Students will...
Develop a basic knowledge of the modern technologies used in sustainable development efforts.Articulate and express their opinions of Japan’s current strategies for sustainable development and nature conservation.Discuss the place of nature conservation in traditional Japanese culture, through the study of issues such as pesticide use and whaling.Learn and use the relevant vocabulary needed to understand and discuss the subjects covered by the course.Learn and practice the use of different registers of language for stating and debating opinions, as well are when producing written position statements.
Current environmental issues, in Japan and beyond
日本と諸外国における環境問題の今
1. Warmers, ice-breakers, starters, etc.
2. The historical context: Japan’s sustainable society in the Edo period
3. Japan’s current agricultural policy and its challenges
4. Potential impact of global warming
5. Film: “An inconvenient truth”
6. Timber use in Japan
7. Poster Session: designing scientific posters
8. Recycling and waste: Where does it go? Where is it taking us?
9. The true cost of recycling.
10. Alternative energy sources, wind farms, solar power, biofuels, etc.
11. Biofuels: food or fuel. The ethical issue.
12. Over-fishing: If all the fish goes, what will your sushi topping be?
13. Over-fishing: Debate / Posters
14. Whaling
15. Whaling: Debate / Posters. Close.
