Organic Material Circulation Project

Returning to nature what is obtained from nature

Building up organic material circulation system among urban and rural area:
Toward the integration of local perception and scientific knowledge.

Project Outline

NEWS

Appearance in NHK High School Lecture Series“College Lectures: Geographic Exploration”

On 15 December, Professor Oyama served as lecturer for the 33rd episode of NHK’s High School Lecture Series : Geographic Exploration, entitled ‘North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa.’ Under the theme of North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, the lecture addressed desertification and food security issues in the Sahel region, while also introducing research activities conduc...

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Installation of artwork “Compost House” at an elementary school in Kyoto, Japan

As part of the collaborative initiative with the Kyoto Prefectural Board of Education, we are providing environmental education under the theme of “Making Fertilizer from Food Waste,” in which discarded food waste (such as vegetable scraps and leftover food) from school lunches is reused as fertilizer for gardens and flowerbeds. As part of this initiative, we rec...

#Composting lessons