Mami Sugimoto(participant)

*Group name

Junior Eco-Club, The Sugi-chan's

*Country/Region

Saitama Prefecture, Japan

*Type of Group

Home

*Number of total members of your group/project

6 persons

*Number of regular participants in activities

4persons

*Characteristic of members

 We are a small group composed of three sisters and their cousins. Our meetings can be held even during supper time. We are striving our effort to accomplish both school life and ecology activities.

*Theme(s) of your group/project

*Air pollution, *Wastes and Recycling, *Water Issues, *Peace Issues     

*Missions and activities of your group/project

We have been making research on air pollution, water quality, and acid rain for over 3 years, as a member of  Environment Audit Office, Center for Environmental Science in Saitama.Currently, we enjoy making organic vegetables utilizing compost from raw garbage.

*Characteristics of the group/project activities

 We have learnt methods to put environment and science into practical use from some specialists.Our goal is to demonstrate policies and its effects to improve our environment by using our survey results.

*Most importnat way of thinking of your group/project for environment

Just learning "how to be earth friendly" is not really being environmentally friendly. We aim to see, feel and think by ourselves about our environment, and then move into action.

*What kind of group/project do you want to exchange for imformation and experience with?

 We always look forward to encountering knowledgeable books to enhance environmental studies. Please let us know if you have any recommendable printed matters.

*Short message for exchange with other group/project

 Here are titles of some books we would like to share with you. "State of the World", "If the world were a village of 100 people", and "Experiences in Nature".

*Impression of Children's World Summit for the Environment 2005 Aichi

Since the summit took part together with the EXPO 2005, the whole program was meaningful. We still cannot forget how impressed we were to see the Toyota Group Pavilion. There was a big gap between what we had learnt and what we really saw there. We would like to participate in similar kind of events if there are any coming up. My 13 year-old daughter is now studying hard to improve her English so that she will be able to actively participate in other international events. She was totally impressed by other teenagers who presented/performed confidently in the summit.

*Others

Last November, we attended a lecture given by Kayoko Ikeda, the translator of "If the world were a village of 100 people".It was a wonderful opportunity to learn about the relationship of peace and environment preservation, which made us think about ecology activities.

*Contact person

Seiko Sugimoto

*Contact Address

1-20-22 Minami, Kounosu-city, Saitama 369-0122 Japan