Promotion of Environmental Education and Learning in Kawasaki City

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1 February 8, th Asia-Pacific Eco-Business Forum Promotion of Environmental Education and Learning in Kawasaki City Environmental Coordination Div., General Affairs Dept., Environment Bureau, of Kawasaki City Government

2 Today s agenda 1. Environmental issues and the need of environmental education 2. Environmental administration and environmental education in Kawasaki City 3. Specific examples of environmental education 4. Conclusion

3 1 Environmental issues and the need of environmental education

4 Oceanfront of Kawasaki City in the 1960s 4

5 Changes in Environmental Issues in Kawasaki City 1950s 1970s: Tremendous industrial pollution Restrictions on source of pollution to individual companies, etc., by laws and ordinances Sulfur oxides, soot and dust Environmental improvement 1980s Diversified environmental issues Air pollution by the gas emitted from automobiles Hazardous chemicals Decreased green coverage Increased wastes Global warming and ozone depletion 5

6 Causes of Environmental Problems 6

7 Causes of environmental problems on a global scale (Global warming, pollution of air, water and soil, waste treatment, decrease of green coverage, etc.) Environmental load is placed not only from business activities but also from everyday life. It is required to understand and carry out socioeconomic activities, life-style reviews and interactions between human beings and the environment. From restrictions to enlightenment for promotion and prevention Necessity of environmental education

8 2 Promotion of Environmental Education and Learning in Kawasaki City

9 Environmental Education and Learning Systems in Kawasaki City Kawasaki City Basic Environment Ordinance (Enacted in 1991) Kawasaki City s philosophy for environmental administration has been defined. Kawasaki City Basic Environmental Plan (Established in 1994 and entirely revised in 2011) Basic policies in environmental administration have been determined. Kawasaki City Basic Policies for Environmental Education and Learning (Established in 1995 and revised in 2007) Basic policies for environmental education have been determined. Promotion of systematic environmental education Environmental education Focusing on environmental learning Environmental education and learning promotion project New comprehensive plan Kawasaki Revitalization Frontier Plan (2005) * Basic policies for town revitalization by Kawasaki City Government [Basic goal of town revitalization] To develop Kawasaki as sustainable city for all residents to live enthusiastically with a rich spirit Seven basic policies Thirty basic policy directions Ninety basic measures

10 System for Planning Kawasaki City Environmental Administration and Position of Environmental Education, etc. Positioned as a measure for realizing a city where multiple substances and generations cooperate in environmental conservation 他分野の計画 Plans for other fields Kawasaki City master urban plan 川崎市都市計画マスタープラン Kawasaki City landscape plan 川崎市景観計画 Kawasaki 川崎港港湾環境計画 City road improvement program Eco-City 川崎市の道路整備プログラム Takatsu promotion policies エコシティたかつ推進方針等 Kawasaki Port environmental plan Etc. Kawasaki City New Comprehensive 川崎市新総合計画 Plan (Kawasaki ( 川崎再生フロンティアプラン Revitalization Frontier ) Plan) Kawasaki City Basic 川崎市環境基本計画 Environmental Plan Positioned as a measure for forming an environmental-oriented society 国の計画 National plans Third Basic Environment Plan Second Basic Plan for 第三次環境基本計画 Establishing 第 2 次循環型社会形成推進基 the Recycling- Based Society 本計画 the 第三次生物多様性国家戦略 Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological 等 Third National Strategy for Diversity Etc. 環境分野の計画 川崎市地球温暖化対策推進基本計画 Kawasaki 川崎市緑の基本計画 City Automobile 川崎市自動車公害防止計画 Kawasaki City Tama River Plan Pollution Preventing Plan Area Environmental Control Plan 川崎市一般廃棄物処理基本計画川崎市多摩川プラン地域環境管理計画等 <Plans in environmental field> Kawasaki City Basic Plan for Promoting Countermeasures against Global Warming Kawasaki City Basic Green Plan Kawasaki City General Waste Treatment Basic Plan Etc.

11 Systems for Measures on Environmental Education, etc. in the Basic Environmental Plan Promotion of environmental education and learning Promotion of environmental education and learning in regions, etc. Promotion of environmental education and learning at schools Promotion of human resource development Examples of measures Promotion of environmental education and learning in cooperation with residents and enterprises Improving of learning materials Promotion of environmental education for infants Establishing environmental education and learning bases and providing them better facilities

12 Specific orientation for promoting environmental education and learning (Excerpt from basic policies for environmental education and learning) Fulfillment of enlightenment project for spreading environmental education and learning Improving and utilizing learning materials and programs Regional development with participating residents Aiming for developing citizens acting independently and aggressively to conserve global environments Expanding businesses at bases Upgrading information Supporting environmental conservation activities Improvement of environmental education and learning at schools

13 3 Specific examples of environmental education

14 (1) Organizing lecture courses on environmental issues, etc. Environmental Science Class by utilizing experimental instruments Global-friendly Eco-Cooking Class for elementary school parents

15 (2) Organizing environment-related events Enlightenment activities at events which attract an enormous number of residents The Tama River Family Class for playing and learning at the Tama River

16 (3) Promotion of environmental education, etc. at schools and other places Delivery lectures on garbage The Environment Bureau staff members provide environmental learning classes for elementary school students for the purpose of promoting waste reduction and recycling. Waste sorting game Explanations on refuse collection and a specialized truck (a transparent truck)

17 (3) Promotion of environmental education, etc. at schools and other places [2] We are preparing and providing materials suitable to respective ages and issues.

