The 28th Yokohama Environmental Activities Award

Last Updated October 29, 2024

The Yokohama Environmental Activity Award is a system that commends individuals, organizations, companies, elementary school studenｔ students and students who are actively engaged in various environmental conservation, regeneration and creation activities in the region.
It was established in 1993 with the aim of further raising interest in environmental conservation, regeneration and creation, promoting local environmental activities, and promoting environmentally friendly town development. .

Winners

Casebook

The 28th Yokohama Environmental Activities Award Casebook (PDF: 2,271KB)

List of winners (titles omitted, alphabetical order)

Citizen's Department (7 groups)
Type of award	Name of the recipient	Activity area	Overview of Activities
Grand Prize	Yokohama Botanical Association (application document (PDF: 2,028KB)) ＊Received the Special Biodiversity Award at the same time	All Yokohama City and Kanagawa Prefecture	He has been active for a long period of 111 years with the aim of becoming familiar with nature, conducting research on plants, and spreading ideas on plants and nature conservation. We conducted a flora survey and created a leaf specimen, and published "Plants in Yokohama 2020-Plants in Yokohama (2003) Addendum" as a culmination of the results. Exhibitions and observation sessions will be held on holidays to create a system that makes it easier for young people to participate.
Practical Award	Asahi Kita District Alliance Neighborhood Association Naka Horikawa Ikoi Place (Application Document (PDF: 2,231KB))	Asahi Ward	In order to make the Naka-Horikawa Promenade an attractive place for local communities, we will clean up and plant trees and display paintings by elementary school studenｔ. In addition, activities to revive fireflies in the babbling along the promenade have also begun. In cooperation with neighboring companies, Neighborhood Association Neighborhood Associations, elementary schools, and waterside protection associations, the importance of environmental activities is spread to a wide range of generations.
Practical Award	Utsukushigaoka Chubu Neighborhood Association Aces Committee Promenade Working Group 100 Stage Project (Application Document (PDF: 4,170KB))	Aoba Ward	For the purpose of regenerating as a road where many people can enjoy walking and making it a local asset, the promenade, which is a feature of the town, will be used as a landmark, and the promenade will be maintained. In order to maintain a good environment, we will conduct an environmental survey to check the temperature and humidity at each point as a working to understand the current situation, and conduct a survey on biodiversity such as birds and insects.
Practical Award	NPO H & K "Komatsuna Project Activities" (application materials (PDF: 1,810KB))	The entire Yokohama city centering on Tsuzuki Ward	Under the theme of "Komatsuna", "food education" and "activity to convey the importance of environmental conservation and local production for local consumption in areas dedicated to agriculture." In the vegetable harvesting experience, farmers, companies and communities are connected, and multi-generational exchanges and health promotion are conducted through cooking courses. Contribute to the revitalization of local communities from various angles.
Practical Award	First Yellow / Hinodecho Environmental Purification Promotion Council (Application Document (PDF: 3,283KB))	Naka Ward	The anti-crime program patrol is conducted every month with the aim of improving the living environment and raising awareness of environmental conservation among local residents. In addition, we are working on global warming countermeasures by using the water of Hinode Spring, a local resource, to create opportunities for children to participate in environmental activities.
Practical Award	Magaya direct delivery service (application document (PDF: 6,998KB))	Hodogaya Ward	An organization established by students of a course to learn about the current state of urban agriculture in Hodogaya Ward and local production for local consumption. Created a “Magaya Agricultural Products Direct Sales Office Map” that guides local direct sales outlets, and issued a total of more than 10,000 copies in cooperation with the ward office. In cooperation with farmers and restaurants, we create opportunities for residents to pick up local vegetables and experience local production for local consumption.
Practical Award	Volunteer birds (application materials (PDF: 1,329KB))	Naka Ward	An organization that serves as a contact point for contact between the community and schools and coordinates activities. We have been carrying out beautification activities for 22 years, including the Cleanup Otori Elementary School, a cleanup volunteer with elementary school studenｔ students and parents, as well as the Sancho Park Cleanup Rally, which starts at nearby schools and walks around the town of Honmoku and picks up trash.

