The Mitsui & Co. Environment Fund
Introduction to Grant Projects
The Tohoku Chamber of Environment
Eco-products Tohoku events: 1. Learning about the environment through science - environmental science classes to be held annually for three years; 2. Environmental Koshien, environmental photo contest, and environmental slogan grand prize - to be held annually for three years
Activity grant
- Project Description
1. Learning about the environment through science - environmental science classes to be held annually for three years:
During an exhibition held in Sendai during the second week of October, eight classrooms will be specially prepared at the Eco-products Tohoku venue (Yume Messe Miyagi) in collaboration with universities and public research institutions, and will be used to hold learning experiences taught by academics in the environmental education field for groups from elementary schools in the Sendai area. These will be held every year for three years from 2008.
2. Environmental Koshien, environmental photo contest, and environmental slogan grand prize - to be held annually for three years:
Contests will be held for environmental research, initiatives, photos, and slogan and will be open to elementary, junior high and high school students, with prizes being awarded to the best creations and initiatives. The aim is to cultivate individuals who will build an environmental network.
- Fields
- Energy problem
- Grant year
- FY2007 Activity Grants
- Grant term
- 3 years
April 2008 - March 2011
- Grant amount
- 15,030,000 yen
- Activity region
- The six prefectures of the Tohoku region, Japan
Overview of the Organization
- Representative
- Hiroshi Inomata, Representative Director (Professor at the Tohoku University Graduate School of Engineering)
- Establishment
- 1996
- Establishment purpose
- The environmental impact of everyday life is creating issues such as permanent global warming and is already stretching the earth's regenerative capabilities to their limits. Persisting with society in its current form will lead to crisis. The Tohoku Chamber of Environment was established with the aim of conservation through environment-conscious business operation in order to realize the creation of a recycling-orientated society, and conducts initiatives such as reducing the creation of waste, providing information that facilitates the use of renewable resources, as well as activities proposing, researching, raising awareness and cultivating personnel for environmental initiatives with the goal of contributing to increased prosperity for the entire planet.
- Main areas of activity
- The six prefectures of the Tohoku region, Japan
- Staff
- 4 full-time staff members, 1 part-time staff member, 111 full members
- Annual operating budget
- 56.90 million yen in 2005, 49.63 million yen in 2006, 62.80 million yen in 2007
- WEB site
- http://www.kk-tohoku.or.jp
- Recent activities
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- (1) Holding Eco-products Tohoku environmental exhibitions
- (2) Holding environmental contests: environmental science classes, Environmental Koshien, environmental photo contest, environmental slogan grand prize, etc.
- (3) Administrating the Michinoku EMS environmental management system for small and medium enterprises
- (4) Administrating the Miyagi Green Purchasing Network
- (5) Acting as a hub for initiatives improving the performance of products (commissioned by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
- (6) Environmental consulting on commission
- (7) Holding seminars and symposiums on environmental business operation