Podcasts about hayama

神を第一にする - Putting God First - 3rd Movie Session, Evening 3/4 - Hayama -JapanDavid Hoffmeister with Japanese Translation.This evening's movie aims to demonstrate that intellectual capacity and intelligence are not as important as they seem in the world. The ego uses the world's abilities and roles to strengthen an image it created as a substitute for God. Jesus' teachings in the Bible emphasize the importance of learning to lay down one's life and open up one's heart to God. However, the ego interprets "lay down your life" as a sacrifice of the body, associating life with biological life or human development. Jesus' words mean "lay down your ego and follow me."To participate in an online Movie Gathering, join our online community: https://programs.the-christ.net/courses/membership-weekly-online-movie-gatheringsFor more information about David Hoffmeister and Living Miracles events, visit https://circle.livingmiraclescenter.org/events.Recorded live on March 22, 2025, in Hayama, Japan.

神を第一にする - Putting God First - 4th Movie Session, Evening 4/4 - Hayama -JapanDavid Hoffmeister with Japanese Translation.Tonight's movie explores the power of the mind and dissociation from reality. Like in A Course in Miracles, it reveals that when we forget about heaven and God, we experience amnesia, forgetting our identity. This dissociation leads to external forces and things happening beyond the mind's control, leading to a world where characters have their own minds, thoughts, and wills. But all the characters are acting a part chosen in an ancient incident long ago. When you go back deep enough in the mind, you see that everyone is playing a prearranged part that was decided long ago.To participate in an online Movie Gathering, join our online community: https://programs.the-christ.net/courses/membership-weekly-online-movie-gatheringsFor more information about David Hoffmeister and Living Miracles events, visit https://circle.livingmiraclescenter.org/events.Recorded live on March 23, 2025, in Hayama, Japan.

神を第一にする - Putting God First - 2nd Movie Session, Evening 2 /4 - Hayama -JapanThe Course in Miracles highlights the importance of change as the greatest gift from God. The Holy Spirit is the gift of changing our minds, accepting eternity and light over darkness. The ego, which seeks control, is threatened by a change of mind, as seen in the United States' current attempt to cling to the past. The Holy Spirit promotes release from control, allowing us to accept the eternal and light of life.To participate in an online Movie Gathering, join our online community: https://programs.the-christ.net/courses/membership-weekly-online-movie-gatheringsFor more information about David Hoffmeister and Living Miracles events, visit https://circle.livingmiraclescenter.org/events.Recorded live on March 21, 2025, in Hayama, Japan.

神を第一にする - Putting God First - Retreat Day 4/4, Fourth Morning Session - Hayama -Japan - Talk by David Hoffmeister with Japanese Translation.In this last morning talk at the Japanese Hayama 4-day retreat, David teaches that God's Son is not a traveler through outer worlds, suggesting that our minds are like a dream, watching the world through an ego filter. So we start by receiving the guidance of the Holy Spirit, but it has to come through an ego filter. And the guidance, therefore, seems to involve persons and appears to be interpersonal. But the miracle leaves your mind with a feeling of closeness and connection. Jesus says, "You need to do nothing," asking the mind to remain aware that it is a dream. What the body seems to do or not to do is ultimately not the lesson. But when you follow guidance, it can seem like the Spirit is speaking through you and smiling through you and use you as a puppet. But this is just a symbol that the mind is coming into alignment with the light of the Holy Spirit. The ultimate lesson is to align the mind with the Holy Spirit's light, recognizing itself as a single mind.Enjoy David's last morning session talking to Japanese students. To participate in an online Movie Gathering, join our online community: https://programs.the-christ.net/courses/membership-weekly-online-movie-gatheringsFor more information about David Hoffmeister and Living Miracles events, visit https://circle.livingmiraclescenter.org/events.Recorded live on March 23, 2025, in Hayama, Japan.

神を第一にする - Putting God First - Retreat Day 3 /4, Third Morning Session - Hayama -Japan. David Hoffmeister with Japanese Translation.The practice of A Course in Miracles teaches us to overlook error. Perceiving error stems from the ego, while the Holy Spirit remembers God's love and only sees the good. To adopt this perspective, we must release comparisons, as the ego seeks to judge and validate. Parents often try to instill self-esteem, but Jesus reminds us that God establishes our worth, not our actions or opinions. Thus, we practice letting go of our self-concept and image. We often chase talents or possessions, but Jesus guides us to abandon these pursuits to rediscover our true self, as created by God. The body may develop skills, yet those skills lack inherent value made by the ego. The critical question becomes: what purpose do I assign to these skills?Enjoy David's third morning talking to Japanese students. To participate in an online Movie Gathering, join our online community: https://programs.the-christ.net/courses/membership-weekly-online-movie-gatheringsFor more information about David Hoffmeister and Living Miracles events, visit https://circle.livingmiraclescenter.org/events.Recorded live on March 22, 2025, in Hayama, Japan.

神を第一にする - Putting God First - Movie Session, Evening 1 /4 - Hayama -Japan, Commentary by David Hoffmeister with Japanese translation.The world is often compared to a video game, with different characters and non-player characters. Jesus, in "A Course in Miracles," refers to the hero of the dream as the main character. In the video game, there are heroes and villains, with the extras being the supporting cast. Jesus emphasizes that we see images but do not see ourselves as the image maker. He suggests that we have unreal thoughts and images that are not real and hide behind projections. Jesus tells us in Lesson 132, "There is no world apart from what you wish." So, to perceive a world, you have to believe it and wish for it.To participate in an online Movie Gathering, join our online community: https://programs.the-christ.net/courses/membership-weekly-online-movie-gatheringsFor more information about David Hoffmeister and Living Miracles events, visit https://circle.livingmiraclescenter.org/events.Recorded live on March 20, 2025, in Hayama, Japan.

神を第一にする - Putting God First - Retreat Day 2 /4 Second Morning Session - Hayama -Japan Talk by David Hoffmeister with Japanese Translation.In this second morning session at the Hayama 4-day retreat, David explores the perceptual problem, which pertains to the belief that the subject and the object are different. That the observer is different from the observed. And that the personality self is different from the world that surrounds it. So when we see an issue in the world, it really is just... a split in the mind. This belief can result in significant problems such as conflict, climate change, and hunger, all of which can be traced back to the division within the mind. Jesus' A Course in Miracles addresses this challenge by teaching two important workbook lessons: Lesson 79, "Let me recognize the problem so it can be solved," and Lesson 80, "Let me recognize my problems have been solved." By examining the projected world, we often fail to identify the core problem because it manifests in many forms. You may resolve a few problems today, only to encounter more tomorrow. Therefore, the key lies in our perspective, which stems from our interpretation.To participate in an online Movie Gathering, join our online community: https://programs.the-christ.net/courses/membership-weekly-online-movie-gatheringsFor more information about David Hoffmeister and Living Miracles events, visit https://circle.livingmiraclescenter.org/events.Recorded live on March 21, 2025, in Hayama, Japan.

