Miyagi Foundation Strives to Improve Local & Global Environment

The Miyagi Environmental Life Out-reach Network (MELON) in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, was initiated by five Cooperative Committees, including the Miyagi consumer cooperative, in December 1995, following the Earth Summit Conference held by the UN Environmental Development Council in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992. The MELON, consisting of citizens, scientists, academics, cooperative alliance committees, companies and organizations, aims at contributing to conservation of the local and global environments by improving harmony between the environment and peoples' lives through nature, water and foods.

The MELON has three main sections for its various activities:
1. The Miyagi Center for Climate Change Actions conducts studies and holds events for research activities or symposiums and seminars, such as workshops toward the prevention of global warming;
2. The Information Center manages their website and issues newsletters; and
3. The Sectional Meeting/Project holds various lectures and events for citizens, and conducts projects for waste reduction in stadiums in cooperation with professional sports groups.

http://www.melon.or.jp/melon/contents/English/index.htm

Posted: 2007/04/01 12:21:25 AM
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