辻 信一先生と ソーヤ海くん、 大学について語る会に・・・

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Welcome!!!

Tokyo Urban Permaculture is a new project I started at the end of 2011, after two extraordinary seasons at the Bullocks Permaculture Homestead on Orcas Island, WA. Much of my inspiration has come from what I learned during my time at the Bullocks and from my experience with the City Repair movement in Portland, OR. Both highly highly recommended sites for ecological-cultural regeneration and interesting people.

Now that I am in Japan, I am embarking on an experiment to practice what I have learned in my years learning and practicing sustainability, and to figure out critical areas for growth.
My five main projects at the moment are:

Regenerate tokyo with a creative network of permaculture activists and cultural change makers
End nuclear power in Kanto which will hopefully have a domino effect across Japan and the world
Power Shift Japan: connecting with the Global Power Shift movement to address dirty energy and climate change through empowering youth.
Wake Up! Sharing mindfulness practice to Japanese, particularly the youth, and exploring the core of happiness and sustainability by living it. Also, part of a global youth movement.
Compassionate communication (NVC): teaching heart to heart communication with a focus on youth, so that we can transcend a culture of judgement and engage with what all of us are really needing! Cultivating our consciousness for empathetic connection with all.
The larger vision is to transform the current consumption-driven cultural paradigm to one that focuses on ecological regeneration (keeping us alive and healthy), and the cultivation of happiness and compassion. Starting with Tokyo.

My current strategy is to explore a variety of approaches such as
teaching urban permaculture primarily by conscious donation
doing presentations on best practices (e.g. City Repair) from the US and other countries
relationship-building with a powerful university that has close government and corporate ties
stimulating the growing social movements against nuclear power and climate change
networking with a diverse population of cultural change agents
practicing engaged buddhism or mindfulness activism
SERVICES I OFFER
Workshops and talks on
Permaculture and urban permaculture: introductory sessions to more advance courses
Gardening, compost, worm compost, propagation, grafting, guerrilla gardening, fermentation
Facilitation and effective meeting skills
Compassionate communication (aka Nonviolent Communication)
Mindfulness and meditation in daily life
Systems thinking through games