神を第一にする - Putting God First - Retreat Day 1 /4 Opening Morning Session - Hayama -Japan (Japanese translation).David Hoffmeister begins the Hayama 4-Day Japan Retreat by exploring the concept of undoing the self-concept—a conditioned expectation that obstructs our understanding of the world. He explains that the ego arises from the mind's pursuit of self-improvement, crafting illusory goals that keep the mind preoccupied and detached from its boundless nature.The ego's game is endless, as it neither begins nor concludes. The purpose of our practice, Hoffmeister suggests, is to abandon the pursuit of temporal goals and relinquish the false identity—the mask of the ego. In doing so, we experience the mind's all-encompassing nature, recognizing that the world, society, and everything once perceived as external are, in truth, within the mind. As the mind reaches a state of rest, the external world reflects this peace, becoming more harmonious. According to Hoffmeister, this practice is pivotal for attaining a profound understanding of the world and the true self.Listen to Davids's profound talk, the first of 4 days of retreat sessions.To participate in an online Movie Gathering, join our online community: https://programs.the-christ.net/courses/membership-weekly-online-movie-gatheringsFor more information about David Hoffmeister and Living Miracles events, visit https://circle.livingmiraclescenter.org/events.Recorded live on March 20, 2025, in Hayama, Japan.

Join us on "About Sustainability," a podcast by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES). In this episode, we explore what the just transition means, tracing its roots back to labour movements of the 1970s and its evolution into international debates and sustainable frameworks. Our guests share innovative case studies that showcase how just transition principles are being implemented locally across the world, with a special focus on Asia. The conversation also explores the ongoing challenges and successes in implementing these principles in various contexts.SpeakersDr. So-Young LEE is a Research Manager at the Integrated Sustainability Center at IGES. Her work focuses on governance in sustainability transitions and climate social co-benefits for the underprivileged.Dwayne Appleby is a Programme Manager in the Sustainable Consumption and Production team at IGES. His work focuses on issues of sustainable consumption and production at the local, national, regional, and global levels.References & Further Reading:Lee, So-Young. “Net-Zero Transitions for All? Considering Applications in Asia”. (2023). Ashish Kothari, Ariel Salleh, Arturo Escobar, Federico Demaria, and Alberto Acosta. Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary (2019), which explores diverse local sustainability practices.Michael Sandel's course on Justice at Harvard, a freely available course on Youtube which investigates the philosophical underpinnings of justiceGarrido, Leonardo and Kate Hughes. “Policy Options for Just Transitions in Asia.” (2023). A report identifying impacts associated with low carbon development in Asia, and policies for just transitions.Wang and Lo. “Just transition: A conceptual review” (2021). A review summarising the pre-pandemic positions on the Just Transition.Newell and Mulvaney. "The Political Economy of the 'Just Transition'" (2013). Discusses political trade-offs in policy design for just transitions. Henry, Brazilian, and Markuson “Just transitions: Histories and futures in a post-COVID world” (2020). This paper delves into the significance of "the pace of change, and the extent to which communities have a say in what comes next", as well as outlining how "the socio-economic aspects of the energy transition remain both emergent and essential to an equitable transition"."About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

Today's broadcast is  C1E91 for Mishmash Monday, January 27th, 2025. Today's Broadcast will be Mishmash Monday – vol. 16 – the debut episode of season 8, and our final "regular", "ordinary", "standard:, "customary" [pick your preferred term] season.      Tracklist!     Track# / Track / Game / System / Composer(s) / Original Episode(s) / Originally Selected By / Timestamp     A1) Intro - 00:00:00     01) Next Chapter - Tetris Effect Connected – Multi -  Hydelic - 00:04:05     02) Asian Shuffle - Cho Aniki: Kyuukyoku Muteki Ginga Saikyou Otoko - PS1 / Saturn - Kōji Hayama, Taku Iwasaki, Isao Mizoguchi, and/or Sanae Kasahara - 00:08:39     03) Real Life - Grounseed (OPNA) - PC98 – Ryu Umemoto - 00:10:20     04) Echo Basin - Rollerdome – Multi – ELECTRIC DRAGON - 00:12:35     05) Never 4ever - Hover - multi - Hideki Naganuma - 00:16:29     06) Birthday Cake (JSRF Edit) – Jet Set Radio Future – XBox – Cibo Matto - 00:20:42     07) Ring Man Stage - Mega Mav IV – NES – Minae Fujii and/or Yasuaki Fujita - 00:23:26     08) Boss Battle 3 - Street Fighter 2010 – NES – Junko Tamiya - 00:25:19     09) Chapter 05 - Cross Wiber – PCE – Yasuashi Kawasaki, and/or Hiroto Saitoh - 00:26:49     10) Jungle - Cyber Shinobi – Mastersystem – Keisuke Tsukahara - 00:28:22     11) City of the Future - Rocket Coaster – LaserActive – Wataru Ogura - 00:30:01     12) Jazz 2 - SimCopter - PC – Jerry Martin - 00:31:54     13) Skylight Tune – Insector X – Genesis – Cube - 00:37:22     14) Liberty – Gran Turismo 5 – PS3 - Kemmei Adachi - 00:39:35     15) Violet-eyed Beauty - Dead Or Alive Xtreme 3 Scarlet – PS4 / Switch – Makoto Hosoi, Gota Masuoka, Masayoshi Sasaki, Mari Yoshida, and/or Kosuke Mizukami - 00:43:42     16) Endscreen - Final Vendetta - multi – Futurecast and/or Utah Saints - 00:46:54     17) Track 2 - Impact Racing – PS1 / Saturn – Brian Lewis and/or Martin Schjøler - 00:49:38     18) New World (Level Unlock) - Art of Balance – Multi – Martin Schjøler - 00:52:41     19) Main Menu – Zenses Ocean – DS - Martin Schjøler - 00:53:30     20) Spatial Lullaby - Stellaris – Multi - Andreas Waldetoft - 00:56:41     21) Air Area Night - Drakkhen –SNES – Hiroyuki Masuno - 01:00:43     22) Parcul Trandafirilor (Evening) - Twilight – X68000 – Ryu Umemoto, Ryu Takami, and/or Hiroaki Sano - 01:02:37     23) Rememberance Garden – Palia – Multi – Steffen Schmidt – 01:05:19     24) Snow Field - LoZ: Echoes of Wisdom – Switch – Yoshitaka Fujita, Hajime Wakai, Masato Ohashi, Manaka Kataoka, Chisaki Hosaka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, Ryotaro Yagi,  and/or Azusa Kato - 01:09:50     25) Motionless - Returnal– PS5 / PC - Bobby Krilic - 01:12:00     26) Prologue – Dordogne – Multi – Supernaive - 01:16:16     27) Track 06 - Jurassic Park – Sega CD – David Javelosa, Barry Blum, Brian Coburn, Tom Miley, and/or Spencer Nilsen - 01:17:50     28) April Village - Lovely Planet 2: April Skies – PC – Calem Bowen - 01:18:48     29) Silly Science A - Snipperclips - Switch - Calum Bowen - 01:20:46     30) Free Programming - Game Builder Garage – Switch – Kazumi Totaka - 01:26:01     31) Lively Town - Shining Force II - Genesis – Motoaki Takenouchi - 01:29:00     32) O.M.I.S.E. - Super Hydlide - Genesis – Shigeru Tomita - 01:32:27     33)  Title Theme - PGA Tour 96 – Genesis –  Marc Farly, Rob Hubbard, Tony Berkeley, and/or David Whittaker - 01:34:11     B1) Outro - 01:36:53     B2) OUTTAKE: Wyatt 2025 “Fly the N” recording session - 01:46:18        Music Block Runtime: 01:32:50 / Total Episode Runtime: 01:49:05    Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights.    Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Linux on an ASUS ROG Zephyrus 14 (2023) laptop with perhaps a little support from a Dell Latitude 7480 (also running Fedora Linux) or the Steam Deck (running Steam OS). Recorded with a Shure SM7B XLR dynamic microphone on a RØDE PSA1+ boom arm through a Cloudlifter and a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB interface!    You can also find all of our audio episodes on https://archive.org/details/@nerd_noise_radio as well as the occasional additional release only available there, such as remixes of previous releases and other content.    Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. 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Monika Sadkiewicz's journey from Poland to Japan might seem like a story of unexpected twists, but it's a testament to the transformative power of embracing new cultures. In this episode, we sit down with Monika, the dynamic community manager at Planet Labs, as she recounts her life-altering move to Japan as a teenager. With no initial interest in Japanese culture, Monia's path took an intriguing turn as she found her calling in teaching and eventually connected with Planet Labs through a serendipitous meeting with their founder, Tamaki Nishimura. Listen as Monika shares how these experiences shaped her role in promoting cultural preservation through innovative vacation rentals.Japan's tourism landscape is a fascinating blend of modernity and tradition, yet there's often a disconnect between government initiatives and the authentic experiences sought by foreign visitors. Monika sheds light on this topic, sharing her insights into fostering genuine connections through a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) structure at Planet Labs. This approach not only empowers investors to become co-owners but also aligns with the Japanese concept of 'ibasho'—creating spaces where individuals can truly be themselves. Monika's passion for community engagement and sustainable living shines through as she discusses projects like the renovation of a historic temple and the Bamboo Forest House in Hayama.The conversation explores Monika's deep appreciation for Japanese culture, touching on the harmonious principles of wa and the unmatched hospitality of omotenashi. As Monika discusses her personal journey to understanding ikigai, we explore the balance between individualism and collective harmony, offering a fresh perspective on how these cultural values differ from those in Europe and Slavic regions. Finally, Monika shares the excitement of expanding Planet Labs' community projects, with a focus on building meaningful relationships and embracing the unique dynamics of new communities. Join us as we immerse ourselves in the spirit of collaboration and cultural preservation driving Monika's endeavors.

