I read with great interest this column in Japan Times about the founder of a school on environment in Japan. It describes a non-traditional and transparent private school where the student’s study the founder’s philosophy. In this case the founder is a career journalist that has reported on the environment in Japan for decades, and who won a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Global 500 Award for his work in broadcasting.

Takeshi Hara believes that Japan has a lot to offer the world in terms of addressing sustainable development.

“The U.S. has primarily dealt with environmental issues from an economic viewpoint, manipulating the market to deal with problems. Europe has included the dimension of culture in dealing with environmental issues, focusing on lifestyle approaches, he believes. Japan got stuck somewhere in between.”

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