📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Organized together with is 'e~Akame no Satoyama wo Sodateru kai', a local environmental NPO, since 1998. In an area between Osaka and Nagoya, there were plans for a golf course and disposal of industrial garbage, but the local community has stopped them with the 'e~Woods Trust' movement. The group was formed in 1996 to collect donations to buy and protect the land, to build an eco-resort to enjoy nature, to maintain forests, to create a pond for dragonflies, etc'e
💼 What the programme involves
We will do a various work to care of the forest such as cutting trees & branches, maintaining the footpaths, etc'e We will also support to organize some events (e.g., to collect edible wild plants, nature observation) in their field and to open up new projects (apiculture, biomass energy etc.).
Study: Local participation to protect nature. Bring some info.!
🏠 Accommodation on site
The pension named 'e~Eco Resort Akame'. Volunteers cook for themselves..
📍 About the location
About 60 km east of Osaka. There are famous falls nearby that many hikers visit. The climate in this season is relatively cold; so done "t forget to bring warm clothes.
Terminal: From Osaka, 1 hour by train from each. From Tokyo, 4 hours by bullet train and 10 hours by bus. Leisure : Excursion, exchange parties, visiting schools, exchange with elderly people of the eco-resort, etc'e
ℹ️ Additional information
Speaking good Japanese, strong motivation to work with the host, respect to the local custom and life, open mind and flexibility.