In this episode Alice Yamabe and Andre Mader speak with two IGES colleagues, Fernando Ortiz Moya and Yasuo Takahashi, about the phenomenon of depopulation. Fernando has been studying shrinking cities, and Yasuo has been doing research on urban to rural migration, so we have two quite different angles on this subject.To many it may seem counterintuitive to worry about depopulation in a world in which the human populations continues to grow. But population growth rates have been slowing for decades, and have become negative in a growing list of countries. Interestingly, at least in Japan, this has not necessarily been good for people or the environment. On the other hand, perhaps we need to accept and adapt to this reality. "About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

Satsang in Hayama 8/17サットサンガ初めての方にもわかりやすく、面白い会！必見です瞑想を始めること、悪習慣をやめていくプロセスなどQ&A・マントラは先生から直接口伝であるべきと言いますが、意味や発音を書物で読んで勉強してもいい？・人にどう思われるかが怖くて心の声が発せないのですが、この恐れは取り除けるものなのでしょうか？・自分をコントロールすることが大事と言いますが、それと自分に優しくすることはどう両立できますか？

In this week's episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, host Adam Green is joined by Dexter Wimberly, the founder and director of the Hayama Artist Residency in Japan. Adam and Dexter delve into Dexter's journey to Japan and his motivations for establishing the Hayama Artist Residency. They discuss the residency's rapid growth and increasing popularity, highlighted by the impressive number of applicants this past year. Adam shares insights from his experience on the artist selection committee, and they explore what sets the Hayama Artist Residency apart from others. Dexter explains how his residency provides unique support to artists, making it a standout in the increasingly crowded field of artist residencies. The conversation also touches on the contemporary art scene in Japan, its recent developments, and the growing interest from galleries and art fairs. Dexter offers his perspective on the challenges and opportunities facing the Japanese contemporary art scene and where he sees it heading in the coming years.

A conversation with Ai Futaki – Guinness World Record holding free diver, speaker, documentary maker and oceans advocate who talked at a World Ocean Day 2024 event at the Canadian Embassy Tokyo and in summer 2024 has an exhibition creating an ocean in an inland town in Japan. Chatting on the beach at Hayama, Kanagawa prefecture near Tokyo Futaki shares her observation of sea lions being like little puppies, dolphins cool teenagers and whales wise shaman, and gives advice about how we can all help the oceans and how the oceans can help us.

In this episode of About Sustainability, we talked to Heinz Schandl, who joined us from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), which is an Australian Government agency responsible for scientific research. He is an expert on natural resource use, and international resource flows. Among other things, Heinz explained about resource efficiency, the socioeconomic drivers of resource use, and about the possibilities of decoupling economic development and human well-being from resource use. He also explained how resource use is measured through what we call the material footprint, and why it is important to capture the international dimension of that footprint. We also learned about progress in indicators and data availability so that the international linkages between resource extraction and final consumption can be tracked and managed.  All these items are important for measuring progress across several SDGs including SDG 8 on decent work and economic growth, and SDG 12 on sustainable consumption and production.  "About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

In this episode Alice and Andre talked to Simon about the United Nations Environment Assembly, also known as UNEA, which is the decision-making body of the United Nations Environment Programme. UNEA takes place in Nairobi every second year and it is always preceded by the so-called OECPR, which stands for the Open-ended Committee of Permanent Representatives. This committee functions as the working level meeting that prepares decisions and resolutions for official approval by UNEA. This year, UNEA-6 took place in late February and I joined some of the preparations for that meeting, so in this episode we discuss some of the things that took place during the OECPR and UNEA to draw attention to those processes of international environmental governance that influence the agenda of domestic environmental policy making. Join us and listen."About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

On this episode of About Sustainability…, Andre,  Alice and Simon celebrate the contribution of an IGES legend, Mr Hideyuki Mori. Mori-san has been a leader at IGES for most of the institute's history, following diverse experience at other institutions including the United Nations Environment Programme and Asian Development Bank. He retired last year and we wanted to speak to him about his career including his long tenure at IGES. In this discussion we also reminisce about long-time colleague Peter King, who appeared on the podcast last year, but unexpectedly passed away a few months ago.  Mori-san and Peter were friends, and played a key role in steering IGES' course as in international institute.This episode will probably be of particular interest to IGES staff members or prospective IGES staff, but there should be something for anyone who is interested in careers in the environment. "About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

On this episode of About Sustainability…, Alice and Erin were joined by Naoyuki OKANO and Nagisa SHIIBA, IGES experts working on Climate Adaptation. This episode, recorded in December 2023, offers a quick recap of what happened at COP28 in Dubai and then dives deep into the far-reaching impacts of climate change on human security. Hosted in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) brought the world's leaders together to discuss how to confront the climate crisis. Some of its main outcomes include the first Global Stocktake (GST), the agreement on the framework for operationalising the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA), and the agreement on the operationalisation of the Loss and Damage Fund. Naoyuki and Nagisa introduce us to their new research project on Climate Security in the Asia Pacific, funded by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We discuss how framing the climate crisis as a security issue can be a powerful approach to mobilising resources across areas and tackling global challenges.ABOUT OUR GUESTSDr. Naoyuki OKANO is a Policy Researcher in the Adaptation and Water Unit of IGES. He works on issues related to the laws and governance of climate change adaptation, nature-based solutions, transboundary climate risks, and climate security. Nagisa SHIIBA is a Policy Researcher at the Adaptation and Water Unit of IGES. She is engaged in research projects on climate change adaptation and supports the negotiation process for the Japanese delegation to the Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS AND PROJECTSAsia-Pacific Climate Security Project (APCS) Website IGES is organising an international symposium on climate security in Asia-Pacific on 8 February 2024. Register here: https://www.iges.or.jp/en/events/20240208TIMESTAMPS00:10 - 02:10             Intro                                         02:10 - 05:06             COP 28                                   05:06 - 13:18             Global Goal on Adaptation     13:18 - 17:33             Loss and Damage 17:33 - 36:07             Climate Security 36:07 - 51:18             Climate Migration 51:18 - 54:22             Food Security 54:22 - 57:00             Balancing Security Issues in Climate Adaptation Plans "About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

3007 dias no Japão, podíamos resumir assim a história do André Moreira naquele país. Mas ficariam a faltar dias, porque o André já lá está há 12 anos. Humildade e identidade, em português e japonês.

