Nature & Culture Portal - Understanding Environment through Culture

Last November 5th, our Nature and Culture class spent a day at Kamakura to research the trash problem at Yuigahama beach. Here are our observations of the beach's condition, and our take on its solution with relation to permaculture and…

Our findings within Kamakura are focused around the concept of responsibility. In order to preserve the beauty of our seas as it is, we think that there is nothing more better than someone who knows how to be thankful of what they have…

Kamakura Fieldwork Report - Steen & Sahana In the PDF above lies our finding in our fieldwork trip to Kamakura. A beach plagued by trash. What people think of it, and what should be done.

By Hirono & Talia Our findings from Kamakura Yuigahama Beach and interviewing the locals and tourists. Kamakura Fieldwork: Volunteer

By Vanessa & Cheryl We went to Kamakura on November 5 and visited Yuigahama, where we observed the beach's conditions and talked to locals who were taking a walk there that day. Our keyword is 'action', and this is how we linked it…

過去の実習フィールド 埼玉県小川町 霧里農場 山形県高畠町 たかはた共生プロジェクト 福島県郡山市 一般社団法人日本葡萄酒革進協会

Komaki Saito - Over the course of this class, I was able to participate in fieldwork trips to Ogawa town in Saitama prefecture, Takahata in Yamagata prefecture, Shibecha, Kushiro, Tsurui, and Nijibetsu in Hokkaido, and finally, Tomioka and…

大萩ゆきの - 今回、「文化から環境を考える」という授業を受講し、いままでの大学生活では触れてこなかった内容と関わり、考える機会を得ることができました。授業、そして全3回という豊富なフィールドワークを通して、私自身は視野を広げることができたと実感しています。私は現在大学在籍5年目です。卒業直前の後期にしてこのように大きなご縁をいただけたことへの感謝の気持ちを込めて、ここにフィールドワークを通しての感想を記させていただきます。

The course “Thinking about the Environment through Culture” investigated ecological and environmental issues through various lenses, including those informed by the humanities and social sciences—but without neglecting the natural sciences.…

2016年9月30日～2017年1月27日の期間、御財団寄附講座「文化から環境を考える」を早稲田大学留学センター設置科目として開講しました。今期が本講座のはじめての開講となりますが、今期得た今後の展望について雑感を記すことをお許し願いたいと思います。