Seek Sustainable Japan

Monthly 30-min news and topics catch up

CEO Toru Muramatsu talks of the great work of Chiiori Alliance and is an inspiring designer and manager who has done great work alongside Alex Kerr to develop beautiful, high-value stays for both international and Japanese guests by renovating old traditional Japanese homes into guest houses. Chiiori Alliance https://www.chiiori-alliance.jp/

Kyle Holzhueter is a master plasterer in Japan and founder of Kamimomi Permaculture center in Okayama joins Seek Sustainable Japan once again to talk about their upcoming Living Earth Lab - a 7 day workshop experience in natural living and sustainable life skills- with Phil Cashman of Awa Farm and other Tokyo area permaculture projects. Kyle Holzhueter & Phil Cashman are both long-time Japan b...

Lauren and Andrea are Minka Preservation Society founders and talk here about what we can look forward to at the MINKA CON event coming up in November 2025 https://www.minkasociety.com/

This month sustainability focused, Japan based consultants, educators and entrepreneurs Tove Kinooka and JJWalsh discuss Sustainable Japan Day event and awards featured by the Japan Times  ⁨@thejapantimes⁩  - One Young World - Sustainability in the Himalaya mountains with Carole Fuchs - Tech for Impact event in Tokyo October - Global Perspectives workshops and INTRApreneurship training p...

UK actor and playwright Michael Mears joins Seek Sustainable Japan to share insights about his latest play called THE MISTAKE - a two person performance telling stories connected to the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima 80 years ago. https://michaelmears.org/ Arcola theatre about THE MISTAKE: A powerful reflection on the decisions that changed the course of history and the human cost that followed. In...

Welcome Vegan-Friendly London Vegan LUNA Burger Hiroshima Nagasaki 80th Noto Recovery Trip BCCJ Wajima Lacquerware Recovery Alex Kerr talks Wajima in Hidden Japan book Benton Homestead Rural Entrepreneurs Write Public Response about Manager Visa Changes GTN Working with Foreign Residents as positive opportunity not risk Circular System Tokyo includes Worm Composting Fukuoka Clean Energy & Drin...

Grateful this year to have had the rare opportunity to attend both the Hiroshima 80th and Nagasaki 80th commemoration events this year - may these two cities be the last places on earth to experience such horror, suffering and devastation from a nuclear weapon attack. Read post on MEDIUM #nonukes #hiroshima #nagasaki #japan #hiroshima80 #nagasaki80 #nomorehiroshima #nomorenagasaki #nomorehibakusha...

August 6, 2025 is the 80th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima city. The first part is a pre-recorded walk-thru of the most meaningful monuments that I introduce on guided tours and the 2nd part is clips from the August 6th livestreaming video from around the A-bomb dome on August 6th. #peacenow #nonukes #hiroshima80 #peace #hiroshimajapan #hiroshima #japan Watch the video of this podc...

July Short-Takes 30 minutes of sustainable japan & beyond highlights with two sustainability focused women entrepreneurs based in Japan, JJWalsh and Tove Kinooka

Sustainable travel definitely includes plantbased dining, but independent vegan travelers struggle with Japan travel as there are fewer options and sometimes hard work to research and explain what you need. World Vegan Travel does the research and tour plan for vegan travelers around the world and has great insights on Japan travel. Brighde Reed is co-founder of World Vegan Travel Company and a pl...

After cataract surgery, can my eyes be reused? / Reading glasses LIONS club donation ‪@lionsclubs‬ / New Japan BioPlastic Tech discovery that dissolves in seawater ‪@Reuters‬ / Fujisawa Beach Clean event with SEGO / Popular keep-cool tech waste ‪@theGuardian‬ / Tokyo pride parade & LGBTQ+ issues in Japan / MrBeast viral generosity success on YouTube ‪@BeastPhilanthropy‬ / Daikin Air-Conditione...

With more than 406 million subscribers, Jimmy Donaldson- better known as Mr. Beast- has become the most successful YouTuber by doing outrageous acts of generosity.  The fact that Mr. Beast’s strategy of using video revenue, sponsorship and collaboration to fund lifechanging projects around the world is an inspiration to any of us trying to go above and beyond the status quo to do-good for oth...