18 (4) Human resource development Lectures on environmental information by intellectuals Practical trainings through group work Development of citizens actively participating in environmental conservation activities

19 (5) Main enlightenment facilities for environmental education, etc. Nikaryo Seseragikan (Waterfront school) 川崎市の全体図 Global Environment Knowledge Centre (Facilities for dispatching information on environmental technologies) Kawasaki Municipal Science Museum (Enlightenment facilities for natural symbiosis) Flood Control Center, Daishigawara (Waterfront school) Tachibana Recycling Community Center (Enlightenment facilities for waste reduction and recycling) Municipal Research Institute for Environmental Protection (Research institute for environmental measures) Kawasaki Eco Gurashi Miraikan (PR facilities for large-scale photovoltaic power generation) 4 19

20 20 Kawasaki Eco Gurashi Miraikan Interactive environmental learning facilities for seeing, hearing, touching and learning Themes for learning Global warming Recycling of resources Recyclable energy Opened on August 6, 2011 Location: Ukishima Treatment Center, Ukishima-cho, Kawasaki-ku Open: 9:00 16:30 (The entrance gate closes at 16:00.) Closed: Every Monday (or the following Tuesday if a national holiday falls on Monday) Admission: Free Inspection tour at observation area twice a day on weekdays and four times on Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays Exhibition area in Miraikan 1st floor: Guidance Zone 2nd floor: Exhibition Zone You can see Ukishima Photovoltaic Power Plant from the observation area.

21 Life Cycle and Environmental Education and Learning - Touching and getting familiar with the domestic nature Infant School age - Learning about regional environment and domestic environmental problems - Learning program Plays to Link and Enjoy - Learning program Side Reader on Environment - Delivery lectures and facilities inspection tours Citizens Cooperating Adulthood - Learning on what you are interested in - Putting into practices and acting by yourself Continued environmental education and learning - Lectures for Regional Environmental Leader Development - Lectures and events relating to diverse environmental issues, etc. Getting familiar with, learning, putting into practice and cooperating Developing Kawasaki as a sustainable city for residents 21

22 4 Conclusion

23 Changes in Activities Concerning Environmental Education, etc. From the government-led environmental education To environmental education led by diverse subjects including residents, business enterprises and the government From standardized environmental education To environmental education utilizing the domestic nature and environmental technologies From environmental education focusing on learning materials To environmental education through seeing, hearing, experiencing and learning Environmental education for acquiring knowledge To environmental education for thinking and acting by yourselves

24 An example of experience-based environmental education at the Tama River 24

25 環境技術のショーケース化 (CC かわさきエネルギーパーク ) Establishing a network of facilities utilizing energy recycling and/or saving technologies and enlightening and information provision facilities throughout the city, and providing information at home and abroad by publicizing the environmental technologies in Kawasaki City as if they were in a showcase, starting from the coastal area CC Kawasaki Energy Park St. Marianna University School of Medicine Modified for energy saving (ESCO project) Takatsu Ward Office Photovoltaic power generator Nakahara Branch of Tokyo Gas Solar cooling system Concept of regarding the entire city as energy park Providing information on the accumulated latest environmental energy technologies at home and abroad Trying to improve understanding of energy among residents and business enterprises Asao Ward Office Photovoltaic power generation in cooperation with residents 5 kw Saginuma Micro Hydroelectric Power Plant, Waterworks Bureau 90 kw Energy recycling and saving facilities: 18 Enlightenment and information provision facilities: 1 Cooperation with nearby related facilities Enlightenment relating facilities - Toshiba Science Museum - Electric Power Historical Museum, Tokyo Electric Power Company - Tokyo Gas Environmental Energy Museum - Tachibana Recycling Community Center (Planned facilities) - Kawasaki Environment Research Institute - Kawasaki Center Climate Change Action - Plaza Building in Recycling Park Asao Nakahara Ward Office Photovoltaic power generator International Center Citizens joint power plant Motosumiyoshi Station of Toyoko Line Photovoltaic power generation 140 kw Egasaki Micro Hydroelectric Power Plant, Waterworks Bureau 170 kw Kawasaki underground shopping mall Azalea Clathrate hydrate slurry highly-efficient air-conditioning system Kawasaki Natural Gas Power Plant Highly-efficient power plant Ogishima Photovoltaic Power Plant About 13,000 kw NEC Tamagawa Renaissance City Zero-emission building Minamigawara Children s Cultural Center Geothermal air-conditioning system Station Square at East Entrance of Kawasaki Station Photovoltaic power generator, etc. JX Nippon Oil & Energy Wind Power Plant 2,000 kw Kawasaki Steam Net Providing steams from a power plant to neighbor companies Kawasaki Thermal Power Plant, Tokyo Electric Power Highly-efficient power plant (MACC) Ukishima Photovoltaic Power Plant About 7,000 kw CC Kawasaki Eco Gurashi Miraikan (PR facilities for photovoltaic power generation, etc.) Opened on Aug. 6, 2011 Eliiy Power Lithium-ion storage battery manufacturing plant 25

26 Effects of Environmental Education and Learning Promotion Citizens Business owners Circle of environmental conservation Cooperation activities and environmentallyoriented actions Environmental technologies Information Educational institutes Human resources Regional environment Government A great number of citizens and business owners are interested in the domestic nature and environment and deepen correct understanding and awareness, and their further environmentallyoriented actions have taken root, and the circle of environmentallyoriented actions and environment conservation activities grows. 26

27 Thank you very much.