Natsuki Kozuka (participants)
*Group name
School Beauty
*Country/Region
Aichi Prefecture (Nagoya City Mita Junior High School), Japan
*Type of Group
School
*Number of total members of your group/project
About 87 persons
*Number of regular participants in activities
Eight groups consisting of one leader from each three grades and another seven or eight students. (A ~ H)
*Characteristic of members
Maintaining the beauty of our school. We pull out weeds and plant seasonal flowers. Some members sweep up the fallen leaves.
*Theme(s) of your group/project
*Nature Conservation
*Missions and activities of your group/project
A total of eight groups, groups A to H, take turns cleaning the school courtyard.
*Characteristics of the group/project activities
Students work well together regardless of their age. Seniors and juniors seem to get along very well.
*Most importnat way of thinking of your group/project for environment
Instead of coercing our students into taking part in the activity, we encourage them to do so voluntarily. The courtyard maintains its beauty while students enjoy their activity.
*Major publications and articles
School Beauty Times
We write articles about our activities, such as planting seasonal flowers, and hand out the newspaper to each classroom. It is issued irregularly.
*What kind of group/project do you want to exchange for imformation and experience with?
I am interested in learning about other groups' activities.
*Short message for exchange with other group/project
Is there anything I could do with you?
*Impression of Children's World Summit for the Environment 2005 Aichi
I learned environmental issues that exist in other countries and of the importance of taking action against them. It made me resolve to myself to start where I can. I have also been exchanging emails with other participants at the Summit.
*Others
For the first time I took part in the "Horikawa (river) Expedition, Team of 1000" to do research on the water quality of Horikawa. We collected water from above Koshio Bridge and measured the COD value. On rainy or windy days, and also on days after heavy rain, the water changes. Encountering turtles and water birds was really nice. And at the same time it concerned me greatly to witness oil floating on the water surface. It was amazing when they found a salamander which they later named Hori-chan. I hope he is doing well and living strongly. I cannot help but to hope for the return of the limpid stream of Horikawa. After the Summit, I've also become interested in inviting foreigners to stay at my house. A sixteen year old girl from Malaysia stayed at my house from December 22nd to January 7th.
*Contact person
Hiroki Kozuka
*Contact Address
7-207 Kasumori-cho, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya-city, Aichi 453-0855 Japan
natsukikozuka@splendore.co.jp
