Riho Yazawa (participant)

*Group name

Let's Create a Biotope in Our School Yard

*Country/Region

Aichi Prefecture, Japan

*Type of Group

School

*Number of total members of your group/project

Friends in the same class

*Characteristic of members

Our school is located in a quite neighborhood in the heart of the city. In our little school yard, an old cherry tree blooms to its fullness in the spring and gingko nuts fall off the maidenhair tree in the fall. We have created the biotope in the hopes of recapturing the nature in which white cabbage butterflies fly about and red dragonflies enjoy their adventure the same. Every day we feel the importance of nature. (We can hardly wait for the arrival of spring!)

*Theme(s) of your group/project

*Biodiversity, *Others

*Missions and activities of your group/project

As members of the student council and the beautification committee, we have made it our duty to maintain a natural environment for the trees on our campus. By protecting our nearby ecology, we have strived to do our part, often small efforts continued relentlessly days on, in stopping the destruction of nature. Around the same time the creation of the biotope (although very small) was discussed, and in the end it was made. The environmental summit and its message towards nature provided us with a chance to look back on the nature on our campus and helped create successful results.

*Characteristics of the group/project activities

Environmental Conservation

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

Let us protect the nature with our very own hands! The key is for each person to take careful note of their surroundings.

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

Schools which have biotopes

*Short message for exchange with other group/project

There is a new biotope in our school yard. Over the course of years, no matter how long it may take, we would like to create an ideal environment for living organisms to inhabit.

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

I learned of the current state of the earth. Hearing many languages from all over the world and meeting new friends was a great experience I will treasure for years to come. If given the chance, I would like to take part in the Children's Summit for the Environment once again with these friends of mine.

*Others

As our school project, I would like to protect and grow the biotope in which the four splendid seasons of Japan could be seen and felt through the plants and living organisms. I look forward to seeing the flowers bloom and the bugs fly about.