3007 dias no Japão, podíamos resumir assim a história do André Moreira naquele país. Mas ficariam a faltar dias, porque o André já lá está há 12 anos. Humildade e identidade, em português e japonês.

On this episode of About Sustainability…, Erin, Alice, and Simon were joined by Matthew Hengesbaugh and Chochoe Devaporihartakula, IGES experts working on plastic pollution. While plastics have been an indispensable part of modern life, plastic pollution has entered the public consciousness in recent years. It is an issue that most of us encounter every day.The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) agreed in 2022 to create an intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC) to establish a legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution. We discussed how serious plastic pollution is in Asia, what the INC is trying to achieve, what was discussed at the recent meeting (INC-3) including the challenges that emerged, and what is needed for an ambitious treaty to tackle this transboundary issue.About our guests:Chochoe Devaporihartakula manages the regional project portfolio addressing plastics and marine pollution at the IGES Bangkok Regional Centre. She also serves as a Programme Manager for the Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network, where she is dedicated to promoting improved compliance with environmental laws and regulations through environmental agencies across 18 countries in Asia.Matthew Hengesbaugh is a Policy Researcher supporting the IGES Integrated Sustainability Centre with action research on the 2030 Development Agenda, working on issues such as climate change, green jobs, green economy, and sustainable consumption and production.Relevant publications and projects:Previous podcast episodes on this topic:What is UNEA-5.2?Updates from the ongoing political and scientific processes to reduce plastic pollutionSWITCH-Asia's policy brief on INC-3"About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

Fluent Fiction - Japanese: The Art of Tea: Mistakes that Strengthen Bonds Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/the-art-of-tea-mistakes-that-strengthen-bonds Story Transcript:Ja: 東京の静かな辺鄙な地域、葉山にある美しい緑豊かな庭園で、マシュマロのような桜花びらが優雅に舞っていました。この日は、ヒロシとユミの仲間たちが集う、伝統的な茶会が開催される特別な日でした。En: In the peaceful and secluded area of Hayama, Tokyo, a beautiful and lush green garden was adorned with soft, marshmallow-like cherry blossom petals dancing gracefully in the air. It was a special day when Hiroshi and Yumi's friends gathered for a traditional tea ceremony.Ja: ヒロシは孤独な習者、穏やかな角質のグランドマスターだった。彼の心は茶の道に消え、万物の美しさを見つけ出すことに専念していました。一方、ユミはこの地域に住む鮮やかな日差しのような女性で、人々は彼女の明るさと温かさに引き寄せられた。彼女の笑顔は、たとえ最も寒い日でも人々の心を温める、真の太陽のようなものだった。En: Hiroshi was a solitary student, a calm and skilled grandmaster. His heart was devoted to the way of tea, finding beauty in all things. On the other hand, Yumi was a vibrant woman, shining like the sun that attracted people with her brightness and warmth. Her smile, even on the coldest days, could warm people's hearts like a true sun.Ja: 庭園での茶会は順調に進み、彼らの友人たちが到着し始めました。ヒロシは緑茶の淹れ方を細心の注意を払ってユミに教えていましたが、心のどこかで彼は彼女が話す度、彼女の笑顔が目の前に浮かんでしまうことに悩んでいました。En: The tea ceremony in the garden was going smoothly as their friends began to arrive. Hiroshi carefully taught Yumi the art of brewing green tea, but deep down, he was troubled by how her smile kept appearing in his mind every time she spoke.Ja: ついに、彼はそれを止めることができず、何もかもをぼんやりと感じ、ワサビを緑茶の代わりに準備したカップに入れてしまった。ユミは純粋な喜びでそのカップを温め、茶会の友人たちに微笑みを向けました。彼女が最初の一口を飲み込んだとき、彼女の顔色が変わり、激しい辛さに気づきました。彼女は驚きと笑いで水を噴出し、庭全体が笑い声で震えました。En: Unable to stop it any longer, Hiroshi grew absent-minded and mistakenly prepared a cup with wasabi instead of green tea. Yumi, in pure joy, warmed the cup and smiled at the friends attending the tea ceremony. However, when she took the first sip, her complexion changed, and she realized the intense spiciness. Surprised and laughing, she spewed out the water, causing the entire garden to resonate with laughter.Ja: ヒロシは恥ずかしそうに彼女の方を見つめ、彼自身の失敗に気づいた。大恥をかいたものの、彼も笑い、ユミに深々とお詫びを述べました。周囲の笑い声とともに、彼の恥ずかしさも溶けていき、その日、ヒロシは大切なことを学びました。En: Hiroshi looked at her with embarrassment, realizing his own mistake. Despite the embarrassment, he also laughed and deeply apologized to Yumi. Along with the laughter around them, his embarrassment melted away. On that day, Hiroshi learned something important.Ja: 彼が探していた美しさは、完璧な茶の道の中にあるのではなく、人々が思いのままになれる場所、現実の瞬間、失敗の中にあったのです。En: The beauty he was searching for was not within the realm of perfect tea ceremony, but in the place where people can be themselves, in the present moment, and even within their mistakes.Ja: そうやって、物語りはヒロシとユミの間の笑いと、深く心に残る友情のエピソードとして終わりました。ユミはこのエピソードを笑い話として語り、ヒロシはこの誤算を機に多くを学び、二人の絆は更に深まったのです。En: And so, the story ended as an episode of laughter and a deeply memorable friendship between Hiroshi and Yumi. Yumi retold this episode as an amusing anecdote, and Hiroshi learned a lot from this miscalculation, deepening their bond even further. Vocabulary Words:area: 地域beautiful: 美しいgarden: 庭園green: 緑tea ceremony: 茶会peaceful: 静かなsecluded: 辺鄙なcherry blossom: 桜花びらdancing: 舞っていましたspecial: 特別なfriends: 仲間たちgathered: 集うtraditional: 伝統的なstudent: 習者calm: 穏やかなskilled: 技術のあるgrandmaster: グランドマスターdevoted: 専念していましたway of tea: 茶の道finding: 見つけるbeauty: 美しさvibrant: 鮮やかなwoman: 女性shining: 輝いていましたsun: 日差しattracted: 引き寄せられましたbrightness: 明るさwarmth: 温かさsmile: 笑顔coldest: 最も寒い

