their own futures, and will set off on their journeys as "new earthlings" to lead the next generation.


*1 There are various opinions about the definition of sustainability, but the general definition is "sustainable development." This concept 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 also meeting the needs of the future generation."
*2 DENSO CORPORATION (headquartered in Kariya City, Aichi Prefecture) is Japan's largest automotive parts maker and has expanded to 32 nations and regions around the world. 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. (www.denso.co.jp)
*3 Japan Environmental Education Forum networks with nations, corporations, and NGOs to promote cooperation and exchange based on practical training in environmental education. It wants to contribute to the global issue of building a sustainable society. (www.jeef.or.jp)

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

DENSO CORPORATION	Kiyoshi Kawaguchi (Senior Manager ) Takeshi Koyama (Project Leader) Ken Saitoh (Assistant Project Leader) Chinatsu Kawade (Assistant Project Leader) Rumi Ogai (Project Coordinator）
Japan Environmental Education Forum	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. Rory Girindra

■Office in Malaysia

DENSO (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.

Ms. Sandra Kumari

■Office in The Philippines

PHILIPPINE AUTO COMPONENTS, INC.

Mr. Ruel Delina

■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.

Program Overview (Tentative)

Recruiting

25 undergraduate and graduate students from Japan and the six ASEAN countries of Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Singapore.

Program Flow

*During the program, professional staff will provide support for every facet of participants' activities and everyday lives.

1. Pre-training : Participants from various countries will meet as a group to think about and share issues surrounding the construction of a sustainable society.
   
2. On-site training : Participants will experience coexistence with the environment as they come into contact with the abundance of nature, regional conservation activities, and corporations' cutting-edge environmental technology
   
3. Develop your action plan : Participants will develop specific plans incorporating their new knowledge, awareness, and passion, towards which they will strive in the future.
   
4. Forum : Participants will present their plans and declare their resolutions to act.
   
5. Follow-up actions : Each participant will put their plans into action in the country or region in which they live.
   

Schedule of activities

Recruitment,
Selection

Recruitment: March 1, 2010 (Monday) to April 25, 2010 (Tuesday)
Selection: Mid-June, 2010 to Late-June, 2010
Raising awareness of issues - Selection by reference documents and interviews.

Pre-training

August 3, 2010 (Tuesday) to August 5, 2010 (Thursday)

Theme / Location	Contents (Tentative)
Understanding of the current situation in Japan and ASEAN countries Location / Thailand (Bangkok) *The location may be subject to change considering the political situations and safety.	Self-introductions and program introduction Selection and sharing of environmental problems in participants' own countries Share what participants would like to learn through the program and to implement afterwards

On-site training

October 6, 2010 (Wedesday) - October 19, 2010 (Tuesday)

Theme / Location	Contents (Tentative)
Get a feel for the connection between people and Nature's bounty Location / Shizuoka Prefecture (Mount Fuji)	- Trekking around Mount Fuji's 5th station - Discussions with local people, homestays at the foot of Mount Fuji, etc.
Learn of civic and administrative efforts regarding environmental issues Location / Shiga Prefecture (Lake Biwa)	Investigation on Lake Biwa Interview and Discussion with stakeholders of Lake Hayasaki restoration project
Learn of industrial efforts regarding environmental issues Location / Aichi Prefecture	Introduction to DENSO'S environmental efforts Observation of and discussions concerning environmental technologies, etc.
Develop problem-finding & problem-solving skills (making Action Plans) Location / Aichi Prefecture	Organization of learning and awareness from on-site training Draft framework of action plans, receive advice from lecturers, etc.

Forum

December 10, 2010 (Friday) - December 11, 2010 (Saturday)

Theme / Location	Contents (Tentative)
Presentation of Action Plans Location / Aichi Prefecture	At DENSO Headquarters : Presentation of action plans Public forum : Student representative presentations, speeches from experts

Follow-up actions

Post-project

Theme / Location

Contents (Tentative)

Activity in home countries Location / Students' home countries

Put action plan into practice (We will provide any necessary advice and continuous support.) Develop a network (Using the internet, participants can exchange information internationally, both with each other and with participants from previous years.) OJT from DYEA secretariat for applicants (We will provide opportunities for OJT during which participants can put their environmental projects into practice.)

* If you must be absent from class for interviews or program participation and need to submit an application to your universities, our office will issue letters requesting your participation.
* Sudden changes to program content due to weather or other situations may occur. Program details and speaker introductions will be published on the web after final determinations are made.
* We will do our utmost to respect and give consideration to 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.

*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.