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RCE Yokohama
Last Updated July 19, 2022
- About RCE Yokohama
- Yokohama RCE Network Promotion Council
- What is ESD (Education for Sustainable Development)?
What is RCE?
RCE is an abbreviation for Regional Centers of Expertise on ESD that promotes ESD education for sustainable development.
It refers to a network of individuals, organizations, and institutions that provide environmental education, development education, and international understanding education in the region, and is proposed and certified by the United Nations University.
Yokohama was certified as "RCE Yokohama" by the United Nations University in April 2006.
[RCE bases in Japan other than Yokohama]
RCE Hokkaido Central Hokkaido area (outside site), RCE Sendai wide area, RCE Chubu (outside site), RCE Hyogo-Kobe (outside site), RCE Okayama (outside site), RCE Kitakyusyu (outside site), RCE Omuta
About RCE Yokohama
RCE Yokohama’s goals and visions
We contribute to the achievement of the SDGs by further developing and developing ESD initiatives and activities that have been promoted in school education and community activities through the cooperation of all actors.
Role of RCE Yokohama
In Yokohama, citizens, NGOs, NPOs, educational institutions, companies, government, etc. are working to achieve the SDGs.
RCE Yokohama has a role as a base for expanding the circle of exchange and collaboration among people working to achieve the SDGs, including environmental education, so that the initiatives independently undertaken by each entity can further develop (consultation and support window, network creation).
RCE Yokohama's Policy
The members of the Yokohama RCE Network Council will expand the circle of activities and exchanges by proactively engaging in active communication.
Disseminate and share information, such as disseminating information on initiatives to achieve the SDGs and sharing the results of initiatives of each entity.
In addition, we perform support to promote cooperation for citizen, group which wants to expand circle of activity by connecting with others.
Yokohama RCE Network Promotion Council
At RCE Yokohama, members participating in the Yokohama RCE Network Promotion Council are engaged in various activities aimed at achieving SDGs goals.
| Name of the organization | Purpose of promoting ESD | Organization official website (outside site) |
|---|---|---|
| Keio University | (under preparation) | https://www.keio.ac.jp/en/ (external site) |
| Ferris University | Development of human resources who can lead a sustainable society. | https://www.ferris.ac.jp/ (external site) |
| Yokohama National University | In order to realize a multicultural society, we will foster awareness as a global citizen and provide learning opportunities to take new actions. | https://www.ynu.ac.jp/ (external site) |
| Yokohama City University | Promote ESD education necessary to survive in a fluctuating and complex era, and nurture leaders in creating an earth where life and society continue. | https://www.yokohama-cu.ac.jp/ (external site) |
| NPO Soft Energy Project | (under preparation) | http://npo-seep.sakura.ne.jp/ (external site) |
| NPO Yokohama Community Design Lab | (under preparation) | https://yokohamalab.jp/ (external site) |
| NPO Yokohama NGO Network | Promote SDGs initiatives from the perspective of international cooperation and multicultural coexistence. | http://ynn-ngo.org/ (external site) |
| JICA Yokohama | Contribute to Japanese education by communicating the knowledge cultivated through the experience of international cooperation in developing countries in a way that is useful to people, feeling together, and thinking together. | https://www.jica.go.jp/yokohama/ (external site) |
| RCE Yokohama Youth Federation | By connecting and collaborating with people who love Yokohama, we will make Yokohama a sustainable city. | https://wakamonorenmei.jimdofree.com/ (external site) |
| Kanto Regional ESD Activity Support Center | Operate the “ESD (National / Local) Activity Support Center” in which various actors engaged in ESD participate and cooperate, and develop a system that can receive support for ESD practice. | https://kanto.esdcenter.jp/ (external site) |
| City of Yokohama, Board of Education Secretariat Office (Yokohama City ESD Promotion Consortium) | With the aim of fostering leaders in achieving the SDGs, we will support "education to acquire the ability to take action on their own to solve global issues." | |
| Yokohama City Green Environment Bureau Environmental Activities Business Division (Secretariat) | Develop people who think for themselves and practice concrete actions toward the realization of a sustainable society "Yokohama". |
Activities at RCE Yokohama
Education for Sustainable Development What is ESD?
Education and learning that aims to realize a sustainable society, recognizes that they live in relationships with people around the world, future generations, and the environment, and fosters the ability to participate in the creation of a better society. I mean
All subjects, from children to adults, become learners and bearers.
※ESD stands for “Education for Sustainable Development”.
There are many challenges in the world.
In addition to environmental issues such as global warming, the extinction of living creatures, and garbage, social and economic issues have become global issues.
In order to solve these issues, it is necessary to learn and act.
| Environmental Issues | Social Issues | Economic Issues |
|---|---|---|
| Global Environment and Natural Disasters | Population Problems | Income Disparity and Poverty Issues |
| Loss of Biodiversity | Food problems | Mass production and mass disposal |
| Increasing waste | Human Rights Issues | Energy Problems |
Let's aim to achieve the SDGs
SDGs are the Sustainable Development Goals of the entire international community that must be achieved by 2030 in order to solve environmental, social and economic issues and realize a sustainable society.
I want to know more about the SDGs! ⇒ To the United Nations Public Relations Center website (outside site)
SDGs 17 Targets
Let's act for the future
In order to create a society where we continue to live on the earth and future people can live with peace of mind, we must learn through ESD and review the way society should be and each person should take action. Each step is a great force.
Inquiries to this page
Green Environment Bureau Park Green Space Department Environmental Activity Business Division
Telephone: 045-671-2484
Telephone: 045-671-2484
Fax: 045-550-4554
Email address: mk-kyoiku@city.yokohama.lg.jp
Page ID: 541-311-006