On this latest episode of Birth Stories of Japan we speak with Robin who moved from Holland to Japan half-way through her pregnancy. She had a premature rupture of her membranes (PROM) at 34 weeks and was hospitalised for a further 2 weeks until being induced and says that she just 'surrendered' to it all. Although what was happening was traumatic for her, she rates her care here in Japan very highly and in hindsight is very thankful that she chose to give birth in Japan rather than Holland. She also shares her wonderful experience at a postpartum retreat in Hayama. Her story is one of endurance and hope. Thank you so much Robin for sharing your story xx Birth care facilities: + Azabu Women's Clinic + Shonan Kamakura General Hospital + Tsujido Hospital+ Mom Garden Hayama ------------------------------------------------- Show notes: NIPT testing - Fetal Medicine Baby blues and PPD - College of Midwives Breastfeeding consultants - JALC Kamakura, moved here April 2023, 1 month postpartum, NIPT testing, premature rupture of membrane at 34 weeks, 2 week hospital stay, NICU, pitocin, prostaglandin, loneliness, baby blues, postpartum retreat.-------------------------------------------------  To help other mums see this podcast please hit the FOLLOW button & RATE this episode. You can also find us on ⁠IG ⁠⁠@birthstoriesjp⁠⁠⁠ for updates & exclusive stuff or on YouTue ⁠⁠@BirthStoriesJP⁠⁠  #birthstoriesofjapan #birthstories #positivebirthstories #positivebirth #livinginjapan #japanlife #mominjapan #muminjapan #japan #japanpodcast #pregnantinjapan -------------------------------------------------   CHAPTERS 00:00 - Opening 00:42 - Intro 01:51- Getting pregnant 02:53 - Pregnancy16:05 - Birth story 27:51 - Postpartum recovery 37:43 - Costs 39:26 - Bottle time 43:43 - Outro

It's been a while since our last installment but today's episode is a special interview with a long-serving member of IGES who has had a fascinating career, from which he just recently retired. Peter King has been based at IGES's office in Bangkok, but has been mentor and advisor to many of us at IGES. In a wide-ranging discussion Alice, Shom, Simon and Andre spoke with Peter about his career, his reasons for choosing it, and the environment in general. Please listen in especially if you're starting off in any environmental discipline - you're sure to learn something from Peter. "About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

Our guest on this episode is Akihisa Kuriyama, a policy researcher in IGES' Climate & Energy Unit. He joins us to talk about SDG7 on energy. We spoke about the relationship between energy and climate; what's new about SDG 7 in the global discussion on energy; some of the barriers and challenges in achieving the goal; the possibilities of nuclear energy; and the best ways of getting energy to the largest possible number of people, as quickly as possible. A number of examples were given to illustrate parts of the discussion.Relevant links:SDG7: GOAL 7: Affordable and Clean EnergyKuriyama-san's work at IGES: https://www.iges.or.jp/en/about/staff/kuriyama-akihisa  "About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

In this episode we met with Amila from IGES who shared the latest updates on  international plastics governance.  Among others, he described details on the international negotiations committee that was formed last year to define a legally binding instrument to curb plastic pollution. We heard who is on that committee and what they do when they meet. He also explained details and challenges around what is called the life cycle approach and explained why experts are working on approaches to account for the impacts of plastics throughout its entire life cycle. In this regard we were also able to hear some examples of the work he and his colleagues are doing to help build the needed capacity at local levels to measure plastic pollution and to be able to take steps to reduce it.Relevant links:Information on the lifecycle approach: https://www.lifecycleinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/UNEP-D010-Food-Packaging-Re[…]Version-1-1.pdf/UNEP-D010-Food-Packaging-Report-2-1.pdf What makes reliable data for microplastics policy? ​​https://isap.iges.or.jp/2022/en/t13.html "About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

In this episode of About Sustainability…Erin and Bob talked to Binaya Raj Shivakoti, an IGES expert in the Adaptation and Water team, about SDG6, which is on “ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all” (or simply ‘Clean Water and Sanitation'). This goal's environmental dimensions are clear, and has targets on the universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene for all; improving water quality and water-use efficiency; implementing integrated water resource management; protecting and restoring water-related ecosystems; fostering international cooperation, and involving local communities in water and sanitation management.During our chat, we talked about water being fundamental to all aspects of life and what life can be like for communities without access to these basic needs. We then explored integrated water resource management (IWRM), which Binaya argued is a natural starting point for implementing all the SDGs.Related linksUNDESA's SDG6 PageRecent work on integrated river basin management (a form of integrated water resource management)Binaya's recent publication on Tonle Sap LakeIGES publications relevant to SDG6About our guest:Binaya Raj Shivakoti is a Senior Policy Researcher in the Adaptation and Water team at IGES. His expertise includes, among others, local disaster risk management and planning, promotion of traditional/indigenous and local knowledge, wastewater management, and integrated implementation of the SDGs using river basin approaches."About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

In this episode of About Sustainability..., Andre and Erin spoke with their colleague, Maiko Morishita, about SDG5, on achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls. Maiko is part of the IGES finance task force, which covers a variety of topics but she also previously worked in the NGO world where gender was a key component of her work. We started by asking Maiko why she thinks this goal is important. We then proceeded through a winding conversation that touches on various aspects of SDG5, albeit not all aspects of this diverse goal. The idea was to explore this SDG and really dig into some of the ideas behind it. So we hope it provides a bit of depth and a bit of breadth, and hopefully some fresh perspectives. Related linksUN Department of Economic and Social Affairs' Goal 5 PageSustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)'s 2022 Sustainable Development ReportAbout our guest:After working at a foreign investment bank, Maiko Morishita was involved in a development education program for an NGO involved in international exchange. Since 2010, Oxfam Japan has conducted research and proposals on climate change (adaptation finance), food issues (support for small farmers, land rights), development finance (ODA, environmental and social considerations, public-private partnerships), business and human rights, etc. In February 2019, Maiko joined the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES). She graduated from Keio University's Faculty of Law."About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

In this episode of About Sustainability…In episode 2 of the Sustainability Afoot series, Bob took a walk with Dr. Bijon Kumer Mitra to find out what Regional/Local CES (Regional or Local Circulating and Ecological Spheres) is.   In brief, CES is an approach supported by the Government of Japan that is focused on bottom-up policy development that seeks to simultaneously address local or regional Economic, Environmental, and Societal issues in an integrated and sustainable way.Relevant links:IGES' CES PublicationsThe Japanese Government's 5th Basic Environment PlanAbout our Guest:Bijon Kumer MITRA is a Deputy Director of the Integrated Center for Sustainability and Water and Adaptation Unit of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies in Japan. He has more than 17 years of experience in the field of integrated natural resource management with a focus on sustainable water resource management. He uses a quantitative assessment framework to assess natural resource allocation trade-offs, aiming to provide guidance for optimal decision-making. His research interests include water-energy-food-climate nexus, water environment management, and rural-urban linkages. He leads the Circulating and Ecological Sphere (CES) projects at IGES. Mitra holds a Ph.D. degree in the Science of Biotic Environment from Iwate University, Japan."About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

