Introductory seminar on environmental leadership

Environmental issues are not merely ""someone else's problem."" Every one of us must think carefully about these issues and face them head-on, and people from all walks of life must join together to tackle these problems. For people to work together effectively, a few basic perspectives, procedures, and rules must be followed. This seminar aims to teach students what is required through a few different experiences.

In the seminar, we will learn about a real environmental issue in Nagano Prefecture (genetic disruption among fireflies) and explore possible solutions. This lecture is positioned as the core subject in the Eco-Mind Development Program, one of Cross－Faculty Competency Training Program

environmental mindset, partnership, environmental education, interpretation, facilitation, production, biodiversity, stakeholder, PDCA, resident participation, Shinshū, practical experience, groupwork

The course will focus on experiential activities in groups.

1. Orientation
2–4. Learning to ""notice""
• Using the five senses
• Things that seem visible but are not
• Change of perspective, change of evaluation
5–7. Thinking about the significance of activities—Collecting plastic bottle caps as an example
• Brainstorming
8–12. Simulating specific case examples
• Thinking about fireflies in Matsuokyō
• Biodiversity
• Different positions; how to bring stakeholders together
13–14. Adaptive approaches
• PDCA cycle
15. Summary

The contents may change to optimize them according to the state of everyone's activities.

Syllabus (Japanese site only)