49 SDGs Action WorkshopRice Harvesting (Pesticide-Free Rice Production)Let’s taste the nature-filled OZO, rice harvesting and drying with all your senses! As one of our SDG initiatives, Peace and Nature is rehabilitating fallow rice paddies to grow rice without relying on chemical fertilizers or pesticides. Rice grown in the full blessing of the sun is harvested and dried without the use of machinery. We invite you to experience this in the midst of nature. In the afternoons of September 24 and October 2, participants will have the opportunity to experience bamboo forest maintenance as an activity to revive fallow rice paddies […]
SDG Action Workshop #48Observing living creatures & planting rice without pesticides!Let’s observe living creatures in OZO, full of nature!Taste rice planting with all five senses! Peace & Nature is working on rice production without relying on chemical fertilizers and pesticides by rehabilitating fallow land. This time, we are going to observe the living creatures in and around the rice paddies in OZO-cho, a town full of nature. What kind of creatures live there? Are there any rare species living there? Please experience “rice paddies nurture living things” (biodiversity conservation) in the midst of nature. We look forward to your participation.SDGs […]
SDG Action Workshop [#47].Rice Planting (Pesticide-Free Rice Production)OZO, full of nature, lets enjoy rice planting with all your five senses! Peace & Nature is working to rehabilitate fallow fields to grow rice without relying on chemical fertilizers or pesticides. This is an exciting and thrilling event! We look forward to your participation. [SDGs No.2, 4, 6, 11, 12, 15, 17] Dates: May 28 (Sat) and June 5 (Sun), 2022 Please register online at least 3 days prior to the desired date. Rain or Shine. In case of heavy rain, the decisionwill be made at 7:00 a.m. on the day. Place: […]
Taiko drums, flutes, shamisen, and singingLet’s plant straw mats together! Since the Jomon period (before rice cultivation), Makomo (Zizania) has been used for food, shelter, clothing, roofing, and other purposes. The Izumo Taisha Shrine holds a straw matsuri every June, and straw mats are still used as Shimenawa rope at shrines with long histories. The use of straw mats has been attracting attention again as they have been found to be useful in purifying water quality in lakes and marshes. Peace & Nature is reclaiming fallow fields to cultivate straw mats, an ancient Japanese traditional. Japanese folk songs and hammered dulcimer […]
