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Hosei University participated in "SDGs Week EXPO 2023 Eco-pro 2023" (December 6, 2023 (Wed.) - December 8, 2023 (Fri.))

  • December 14, 2023
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　From December 6 (Wed.) to 8 (Fri.), 2023, Hosei University participated in one of the largest exhibitions in Japan, "SDGs Week EXPO 2023 ECOPRO 2023" (hosted by Sustainable Management Promotion Organization, Inc. and Nikkei Inc.) held at Tokyo Big Sight.

　SDGs Week EXPO 2023 ECOPRO 2023" was characterized by exhibits from a wide range of fields, including UN agencies, central and local government initiatives, educational and research results from educational institutions, and business activities including innovative technologies and new products and services from companies, all aimed at solving global environmental issues and key SDG issues. The exhibition was blessed with fine weather for all three days, and 66,826 people visited the venue.

　The Hosei University Environmental Center's booth introduced its environmental conservation activities using behavioral bias and nudges, as well as its rooftop greening maintenance project, which won the 2021 Chiyoda Biodiversity Award and the Encouragement Award at the 16th Shinjuku Eco One Grand Prix. Each and every one of us delivered our voice to stop the tears of "Ekopin".

　On Thursday, December 7, 2023, Naoko Enomoto from Hosei University Environmental Center, Riku Hasegawa, a second-year master's student at Graduate School of Engineering and Design and Daiki Kato, a fourth-year Faculty of Law student, from the Hosei University Rooftop Greening Maintenance Project took the stage at the "Eco-pro 2023: Future in Motion - Young People's Claim and Communication Plaza. The "Green Terrace," which was created in the spring of 2005 as the only remaining garden on the Ichigaya Campus where the university and students collaborate in all processes from planning to maintenance, will serve as a base for activities, and will continue to be a "garden full of attention" for the next ten years, with an awareness of the biotope network in the "outer moat" area and a connection with nature. We have introduced our efforts to create a "beloved garden at Hosei University.

　Thank you very much for taking time out of your busy schedule to visit us at SDGs Week EXPO 2023 Eco-pro 2023.

　It is said that global warming and other factors are changing the habitats, seasonal activities, migration patterns, abundance, and interactions among species of organisms living on land, freshwater, and marine environments, including forests, on our irreplaceable planet.

　In "SDGs Week EXPO 2023 Eco-pro 2023," each and every one of us will deliver our voices for the resolution of global environmental issues and key issues in the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals), and with a strong rabbit of love for our alma mater, we believe that the future of our "irreplaceable planet" rests on our own backs. I hope that the day will come when the tears of "Ekopyon," a rabbit with a strong love for his alma mater, who believes that the future of the "irreplaceable earth" rests on his back and is engaged in various activities on the world stage to solve global environmental problems, will stop.

On Thursday, December 7, 2023, Naoko Enomoto from Hosei University Environmental Center, Riku Hasegawa, a second-year master's student at Graduate School of Engineering and Design and Daiki Kato, a fourth-year Faculty of Law student, from the Hosei University Rooftop Gardening Maintenance Project, will take the stage at the "Eco-pro 2023 Mini Stage: Future in Motion - Young People's Claims and Communication Square. The project aims to create the "Beloved Garden at Hosei University".

  • At the booth of "Hosei University's Department of Chemical Science and TechnologyDepartment of Chemical Science and Technology and Research Center for Micro-Nanotechnology", the Department of Chemical Science and TechnologyFaculty of Bioscience and Applied Chemistry which trains professionals to realize a sustainable society using modern chemical methods, and the Department of Chemical Science and Technology Micro-Nanotechnology in the Faculty of Bioscience and Applied Chemistry Nanotechnology, which is based on the founding spirit of "freedom and progress" and has the potential to exceed the limits of conventional technology, shared a common core of nanotechnology. The activities of the Micro/Nanotechnology Research Center, which conducts vigorous research with the ultimate goal of realizing a sustainable society in which industrial development and a comfortable society are compatible, are introduced.

  • Researchers from the Micro/Nanotechnology Research Center, Department of Chemical Science and Technology, Faculty of Faculty of Bioscience and Applied Chemistry Sciences, Hosei University, took turns running the exhibition booth and introduced to visitors some of their cutting-edge research aimed at realizing a sustainable society (photo: Prof. Satoshi Onabe, Department of Chemical Science and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience and Applied Chemistry ).

  • Assistant Professor Satoshi Koyasu, Department of Chemical Science and TechnologyDepartment of Chemical Science and TechnologyDepartment of Chemical Science and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience and Applied Chemistry of Faculty of Bioscience and Applied ChemistryFaculty of Bioscience and Applied Chemistry appeared at the "Hosei University, Faculty of Bioscience and Applied ChemistryDepartment of Chemical Science and Technology and Micro/Nanotechnology Research Center" exhibition booth on both Wednesday, December 6 and Friday, December 8, 2023.

  • Professor Hideaki Oike of the Department of Chemical Science and Technology, Faculty of Faculty of Bioscience and Applied Chemistry, introduced some of his research at the exhibition booth under the theme of "Supramolecular and Macromolecular Topological Approaches to Materials Development and Chemical Education".

  • Prof. Hirotaka Ogawa, concurrent lecturer at the Faculty of Lifelong Learning and Career Studies exhibited for the first time as "Distribution and Marketing Strategy, Faculty of Lifelong Learning and Career Studies Hosei University," in collaboration with a 60-year-old Thai manufacturer of recycled fabrics, which aims to recycle at the fiber level using a unique non-dyeing technology with low environmental impact.

  • Yasuhiko Kawabe, Faculty of Economics exhibited for the first time with volunteers from his research group. He reported on his research on hot springs and seawater as tourism resources in Thailand, where the natural environment is similar to that of Japan, and compared and discussed how he and his colleagues have been collaborating with Japan since before COVID-19.

  • In the "Hosei University Environmental Center" exhibition booth, Riku Hasegawa, who is active in environmental conservation activities utilizing behavioral biases and nudges and as a member of the Hosei University Rooftop Greening Maintenance Project since FY2018, also played a major role as a supporting member (left photo: Riku Hasegawa, Graduate School of Engineering and Design; right photo: Hosei University Center for the Environment, Hosei University).

  • On Thursday, December 7, 2023, Riku Hasegawa, the oldest member of the Hosei University Rooftop Gardening Maintenance Project, will introduce his activities at the "Eco-pro 2023: The Future Begins to Move - Young People's Advocacy and Communication Plaza.

  • On Thursday, December 7, 2023, at the "Eco-pro 2023: The Future in Motion - Young People's Advocacy and Communication Plaza," Daiki Kato, a fourth-year Faculty of Law student who has participated the most in the Hosei University Rooftop Gardening Maintenance Project in FY2023, gave a presentation on why he chose to plant trees to create "the beloved garden at Hosei University, He also reported on what he hopes to achieve through the project.

  • At the "Hosei University Environmental Center" booth, Saki Sanada, a freshman in the Faculty of Engineering and Design who selected the plants that fit the theme from her unique perspective, participated for the first time as a member of the Hosei University Rooftop Gardening Maintenance Project.