Japanese Return to Nature

ANCHOR:
Getting back to basics thats what people at one green expo in Tokyo were saying over the weekend. NTDs Yukichi Negishi introduces us to some people who say its easy to live in a way that can save the environment with a small shift in your lifestyle.

STORY:
At Eco-Products Expo 2008, multi-national corporations showcase the latest in eco-friendly technology. But in a small section at the expo, we found people promoting a simple life concept called Ecovillage.

[Kyoko Daida, Ecovillage Representative]:
Ecovillage not is the name of a place or a village. Its a concept people living in sustainable ways, and they do agriculture themselves, being self-sufficient. Music, dancing, or art, living creatively.

Buying organic products or starting a garden at home are ways to popularize the Ecovillage concept according to Takashi Watanabe who represents an organization dedicated to organic soybean farming called Toziba.

[Takashi Watanabe, Toziba Representative]:
The best way to promote eco-friendly lifestyles is to let everybody think and realize it themselves. You dont need to preach, or ask people to do it through a book or movie. Just plant a seed, let it grow, and I am sure more people will realize.

Shifting to more natural lifestyles can seem like a challenge and a big expense, but Takashi says the health benefits are well worth it.

[Takashi Watanabe, Toziba Representative]:
If you are eating the right food you dont need to use money for supplements and medicine, or go to the hospital and you save time.

Yukichi Negishi, NTD, Tokyo, Japan.

ANCHOR BACK ON CAMERA:
Takashi and other Ecovillage supporters designed many of their booth displays using only bamboo.

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News & Politics

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• ntd
• japan
• ecology
• tokyo
• green expo
• lifestyle
• ecovillage
• takashi
• bamboo
• toziba
• health
• soybean
• farming
• expo
• eco
• environment

[noirlemon]

@MillyVanillification

saddly, not really... :( here in canada nobody seems to care and, except for recycling their plastic/ paper/ glass garbages, they don't really see the point of being "ecologic" and see small actions as useless or as HUGE sacrifices (they worked HARD for their car so the have the RIGHT to drive it as much as they want (same thing for houses, pools, buying habits...)).

But we need to keep fighting for what we believe and try our best in our own way :)

[MillyVanillification]

this is a worldwide trend (except in china).