This week, Tiffany has invited a prominent LGBTQ+ advocate in Japan as a guest to discuss the amazing initiatives he is conducting to support marriage equality! Born and raised in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Masa San has a perfect place for Tokyoites to go to LGBTQ+ friendly ‘Hayama Beach House' that celebrated their 10th anniversary! The conversation focuses on Masa San's career, his TedTalk 10yrs ago and his experience when coming out in Japan. Such courage brought Masa San, on one hand, face struggles with those who could not accept him and on the other, getting to connect even more deeply with the people around him. Moreover, Masa San shares his advocacy to educate about the social, economical and cultural advantages for Japan to offer such rights. Masa San hopes for Japan to achieve marriage equality, legal protection like anti-discrimination for the LGBTQ+ community, and transgender transitions that does not require surgery. And finally, we are left with an inspiring message to not give up on one's dreams, even in a society that might convince you otherwise. Let us celebrate the significant strides the LGBTQ+ community has achieved, to have more discussions, and keep supporting all for their right to love, to live and to be a family. Masa Yanagisawa has been driving LGBTQ+ inclusion both within a financial firm, as well as externally. He has secured LGBTQ+ events in Japan, including the Tokyo Pride Parade and 30th Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Movie Festival. In addition, he advocated for intersectionality and provided strategic advice on the firm's global self-identification campaign across diverse groups. He has worked with office network leads across eight APAC locations in key initiatives: Pride Month and Pink Friday, which engages internal and external workplaces to wear pink t-shirts to promote LGBTQ+ awareness. Masa is an active member of NGOs to promote LGBTQ+ rights, and published two articles in Nikkei Asia. You can find Masa San's Ted Talk here: https://youtu.be/66N6AWznzCo Twitter: @masayanagisawa Mentioned in the episode: HIMEYUKI Kimono Obi Accessories Instagram Link ~ https://www.instagram.com/himeyuuki_obi/ HIMEYUKI Official Website ~ https://himeyuki.net/en/collections/allLeave our podcast a review, comment and ratings; Spotify ~ https://open.spotify.com/show/52ySZU9QRQOkkCfM2pJaiz?si=96fc6105f4e44a93Apple Podcast (scroll further down in provided link to rate the episode) ~ https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/breakfast-with-tiffany-show/id1524300778Support the showBreakfast With Tiffany Show Official Facebook Page ~ https://www.facebook.com/breakfastwithtiffanyshow Tiffany's Instagram Account ~ https://www.instagram.com/tiffanyrossdaleofficial/ For coaching sessions & programs with Tiffany, check out her official page ~ https://www.tiffanyrossdale.com Breakfast With Tiffany Show Youtube Channel ~ https://bit.ly/3vIVzhE Breakfast With Tiffany Show Official Page ~ https://www.tiffanyrossdale.com/podcast For questions, requests, collaborations and comments, feel free to reach us via our e-mail~breakfastwithtiffanyshow@outlook.com

In this episode of About Sustainability…Erin and Simon caught up with Andre just before his trip to Montreal, Canada for the second part of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15). A few things have changed since the release of our CBD episode back in March. CBD COP15 will now be convened from the 7th to the 19th of December 2022 in Montreal, Canada under the Chinese COP15 presidency.After a two-year delay, Parties will finally come together to negotiate and agree on the text of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework (or GBF). We explored some of the highlights and interesting aspects of the GBF, including the “30by30” target, other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs), and digital sequence information.Relevant links:IGES' Special Webpage on CBD COP15About Sustainability… episode on the CBDPreparations for the post-2020 GBF"About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

In this episode of About Sustainability…Bob kicked off a new experimental format, tentatively called “Sustainability Afoot”.  The concept is simple: go for a walk near the headquarters of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) in Hayama, Japan, and discuss some basic questions about a topic, concept, or methodology that IGES works in. The first episode of this format is about the concept of the “circular economy.”  Yasuhiko Hotta, Programme Director of the Sustainable Consumption and Production unit at IGES, explained the circular economy concept, gave a few examples, and talked about some of IGES' work on the topic.  This naturally led to marine plastic litter, and the ongoing work of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on Plastic Pollution that came out of UNEA 5.2 (the second part of the 5th session of the United Nations Environment Assembly), a conference that we discussed on this podcast  before and after it happened.The sound quality of this format will not match that of  our regular episodes.  We'll try to get better at recording these types of episodes, but the audio will never be as clean. Whether  we should do more episodes like this, or the sound quality will make you stop listening, we want to know.  Please tweet us at @IGES_EN to let us know what you think!About our guest:Yasuhiko Hotta is Programme Director of the Sustainable Consumption and Production unit at IGES. His expertise includes 3R (reduce, reuse, recycle) policies, sustainable resource management, extended producer responsibility (EPR), the circular economy, and plastics. "About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

This is the second part of our episode on SDG4 and education for sustainable development. In this part we focused on whether the right skills are taught in schools to equip people with skills and priorities necessary to bring about a more sustainable world rather than one characterized by competition and scarcity.  Robert shared more information and examples from his work on education for sustainable development, and we discussed what approaches to education might be needed to help achieve important sustainable development and climate goals ahead of 2030."About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

In this episode we talked with our good friend Robert Didham. He is Centre Director and Associate Professor at the Centre for Collaborative Learning for Sustainable Development Faculty of Education, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences. We talked to Robert about education for sustainable development and its place in Agenda 2030 as SDG 4. He explained how SDG 4 takes a comprehensive focus on education when compared to earlier approaches such as the Millennium Development Goals. We then discussed some of the different facets of education such as a more qualitative view on education that is being promoted including focus on youth, technical vocational education and training, gender, jobs and education as lifelong learning. This episode is divided into two parts to allow for more space for discussion. Part two focuses more on Robert's work on education for sustainable development, and what approaches to education are needed to help achieve important sustainable development and climate goals. But that will be in our next release. At small correction shall be noted: At 2:20 in the recording, when Robert was referring to the international framework that is the follow-up to the Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development, he misnamed this framework by referring to it as the Education for 2030 framework, and it should have been correctly referred to the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) for 2030 framework.Please visit ESD for 2030 framework and the subsequent ESD for 2030 roadmap for further information on these initiatives."About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

Covid-19 has, probably more than anything, ever, made science communication a matter of public interest. A couple of weeks before recording this episode, the journal BioScience published an article that I co-authored, which takes a critical look at one aspect of science messaging - the way it has portrayed the relationship between land change and  infectious disease risk. That paper will actually be the focus of next month's episode of the podcast, but this month I am joined by two of my young co-authors on that paper to discuss science communication more generally. All three of us are science communicators in some sense, but we're novices in this field. So this is not an authoritative overview but rather a discussion of perceptions based on what we have observed, especially over the past couple of years.Neil Waters is a Canadian ecologist who has been studying and working in Tokyo, where he currently teaches science writing. Erin Kawazu is part of the communications team at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) in Hayama, not far from Tokyo, where I also work. She has a background in health and the environment. Links to resources:Annual Summary Report of Coral Reef Condition 2021/22 - Good news from the Great Barrier Reef, briefly discussed in this episode.Messaging Should Reflect the Nuanced Relationship between Land Change and Zoonotic Disease Risk - The BioScience paper that I recently published with Neil, Erin and three other authorsTime stamps:coming soonVisit www.case4conservation.com

In this episode of About Sustainability..., Erin, Andre, and Bob invited Eric Zusman back to talk about SDG3 on Health. Eric works on co-benefits between air pollution mitigation and climate action, which has significant implications for public health. Meanwhile, Erin provided some context and perspectives based on her public health background. We started the discussion with what it means to be ‘healthy' and what is required to attain good health. We then moved onto what SDG3 emphasises (and what it does not), what is missing from SDG3, global progress on the goal, and COVID-19's impacts on our efforts and on health systems more generally. We then looked more deeply into air pollution specifically, as it is responsible for the premature deaths of approximately seven million people annually. We explored linkages with climate change, solutions that benefit air quality, climate mitigation and health, and the challenges or tradeoffs of implementing such solutions.Related linksUN Department of Economic and Social Affairs' Goal 3 PageSustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)'s 2022 Sustainable Development ReportStrengthening the Linkages Between Air Pollution and the Sustainable Development GoalsThis policy brief argues featuring air pollution more prominently in the structure of the SDGs could deliver significant health benefits.Sustainable and Inclusive Solutions to Air Pollution and Climate Change in Southeast Asia: Participatory Governance, Social Co-benefits and Co-InnovationThis issue brief presents ways that policymakers in Southeast Asia can support sustainable and inclusive solutions to air pollution and climate change with health co-benefits.One Atmosphere: Integrating Air Pollution and Climate Policy and GovernanceThis paper argues that more rigorous research is needed on how governance can help achieve air quality, climate and health co-benefits.Integrating Clean Air, Climate, and Health Policies in the COVID-19 Era: The Role of Co-benefits and the Triple R FrameworkThis policy brief argues that co-benefits can be a useful concept to integrate climate, air pollution and health policies in the COVID-era.About our guest:Eric Zusman is a Research Leader at the Integrated Sustainability Centre at IGES. Apart from his expertise in multilevel governance, sustainability transitions, and SDGs generally, he has extensive experience in air pollution mitigation and co-benefits of climate mitigation and air quality improvements (and health)."About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

