Case.7

The Food Recovery Network (FRN)

Source: The Food Recovery Network The Food Recovery Network (FRN) is a network of students from four colleges to create, with a mission of creating food recovery programs on college campus in the Un...

Case.6

Buy Flowers Downtown and Ride the Train for Free? A Look at Toyama's Creative Approaches to Being a Vibrant City in a Time of Depopulation

Copyright Toyama City Text: Originally from Japan for Sustainability (JFS) Newsletter No.131 (July 2013) http://www.japanfs.org/en/mailmagazine/newsletter/pages/032980.html Toyama City is the capital ...

Case.5

Tokyo's Adachi Ward Promotes Community Ties to Prevent Citizen Isolation

Copyright Adachi Ward　 Text: Originally from Japan for Sustainability (JFS) Newsletter No.129 (May 2013) http://www.japanfs.org/en/mailmagazine/newsletter/pages/032843.html Adachi Ward is located in t...

Case.4

Transition Towns in Japan and a Try for Local Energy Independence by Fujino Denryoku

Text: Originally from Japan for Sustainability (JFS) Newsletter No.121 (September 2012) http://www.japanfs.org/en/mailmagazine/newsletter/pages/032303.html The former Fujino Town in Sagamihara City in...

Case.3

'Naimono-wa-nai' ('What we haven't got we do without') -- Learning from Ama Town's Efforts for Local Revitalization

Copyright Megurinowa Text: Originally from Japan for Sustainability (JFS) Newsletter No.118 (June 2012) http://www.japanfs.org/en/mailmagazine/newsletter/pages/032067.html There are four inhabited isl...

Case.2

In Pursuit of Gross National Happiness -- Community-building in Koura Town, Shiga Prefecture

Text: Originally from Japan for Sustainability (JFS) Newsletter No.117 (May 2012) http://www.japanfs.org/en/mailmagazine/newsletter/pages/032002.html In April 2012, a high-level meeting on well-being ...

Case.1

Half Farmer, Half X

Leading a Rich and Rewarding Life based on a Part-Time Farmer Lifestyle

In Japan, the "Half Farmer, Half X" lifestyle has been garnering attention in recent years. This lifestyle was first proposed in the mid 1990s by Naoki Shiomi, who lives in the city of Ayabe in ...