YOSHINOGAWA (TOKUSHIMA)

"This project is actively working for SDG 12 (Responsible Production and Consumption), organized together with NPO, Bizan Daigaku since 2015. Yoshino gawa is the name of a river which is the largest river in Shikoku area. The local festival Yoshino gawa festival is one of the famous festivals in Tokushima which is supported by local people voluntary. More than 20,000 people come to this festival every year, and the amount of garbage is huge. During the event, the local group keeps trying to give visitors awareness about the environment though organizing ""Eco station"" where visitors throw away and separate trash.Outcome of this workcamp; the activity of ""ECO station"" was broadcasted on local TV program in several times and people think about how important to separate garbage for environment. Please see the long term goal of this project as ""Local SDGs"" at https://www.slideshare.net/nice-workcamp/17-82095303 (only Japanese for the moment, but you can at least enjoy the pictures) In 2019, 7 vols. from 5 countries worked well."