The Challenge of Creating an Energetic, Environmentfriendly Yokohama City

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The Challenge of Creating an Energetic,
Environment-friendly Yokohama City
Hiroshi Nakada, Mayor of
Yokohama

• 1 introduction
• 2 Practical things to do to broaden
• the circle of environmental activities
• Future initiatives by energetic,
• environment-friendly Yokohama city

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About Yokohama City (1)
introduction
The city of Yokohama is located about 18 miles to
the southwest of central Tokyo. Its population of
over 3.5 million makes it the second largest city
in Japan. With over 140 years of service as an
international port, Yokohama has become well
known among shippers around the world.
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About Yokohama City (2)

• Population (Feb. 1 2006) 3,584,521
• Land Area (km2 ) 434.98
• Population Density per km2 8,224
• Households 1,508,727

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Things which are indispensable in initiatives
for environmental issuesGoal of environmental
education in Yokohama
To construct a sustainable society, we need
people who think about environmental issues and
take practical action
interest
Interested in relation of human and environment
Collaboration
action
Tie up with practical actions and collaborate to
various stakeholders
Think about environmental issues as our issues,
understand and take practical action
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Practical things to do to broaden the circle of
environmental activities
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Background of Yokohama G30 Plan
The effort of G30 started
104tons
104 capita
Fiscal year(Heisei)
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Our Slogan Yokohama G30

• G Gomi (Garbage,Waste)
• Genryo (Reduction)
• 30 Our target
• (30 reduction of waste)
• Japanese Pronunciation of G30
• Go mi-zero Waste-zero
• G 3 0

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Basic Concept of Yokohama G30 Plan

• YOKOHAMA, the City Actively Work on the
  Environment
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• establish Recycling - based
  Society
• Appropriate Responsibilities
• ?Local Government (Yokohama City)
• - Construct and Coordinate new collection and
  recycling system
• - Take measures to promote 3R (Reduce, Reuse,
  Recycle)
• ?Citizens
• - Usage of products for a longer period
• - use recycled products
• - Cooperation in selective collection
• ?Business
• - Designing recycle oriented products and
  containers
• -Reuse and recycle products (EPR)

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Promotion of Yokohama G30
October Festival
Open Port Festival
Promote G30 by placing recycling boxes in every
city events
Waste zero event on May 30 (waste-zero day)
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Recent trends in garbage volumes
?the figures of fiscal 2005 is preliminary
Financial effect ?two incineration plants are
stopped ?saving 110billion yen that wouldve
been needed for construction to
upgrade ?saving 3 billion yen each year that
wouldve needed for operating costs Effect
of reduction of environmental burden ?reduce the
amount of garbages incineration ?amounts of
carbon dioxide is 630 thousands tons
(prospects related to fiscal 2001)
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Environmental education environmental activities
Promotion of using new energy photovoltaic
systems, wind power and waste power generation
Promotion of energy saving The efficient use of
energy
Reduce the effects on the environment
Small emission per unit
Yokohama city regional council on global warming
countermeasures
administrators action-plans Ward-offices
companies CSR?ESCO
citizens Community associations? school?universiti
es Civic groups?NPO
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photovoltaic systems
Promotion of using new energy
Aoba ward-office
the total volume of photovoltaic electric
power 30kW
Sakae ward-office
2.1kW
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Promotion of using new energy Large wind power
generation project
image
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Environmental education Environmental activities
childrens activity for energy use
rationalization
Companies as sponsors
children in yokohama
recognition
action
recognition
donation
Children conduct the energy-saving
action at homes for one month(during August)
record on eco-life checksheets
assent
Support children
United Nations World Food
Programme(WFP) The donations
are used to fund tree-planting projects

that have an effect in preventing global
warming.
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results(fiscal2005) ? children who took part in
12,231(elementary schools123) ? companies as
supporters 94 ? amount of reduction of
greenhouse gas by childrens activities
265tons Its equivalent to the
amount of emissions absorbed by 19,000
Japanese cedar trees.
donation
results(fiscal 2004) tree-planting project in
Burundi the amount of trees86thousand
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Yokohama environmental education and action
network
Techniques acknowledgements
Human resources
citizens
NPO/NGO
UNU-IAS JICA CITYNET
ltYokohama environmental education networkgt
companies
NGO/NPO
City of Yokohama
universities
schools
chance
information
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Ten years of education for sustainable development
Ten years of education for sustainable development
2014
2005
project
project
project
Energetic, Environment -friendly Yokohama city
to reality
The ports 150th anniversary
Yokohama RCE network
project
project
project
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Future initiatives by Energetic,
environment-friendly Yokohama city
Characteristic city YOKOHAMA
Energy and wisdom of citizens
creativity
Energetic,environment-friendly Yokohama city
Communications and exchange
Safety city
5themes
Activeness
Comfortable city
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Were committed to bring our vision of an
Energetic, environment-friendly Yokohama city to
reality.
Thank you