Nature & Culture Portal - Understanding Environment through Culture

Hello! We are Risa and Yuta, and this is our ideal chair! Our chair focuses on 3 main points, numerous customization options, comfort and has an alarm system that wakes you up in case you fall asleep. When we first started discussing…

A green hanging tent hammock hung between two trees with a rain cover. Perfect for relaxing away from the hubbub of fast paced city life.

We are Kosuke and Remi. Our chair has multi-function which can make relaxing nature environment. We have same needs that we want to be relaxed in nature, but it's a bit difficult when you have to study at university in the big city. So…

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…