Children's "Eco-Activity." Great Operation! 2019

This is a project in which elementary school students engage in environmental activities during summer vacation. Companies support these efforts, and sponsorship funds are donated to overseas environmental conservation activities.

Aim: Thinking about environmental issues from familiar behavior in everyday life
Target: Elementary school students (4th grade, 5th grade)
Contents: Using the "Eco-Life Check Sheet" to take on various environmental actions, such as "eat seasonal foods, vegetables and fruits from Yokohama" and "using water bottles".
Period of activity: During summer vacation at elementary school

Members of the Yokohama City Environmental Conservation Council and the Yokohama Chamber of Commerce and Industry support and support the efforts of elementary school students.

The sponsorship fund will be used for tree planting activities in Mindanao, Philippines, conducted by the United Nations Food Support Organization "UN WFP".

20,723 elementary school students in the city worked on various environmental activities using the "Eco-Life Check Sheet" during the summer vacation!
This initiative was supported by 73 companies and 4 organizations in the city, and 1.63 million yen was donated to environmental conservation activities in the Philippines.

At the morning meeting of all schools at Kamikawai Elementary School in Asahi Ward, we presented letters of appreciation from the United Nations WFP Association and Yokohama City.
Date of implementation: Monday, November 18, 2019
Location: Yokohama Municipal Kami-Kawai Elementary School Gymnasium
Presenters: Mr. Kunio Suzuki, Secretary-General of the United Nations WFP Association and Mr. Masakazu Taguchi, Director, Policy Coordination Department, Yokohama City Green Environment Bureau

A panel of the results of the efforts were exhibited and the results were reported to the visitors.
Date and time: From 11:00 am to 4:00 pm on Sunday, December 8, 2019
Venue: Yokohama International Passenger Terminal Osanbashi Hall
Organizer: Yokohama City Resource Recycling Business Cooperative
Co-sponsored by: Yokohama-shi
(Environmental Picture Diary is an effort to freely express what elementary school students think about environmental issues by combining pictures and text as free assignments during summer vacation.)

The donations from members of the Yokohama City Environmental Conservation Council and the Yokohama Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which support the efforts of elementary school students, was donated to tree-planting activities in Mindanao, Philippines through the United Nations Food Support Organization "UN WFP."
In Mindanao, located in the southern Philippines, various natural disasters occur frequently, many of which are deteriorating due to human problems such as illegal logging and poor drainage.
We support tree-planting activities to preserve the environment of Mindanao.

July 19, 2019 Children's "Eco-Activity." Great Operation! Launched in 2019
November 11, 2019 Children's "Eco-Activity." Great Operation! 2019 Results Report

Please refer to the following page for each fiscal year.