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Nature and Culture - Final Report Aino Owada No one would disagree with the concept of sustainable life to keep our commons with ecological ethics. There is, however, a large gap between ideal concepts and behaviors in reality…

View from Ofuna Station Throughout this course of “Understanding the Environment through Culture, Field Study of Sustainable Design  01” we got to learn a lot about the environment, especially about the commons and how we can improve…

On our first day of class, we were assigned to draw our own “ideal sustainable chair”. This exercise seemed simple at first, but as I contemplated on this, it actually turned out to be more difficult than I had expected. What are the…

“Well, I need to do something right for our future, immediately.”  This was my first expression after seeing an exhibition about plastic pollutions in United Nations, NY. Nowadays Everybody talks about how serious plastic problem is,…

One of the most memorable moments about this class was definitely the field trip to Takahata. In Takahata, my group and I were assigned with one of the farmers. Our assignment was to first, harvest the onion leek, and then pack them…

Symposium We had a symposium with the theme of “common” on the last class. My group “grassroots” discussed the topic of the grassroots movements for young generation. We picked up Scotts Miracle-Gro, a foundation that provides green places…

Grassroots Activity At the symposium on the last day of the class, my group’s topic was “grassroots”. Speaking of the grassroots movement, I remember that I did it when I was in elementary school. My school took some classes for picking…

I believe in order to reach the solution and achieve the commons, media should play a vital role. The lack of understanding/interests for environmental crisis is mainly led by the lack of portrayal in the media. Instead…

Nature and culture final essay Out of all the courses I took this semester, “Understanding environment through culture, field study of sustainable design” course was definitely an exception since my area of studies are more related to…