Shinshu ESD Consortium Achievement Presentation & Networking Meeting

The Shinshu ESD Consortium holds the annual “ESD Achievement Presentation & Networking Meeting,” where children and students from schools in Japan and abroad that practice ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) share the outcomes of their learning and deepen their understanding through mutual exchange. This page introduces the achievement presentations of the FY2024 Shinshu ESD Consortium event and provides the program and the list of participating schools. From the list, you can access each school’s presentation summary, activity records, presentation videos, and reflections.

Presenting Schools

Venue 1: Yamanouchi Municipal Yamanouchi Junior High School, Grade 7 Nagano Prefecture Nakano Nishi High School – ESD Coffee Club Shinshu University – Team Hokkori Shinshu University – I’MPOSSIBLE

Venue 2: Nagano Municipal Higashijo Elementary School, Grade 3 Yamanouchi Municipal Nishi Elementary School, Grade 4 Yamanouchi Municipal Minami Elementary School, Grade 2 Yamanouchi Municipal Higashi Elementary School, Grade 5 Iida Municipal Kamimura Elementary School, Grades 5 & 6

Venue 3: Yamanouchi Municipal Higashi Elementary School, Grade 6 Minakami Municipal Niiharu Elementary School, Grade 6 Shinshu University Nagano Elementary School, Grade 6 Takayama Municipal Takayama Junior High School, Grade 8 Nagano Prefecture Nagano Nishi High School – UNESCO School Committee

Venue 4: Neba Village Compulsory Education School Neba Gakuen, Grade 7 Shinshu University Matsumoto Junior High School, Grade 7 – NatureGroup Yamanouchi Municipal Minami Elementary School, Grade 6 Chino Municipal Eimei Elementary School, Grade 3 Nagano Municipal Nobusato Elementary School, Grades 3 & 4 Shinshu University Nagano Junior High School, Grade 1 – Food Loss Team Shinshu University Nagano Junior High School, Grade 1 – Textile Team

Venue 5: Iizuna Gakuen Green Hills Elementary School, Grades 3 & 4 (Nagano city) Iizuna Gakuen Green Hills Elementary School, Grades 5 & 6 (Nagano city) Svay Rieng Ahnuwat Primary School, Grades 5 & 6 (Cambodia) Toyooka Village Municipal Toyooka Kita Elementary School, Grade 4 Iida Municipal Toyama Junior High School, Grade 8

Venue 6: Bunka Gakuen Nagano Junior & Senior High School, Grade 9 Bunka Gakuen Nagano Junior & Senior High School, Senior High School Division CIESF Leaders Academy, Grade 5 (Cambodia) Kanagawa Prefectural Arima High School, Grade 10 – Group A Kanagawa Prefectural Arima High School, Grade 10 – Group B

UNESCO Biosphere Reserves and ESD

Internationally recognized under the framework of UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere (MAB) Programme, UNESCO Biosphere Reserves (BR) are model areas that aim to balance preservation and sustainable use, drawing attention as “places to learn about sustainable development.” There are 759 BR sites in 136 countries around the world, with 10 of those registered sites being located in Japan (as of July 2024).
In UNESCO BR, there is an abundance of nature, plus a wealth of resources for learning about the history, tradition, and culture of working in harmony with nature, making them an ideal place to put ESD into practice. And it is fair to say that ESD, in fostering those who will usher in sustainable local societies, is an essential element for UNESCO BR.

Among the schools whose efforts are presented this time, the following schools put ESD into practice in their local UNESCO BR.

Minakami Biosphere Reserve: Minakami Municipal Niiharu Elementary School, Grade 6

Shiga Highland Biosphere Reserve: Yamanouchi Municipal Nishi Elementary School, Grade 4 Yamanouchi Municipal Higashi Elementary School, Grade 5 Yamanouchi Municipal Higashi Elementary School, Grade 6 Yamanouchi Municipal Minami Elementary School, Grade 2 Yamanouchi Municipal Minami Elementary School, Grade 6 Yamanouchi Municipal Yamanouchi Junior High School, Grade 7 Takayama Municipal Takayama Junior High School, Grade 8

Minami-Alps Biosphere Reserve: Iida Municipal Kamimura Elementary School, Grades 5 & 6 Iida Municipal Toyama Junior High School, Grade 8

Host:: Shinshu ESD Consortium

Co-hosts：: AEON Environmental Foundation, Shinshu University

Supporters：: Faculty of Education, Shinshu University, Nagano Prefectural Board of Education, Nagano Association for Conserving Environment, Prefectural Federation of UNESCO Associations in Nagano, Nagano UNESCO Association, ESD Resource Center of Japan, Chubu Regional ESD Resource Center, Interuniversity Network Supporting The UNESCO Associated Schools Network

Shinshu ESD Consortium Secretariat (people in charge: Matsuhashi, Shimizu) Faculty of Education, Shinshu University
6-Ro Nishi Nagano, Nagano, Nagano 380-8544, Japan TEL 026-238-4034