In the second episode of our series on SDGs, Simon, Andre and Erin invited Prabhakar SVRK, who knows a lot about climate adaptation, food and agriculture. Focusing on SDG2 on Zero Hunger, we talked about the challenges to achieve a world free from hunger while trying to reduce fossil fuel use to limit climate change, given the significant fossil fuel-based inputs in our current food system. It seems the world is producing enough food or has potential to do so, but that distribution, access and sustainability of production remain a problem. In this episode, we covered the world's progress on SDG2; why we can't solve this fundamental problem; the issue of production vs. access to food; extensive vs. intensive agriculture; globalized food supply chains; the role of innovation; food loss and food waste, and more.Related linksSDG2 Progress, Targets, and IndicatorsPrabhakar's slides on SDG2 About our guest:Sivapuram Ventaka Rama Krishna Prabhakar (referred to as “Prabhakar” in the episode) is a Principal Policy Researcher in the Adaptation and Water unit at IGES. He specialises in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, as well as agriculture, food and energy-related issues."About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

What's in an SDG?In an effort to more deeply understand the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), over the next few months, the About Sustainability… podcast will zoom in on each of them in turn. We will invite experts to join us and parse out more about an individual goal, where we are in terms of achieving it, and the challenges it presents. We will also discuss how each goal, including those that are not environmentally oriented, is linked to environmental sustainability.In the first of these SDG-focused episodes, André and Erin spoke to Atsushi Watabe (who we call “Watabe-san” at the office) and Dwayne Appleby, two IGES experts who have studied and written about SDG1, on ending all forms of poverty everywhere. We covered what is meant by “extreme poverty” and “relative poverty”; which aspects of poverty have been left out or not explicitly addressed in SDG1; the effects of poverty alleviation on the environment; to what extent we are making progress toward alleviating poverty (and how reliable the figures are); how poverty and inequality or inequity are linked; the possible drivers of poverty; and potential solutions.Related links:UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs' SDG 1 pageSustainable Ways of Living Issue Brief Series (Atsushi Watabe)One Planet Network Sustainable Lifestyles and Education ProgrammeSDG1 reading list:Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa (Dambisa Moyo)Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty (Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo)For some discussion of the drivers of poverty and exploring new pathways forwardPopulation and Development: The Demographic Transition (Tim Dyson)For the intersection of population/health and povertyState-Directed Development: Political Power and Industrialization in the Global Periphery (Atul Kohli)For a comparative discussion of the challenges and successes of activist governments in reducing povertyGoverning the Market: Economic Theory and the Role of Government in East Asian Industrialization (Robert Wade)For a political economy take on activist states in the context of development in East  AsiaDevelopment as Freedom (Amartya Sen)For a well-summarised discussion of capability and povertyWesternizing the Third World: The Eurocentricity of Economic Development Theories 2nd Edition (Ozay Mehmet)A view of how poverty is invented in the development processDynamic Sustainabilities: Technology, Environment, Social Justice (Pathways to Sustainability) 1st Edition (Melissa Leach, Ian Scoones, and Andy Stirling)An exploration of contesting and dynamic framings of development, security, poverty, etc. along with socioeconomic changesAbout our guests:Atsushi Watabe is Programme Director of the Sustainable Consumption and Production unit at IGES. He has a background in the sociology of rural development, population movement, and migration in Southeast Asia."About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

This is part 2 of the broad discussion that André, Bob, Erin, and Simon went into, which began with the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and why it seems so challenging for the world to achieve the goals. Part 2 of the discussion started with Erin's question on whether the issue with the capitalist system is that negative environmental externalities are not sufficiently factored into economic decisions. We touched on ethical issues such as the Trolley Problem, why or why not poverty alleviation is the most important SDG, the idea of the ecological footprint and what we don't know about SDG 12 on sustainable consumption and production, and the true value of the SDGs for countries.As always, we do not profess to have all the right answers to these questions but enter into these exchanges to learn new perspectives on the difficult and challenging questions about sustainability. We hope you do too!Related LinksPart 1 of this conversation“The material footprint of nations” article that Simon referenced in part 1Moral Machine website referenced by Bob regarding the Trolley ProblemAbout Sustainability… episode on Asia Pacific Regional CSO Engagement Mechanism (APRCEM)About Sustainability… episode on the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) and Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD), the annual reviewing mechanism for the SDGsIGES Publications by SDG"About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

This time, Andre, Bob, Erin, and Simon went into a broader discussion around the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and why it seems so challenging for the world to achieve the goals despite them constituting the ‘good' of development. The discussion touched upon many items, including how the SDGs are different than the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that preceded them, how to measure poverty, the different approaches to govern relying more on governmental sanctions or letting the invisible hand of the market do the job. The discussion stretched beyond the limits of what we normally see as one episode, and therefore the second part will be published shortly. As always, we do not profess to have all the right answers to these questions but enter into these exchanges to learn new perspectives on the difficult and challenging questions about sustainability, we hope you do too!Related Links“The material footprint of nations” article that Simon referencedIGES Publications by SDG"About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

Andre and Erin had a chance to talk to a fascinating person named Wardarina about civic engagement, especially focusing on the Asia-Pacific Regional CSO Engagement Mechanism (APRCEM). Simon joined the discussion to provide additional insights, as he too has a lot of experience engaging in this space.Wardarina (or Rina, as she is often known) is currently one of the co-chairs, of the APRCEM. The APRCEM is a self-organised platform to support grassroot and marginalized constituency engagement with Agenda 2030 in the Asia-Pacific region and globally. The platform currently has more than 600 affiliated organisations from across the region. Rina shared her views on why stakeholder voices need to be heard in SDG-related processes. She also spoke about how APRCEM and others are working to further strengthen civic engagement and ensure that a broad range of views, knowledge, and experiences are included in Agenda 2030. This is a frank, open discussion that should also be educational to anyone unfamiliar with how major groups and other stakeholders factor into global forums on sustainable development. A side note: in shortening this conversation for brevity, we cut out when Rina mentioned that major groups don't need to wait their turn to speak after governments at certain forums. Andre referred to this toward the end of the episode.Helpful resources:About Sustainability… podcast episode on APFSD and HLPFIGES' APFSD 2022 Special WebpageAPRCEM WebsiteAbout our guest:Wardarina (“Rina”) is a feminist and activist, originally from Indonesia. She has worked in the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) for 10 years, and now takes the position of Deputy Regional Coordinator. She is currently the women constituency focal point and co-chair of Asia Pacific Regional CSO Engagement Mechanism (APRCEM), and also acts as Women Major Group Organising Partner at the global level. "About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

