The Mitsui & Co. Environment Fund
Introduction to Grant Projects
INDEX="253"
NAME="Sustainable regional society building by ethical communities - a local production! Revitalizing Kujukuri Beach and the local economy, and creating a sustainable Kujukuri"
TYPE="活動助成,"
YEAR="2011年度,"
AREA="日本全国,関東,"
KIND="NPO,"
ORG="NPO TINA"
NPO TINA
Sustainable regional society building by ethical communities - a local production! Revitalizing Kujukuri Beach and the local economy, and creating a sustainable Kujukuri
Activity grant
- Project Description
This project involves building ethical communities (communities of young people who will take responsibility for the future) focused on regional revitalization through activities that look to solve specific regional issues, such as the Kujukuri Beach Environmental Restoration Project (restoring the environment by cleaning bathing beaches that were closed after being damaged during the Great East Japan Earthquake), and holding regular World Cafés (solving regional problems). The short-term aim is to revive tourism and agriculture affected by the disaster, and the long-term aim is to build a sustainable regional society managed by ethical communities.
- Fields
- Preservation of biodiversity and ecosystem
- Grant year
- FY2011 Activity Grants
- Grant term
- 3 years and 3 months
July 2011 - September 2014
- Grant amount
- 9,255,000 yen
- Activity region
- The Kujukuri area, particularly around Yokoshibahikari, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Overview of the Organization

- Representative
- Hidechika Akiba, director
- Establishment
- 2003
- Establishment purpose
- While focusing on agriculture as the regions main industry, it also carries out activities solving various problems facing regional commerce, tourism, and nature with the goal of contributing to building a sustainable regional society.
- Main area of activity
- The Kujukuri area, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
- Staff
- 3 full-time staff members, 2 part-time staff members, 10 full members
- Annual operating budget
- 6.01 million yen in 2008, 26.79 million yen in 2009, 12.56 million yen in 2010
- Recent activities
- In order to create a sustainable regional society, we are conducting the following activities to build new communities that are considerate of ethical concerns:
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- The Kujukuri Beach Environmental Restoration Project
- City and Farming Village Partnership Project
- Regular World Cafés