Participants' Voices
Learning cooperative practices through Seikatsu Club Co-ops in the Tokyo metropolitan area
The Faculty Faculty of Sustainability Studies Hosei University is a department where students learn practically how to create a sustainable society from a variety of academic fields. Among the many consumer's cooperatives, Seikatsu Club Co-op Cooperative Union has been conducting pioneering activities in various areas such as food, energy, welfare, and labor.
The purpose of this career challenge is to learn about the current state of the non-profit and cooperative sector through the Seikatsu Club Co-op, which is engaged in various practices for "sustainable living".
From January to March 2021, participants learned about cooperative practices at Seikatsu Club Co-ops in the Tokyo metropolitan area (Tokyo , Kanagawa, and Chiba). Unfortunately, due to the state of emergency declared by the new coronavirus, all but a few programs were online internships, but the students participated in several Seikatsu Club Co-op programs and learned about practices in food, agriculture, energy, welfare, and other areas.
The following tasks were assigned to the participants, and presentations were made with Seikatsu Club Co-ops in the Tokyo metropolitan area. For the presentation files, please refer to the following.
After learning about the practices of Seikatsu Club Co-op in the field and discussing the various "social issues" in which Seikatsu Club Co-op is involved that interest you, please discuss the following points.
(1) Why were you interested in the contents of the "social issues"?
(2) Evaluate (strengths and weaknesses) the practices of the Seikatsu Club in its attempt to solve the "social problem,
3) How can the younger generation solve (participate in) that "problem of society" using the Seikatsu Club as a tool?
To view the files of the participants' presentations, please click here.