Environmentally Friendly Action

Touch the greenery and grow it yourself.
Each person's small green-up efforts will lead to passing on the lush green Yokohama to the next generation.

• Touch the greenery of Yokohama City⇒Citizen's Forest Guide Map、Introduction to Welcome Center
• Grow green⇒Saplings present (life commemorative tree distribution business) (outside site)
• Efforts on Greenery in Yokohama City⇒Yokohama Green Up Plan

By getting close to the park, you can realize the importance of the plants and creatures there.
Feeling that is the first step in thinking about the environment.

• Go to the park⇒A representative park in Yokohama
• Try to work in the park⇒About park protection society

Buying locally grown vegetables and fruits reduces the transportation distance of trucks and other vehicles from rice fields and fields to the dining table, and reduces CO2.

• Learn about local production for local consumption⇒Local production for local consumption in Yokohama
• Practice local production for local consumption⇒Aozora City, Direct Sales Office

A little care, such as avoiding sudden acceleration or wasteful idling, can help prevent global warming and protect clean air.

• Practice eco-driving⇒Recommendation of Eco-Drive 10 (outside site)(Website of Aozora Network in Nine Prefectures)
• Preventing Global Warming⇒Effect of eco-driving (outside site)(Website of Aozora Network in Nine Prefectures)

The oil cools and hardens, pinching the sewer, or flowing out into rivers and the sea due to heavy rain, polluting the water environment.

• Knowing the role of sewerage
• Water Reclamation Center Facility Tour (PDF: 400KB)

The first step in protecting the environment is to meet real animals and be aware of living together on the earth.

• Yokohama Zoo ZOORASIA (outside site)(Yokohama Green Association)
• Nogeyama Zoo (outside site)(Yokohama Green Association)
• Kanazawa Zoo (outside site)(Yokohama Green Association)
• Makigahara Little Kids Zoo (outside site)(Yokohama Green Association)
• Preservation and Research Center

Eco Label is a mark indicating that conservation has been considered for a sustainable natural environment in the process of procurement, production processing and distribution.
Choosing products with ecolabels in daily shopping will help protect the environment.

• Know ecolabel⇒Eco-label database (outside site)(Ministry of the Environment)
• Check the ecolabel⇒Eco-label mark search (outside site)(Ministry of the Environment)

Human life is supported by various blessings of nature.
Recognizing the blessings of each person and practicing environmentally friendly actions leads to the protection of the lost biodiversity.

• Be aware of the blessings of nature⇒Megumi of Nature (PDF: 570KB)Citation: Ministry of the Environment's Biodiversity Website
• Protecting Biodiversity⇒Yokohama City's Biodiversity conservation Initiatives