2026.1.5
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...
2025.11.7
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...
2025.10.27
October 25th marked the annual RIHN Open House event. Organic Material Circulation Project showcased demonstrations of RIHN compost (waterless dry compost) and displayed habanero peppers and vegetables grown using nutrient-rich compost produced here. We welcomed many visitors, including repeat attendees who look forward to this event every year—we’re truly delighted. W...
2025.9.28
A training seminar for Kyoto Prefectural Board of Education faculty and staff was held at the RIHN Lecture Room. Presentations titled “Composting and a Circular Society in Integrated Studies (Inquiry-Based Lessons)” and “Designing and Implementing Composting Lessons: Using Elementary Schools as an Example” were given by PL Oyama and Sub-leader Shioya. This training seminar w...
2025.9.26
Why not incorporate composting into your elementary, middle, or high school curriculum? Based on our three years of teaching experience, we have published “Comprehensive Learning Time:－A Guide to Composting Lessons” (114 pages total). This topic offers diverse connections to environmental education, soil education, food education, waste management, and food security issues,...
2025.8.13
NHK World Japan’s “Direct Talk,” an international broadcast viewed in approximately 160 countries and regions, featured PL Oyama’s activities in Niger: “Halting Desertification with Waste.” The program remains available for viewing on the program’s website after broadcast.https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/2105232
2025.8.8
IFAD Youth Club Japan (IYCJ), launched under the leadership of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), will host an online lecture titled “What’s Needed for the Sustainability of Urban Civilization and Agriculture: Perspectives from Africa and Kyoto.” PL Oyama will be speaking. We are looking forward to your participation.
2025.8.1
At The Lab. on the 3rd floor of Grand Front Osaka North Building, we held a fun science and eco-themed composting workshop for children in grades 4-6 (2 sessions total). Participants challenged themselves to make mini composters by filling containers with soil, rice bran, and chicken manure.
2025.7.22
The 8th Research Meeting was held over two days, July 19-20, 2025, at the Lecture Room of RIHN. Twenty participating Collaborative Researchers presented their research activities from the previous year and plans for the current year, followed by discussions. Each year, the research meeting is held in person around the time of the Gion Festival, where members review the proje...
2025.7.10
Prof. Oyama and Assistant Prof. Shioya received the Academic Conference Presentation Award in the oral presentation section at the 36th Annual Conference of The Japanese Association for Arid Land Studies, held at Hirosaki University on June 7-8, 2025. The presentation title was: Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Objectives of the Organic Material Circulation...
