Harnessing the “Traditional Wisdom of Sustainability” in the 21st Century
- Preventing Global Warming & Sustaining Biological Diversity Based on the “Traditional Wisdom” -
Preventing global warming and sustaining biological diversity through the formation of a balanced sustainable society between environment, economy and people has been an urgent global issue.
As a tradition since the Edo Era, Japan has relied on traditional wisdom that led to sustainability such as “Natural Symbiosis”, “Contentment: knowing when one has enough”, and “The Cycle Theory”. Japan Association of Environment and Society for the 21st Century(JAES21) believes that harnessing such teachings will lead to the formation of a balanced sustainable society; thus, for the past two years, based on extensive bibliographical research and workshops, we have compiled 8 principles to the “Traditional Wisdom of sustainability”.
On the occasion of G-8 Ministers for the Environment Assembly to be held in Kobe, we believe that the principles of the “Traditional Wisdom” is an intellectual property prevalent across all mankind. Our desire is to continue examining these principles and to share them with you. Furthermore, we would like to suggest and discuss specific solutions to current issues such as global warming, based on such accumulated wisdom. We would like to extend our invitation to you and look forward to a healthy attendance.
Date & Time May 25, 2008 (Sunday) 13:30 - 17:00 Location Lasse Hall, 5th Floor Sunflower
Kobe-shi Chuuo-ku Nakayamate Dori 4-10-8
TEL:078-291-1110Fee Members: Free, Non-members: 1000 yen
(Cost of documents)Application Please fill out the application form on the back and send it to the secretariat via fax, e-mail or post by May 22.
(Those who have not applied will be registered at the door.)Organizer Japan Association of Environment and Society for the 21st Century
（TEL: 03-5483-8455）Supporters ・Japan Association of Environment and Society for the 21st Century Kansai Branch
（TEL:0742-41-6296）
・ Kinki Kankyokan partnership offices
・ Osaka Promotion Committee for the 2008 G8 Finance Ministers MeetingProgram (1) Introduction
Saburo Kato （JAES21 Co-chair）
(2) Topic : Harnessing the “Traditional Wisdom” in the 21st Century
Konoe Fujimura （JAES21 Co-chair）
(3) Panel Discussion （With Foreign Specialists）
· Dr. Hari Srinivas （United Nations Environment Program,）
· Dr. Son Ikken
（Kyoto University, Osaka Keizai Univerisy, etc. part-time lecturer）
· Mr. Juan Mathia （St. Thomas Univerisy part-time lecturer）
(4) Exchange of Opinions （With all participants）
・ Application form （PDF / 184KB）
・ Application form （Word / 53KB）