Learning cooperative practices through Seikatsu Club Co-ops in the Tokyo metropolitan area
Faculty: Kenji Takemoto
The Faculty of Sustainability Studies Hosei University is a department where students learn how to create a sustainable society from a variety of academic fields in a practical manner. 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 2022, we studied cooperative practices at Seikatsu Club Co-ops in the Tokyo metropolitan area (Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, and Chiba). Unfortunately, due to the new coronavirus, the internship was conducted online, with the exception of some programs.
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.
[Assignment] After learning about Seikatsu Club Co-op's practices in the field and discussing specific activities of interest to you, please discuss the following points.
1: In what concrete ways are the principles and principles of Seikatsu Club, including the SDGs, manifested in actual activities and projects?
2: How is the "cooperation" of "cooperatives" embodied in the practices on the ground?
Please see below for the files of the participants' presentations.