Corporate divisions (5 companies)
Type of award	Name of the recipient	Location:	Overview of Initiatives
Grand Prize	Maruni Shoten Co., Ltd. (Application materials (PDF: 4,168KB))	Nishi Ward	In order to contribute to the creation of a sustainable recycling-oriented society, we will conduct recycling business such as glass bottles. Continued on-site instructors at elementary schools for 15 years, and conduct educational activities on recycling glass bottles. Environmental education programs for elementary school students are conducted according to the age of lower grades, middle grades, upper grades, and other ages, and are engaged in educational activities that are conscious of approaches tailored to the degree of growth.
Practical Award	Ena Stone Co., Ltd. (Application materials (PDF: 4,441KB))	Kohoku Ward	In order to solve various problems such as energy and global warming, and to realize a richer society, the EMS (energy management system) encourages users to save energy and reduce Co2 emissions. In addition, for home monitoring robots, we will develop systems that contribute to energy saving, such as automatic control of the indoor environment using sensors.
Practical Award	JVCKENWOOD Co., Ltd. (Application materials (PDF: 3,475KB))	Kanagawa Ward, Midori Ward	Based on our environmental vision of contributing to society by reducing environmental impact, we aim to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society by preserving the global environment through the creation of products and services and environmental activities. Specifically, we will engage in various activities such as reducing CO2 emissions, thoroughly separating industrial waste, compressing waste plastics, and reducing food waste.
Practical Award	Takematsu Shoji Co., Ltd. (Application materials (PDF: 4,861KB))	Naka Ward	In addition to waste disposal, we pursue the possibility of recycling recyclables, recyclable materials and reuse of waste, and promote 3R activities as a community-based company in Yokohama. In addition to establishing a reuse business base and working on upcycles, we also provide opportunities for citizens to prototype. We promote social contribution activities, including monthly community cleanup activities.
Practical Award	Tokyo Radar Co., Ltd. Head Office Plant (Application materials (PDF: 4,995KB))	Hodogaya Ward	We develop environmentally friendly products, such as the development of energy-saving communication equipment and the practical use of non-powered traffic detection mats, and implement environmentally friendly manufacturing. Each employee is thinking and acting on "environmentally friendly" in their own duties, such as making use of the original ideas of employees to change the equipment used in the process of manufacturing communication equipment from a hardening furnace to a small oven. In addition, we regularly carry out cleaning activities around the company and the nearest station to contribute to the surrounding area.

elementary school studenｔ, Students and Students (3 groups)
Type of award	Name of the recipient	Location:	Overview of Activities
Grand Prize	Yokohama Municipal Nagatadai Elementary School (application documents (PDF: 3,314KB))	Minami Ward	They think about coexistence with nature through rice growing with the cooperation of the local community, and look at the connection between their lives and the SDGs from various perspectives while being involved in the school biotope and park trees conservation. More and more elementary school studenｔ is aware of environmentally friendly lifestyles, and we are actively working together with the local community, such as presenting their own initiatives to adult visitors through eco-professionals.
Practical Award	Yokohama Municipal Ichigao Junior High School (application documents (PDF: 786KB))	Aoba Ward	New values and ideas that lead to solving issues will be taken and spread, mainly by the student council, and expanded to school-wide initiatives. A study session on marine plastic issues was held at the student council, and learning was promoted at all schools. We will take up the reduction of shopping bags as junior high school students can do, create school original my bags, and distribute them to all school students. We will also introduce initiatives in Neighborhood Associations, etc., and sell them to those who agree with the purpose.
Practical Award	Yokohama City Orimoto Elementary School (application documents (PDF: 4,813KB))	Tsuzuki Ward	In the 36-year-old elementary school studenｔ flower-filled campaign, the elementary school studenｔ of the Environment Committee took the initiative to take seeds from flowers that have finished blooming and to grow flowers from those seeds the following year. In addition, a beetle observation by the elementary school studenｔ explored ecology throughout the class, brought back larvae with the cooperation of the community, began observation and breeding. Respect the independence of the elementary school studenｔ and engage in activities.

Special Biodiversity Award (1 organization)
Name of the recipient
Yokohama Botanical Association ＊Citizen's Department Grand Prize Simultaneous

Public Relations and Press

Press release
March 24, 2021 Winners of the 28th Yokohama Environmental Activities Award

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