Bob and André talked to Sudarmanto Budi Nugroho (“Toto”) and Eric Zusman, two IGES experts who were involved in Working Group III (Climate Mitigation) of the 6th Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The latest report in the IPCC AR6 series, the WGIII Report summarises the latest knowledge on climate mitigation options, building on the work of Working Groups I (the Physical Basis of Climate Change) and II (Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability). The reports that the IPCC has produced since its establishment in 1988 tell us where we are with climate change and produce scientific inputs that inform policy and decision-making to address this crisis. The IPCC is the only UN body for assessing the science of climate change.We had such a fascinating discussion learning about the process of producing the report, including the review process of each chapter and the complicated issues around equity in selecting members of the Working Groups. In this conversation, we did not dive into the nitty-gritty details of the report, but this is what we know: we are not curbing emissions fast enough to be on track to limit warming to 1.5ºC, and national goals have to be even more ambitious.  The good news is that the cost of technological innovations has come down faster than previously anticipated, lowering the barrier to taking action. There is an ever-narrowing but still open window of opportunity.On another occasion, we hope to have a chance to revisit the report's content in more depth.Helpful resources:IGES' Special Webpage on the IPCCIPCC AR6 WGIII ReportAbout our guests:Sudarmanto Budi Nugroho (referred to as “Toto” in this conversation) is a Research Manager in IGES' City Taskforce.  He co-authored Chapter 10 on transport, as well as the Summary for Policymakers (SPM).Eric Zusman is Research Leader in IGES' Integrated Sustainability Centre.  He co-authored Chapter 17: Accelerating the transition in the context of sustainable development."About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

In this bonus episode of About Sustainability…, André, Bob, Erin, and Simon briefly discussed people's relationship with nature, from local communities that use natural resources in a low-impact way to large-scale efforts around the world to plant trees. This side conversation happened during our discussion on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) (Episode 3, linked below). Despite their popularity, André cautioned that tree planting campaigns can be ineffective and even destructive to biodiversity in some cases. Nature-based solutions, including tree planting - like most things - require the right context. Otherwise, we may be doing more damage than good.Helpful resources:Episode 3: Convention on Biological DiversityIGES' CBD-COP15 Special Webpage"About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

Episode. 3:Sakuma begins to glean some tips from talks with Ozaki and the unknown caller. He is already dragged into a mess while trying to get, through Hayama, some bizarre tips about his boss. “Call Me Not” features a man in the property investment business who gets entangled in a series of hitches, which only develop in telephone communication.　Listeners will be thrilled to go through simulated subjective experience of the protagonist thanks to our unique audio design feature. ? The story takes place in Japan. Plot:Amid the hustle and bustle of his Tokyo life, Sakuma is working on a whopping 5-billion-yen deal.  His boss might come down hard on him, but he has won some due trust among his colleagues. His life remains peaceful until it ushers in a series of hitches. He can only glean fragmented titbits over the phone.  Unwittingly, he is already being dragged into a mess that he would not welcome, when he gets an unknown call. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode. 2:Hayama, one of Sakuma's men, makes a blunder. Sakuma is about to clean up the mess when gets an unknown call. Whatever happens to Ozaki whose whereabouts is already missing? “Call Me Not” features a man in the property investment business who gets entangled in a series of hitches, which only develop in telephone communication.　Listeners will be thrilled to go through simulated subjective experience of the protagonist thanks to our unique audio design feature.   The story takes place in Japan. Plot:Amid the hustle and bustle of his Tokyo life, Sakuma is working on a whopping 5 -billion-yen deal.  His boss might come down hard on him, but he has won some due trust among his colleagues. His life remains peaceful until it ushers in a series of hitches. He can only glean fragmented titbits over the phone.  Unwittingly, he is already being dragged into a mess that he would not welcome, when he gets an unknown call. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of About Sustainability…, Simon and Erin followed up with Andre and IGES colleague Amila Abeynayaka, an expert on plastics management, on some of the recent outcomes from UNEA-5.2, the second part of the fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA).At this year's UNEA, governments managed to find consensus on 14 decisions and resolutions, and we discussed a couple of these, namely on nature-based solutions (NBS) and on plastics. First, we discussed the decision on nature-based solutions. We heard Andre's insights on the concept, where it comes from, what it means and why it may have been difficult to agree on. Then, Amila discussed with us the much-awaited resolution on ending plastic pollution, which was another important outcome of UNEA 5.2. Apart from the details of the resolution, we also talked about why we are getting such a resolution now, its focus and why it is difficult to get away from plastics entirely. Throughout our conversation, we discovered that all these issues are interlinked in interesting ways. Helpful resources:Episode 1: “What is UNEA-5.2?”IGES' UNEA-5.2 Special WebpageAbout our guest:Amila Abeynayaka is a Policy Researcher in the IGES Centre Collaborating with UNEP on Environmental Technologies (CCET) and part of the Sustainable Consumption and Production team at IGES. "About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

We've already covered a couple of episodes on sleep, including the https://yourparentingmojo.com/captivate-podcast/sleep/ (cultural issues associated with sleep), then more recently we talked with https://yourparentingmojo.com/captivate-podcast/restedchild (Dr. Chris Winter about his book The Rested Child) where we looked at sleep issues in older children.   But if you have a young child who isn't sleeping well, from the baby stage all the way up to about preschool, this episode is for you!  My guest is Macall Gordon, senior lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Antioch University Seattle, and who has studied young children's sleep for 20 years.  She's particularly interested in the intersection between children's temperament and their sleep, and how parents of the children she calls 'little livewires' can support these children so everyone gets more sleep.   If you have questions about sleep training - particularly when and how to do it - this episode is for you!   And if you're expecting a baby or have one under the age of one (whether this is your first or not!) you might be interested in the Right From The Start course, which is designed to help you get things right for you from the start.  We go in-depth on understanding topics like sleep, feeding, physical, mental, and emotional development, and more - both for baby and for you!   Get all the (research-backed, of course) information you need, plus a supportive community and four group coaching calls during the 8-week course.  Enrollment is open from April 3-13, and we start together on Monday April 18.  Click the picture below to learn more!     References: Macall Gordon's website, https://www.littlelivewires.com/ (Little Livewires) Adachi, Y., Sato, C., Nishino, N., Ohryoji, F., Hayama, J., & Yamagami, T. (2009). A brief parental education for shaping sleep habits in 4-month- old infants. Clinical Medicine & Research, 7(3), 85–92. Blunden, S., & Baills, A. (2013). Treatment of behavioural sleep problems: Asking the parents. Journal of Sleep Disorders: Treatment and Care, 2(2). Blunden, S., Etherton, H., & Hauck, Y. (2016). Resistance to cry intensive sleep intervention in young children: Are we ignoring children's cries or parental concerns? Children, 3(2), 8. Bryanton, J., & Beck, C. T. (2010). Postnatal parental education for optimizing infant general health and parentinfant relationships. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 1, CD004068. Byars, K. C., & Simon, S. L. (2016). Behavioral treatment of pediatric sleep disturbance: Ethical considerations for pediatric psychology practice. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, 4(2), 241. Byars, K. C., Yolton, K., Rausch, J., Lanphear, B., & Beebe, D. W. (2012). Prevalence, patterns, and persistence of sleep problems in the first 3 years of life. Pediatrics, 29(2). Chadez, L. H., & Nurius, P. S. (1987). Stopping bedtime crying: Treating the child and the parents. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 16(3), 212–217. Coe, C. L., Glass, J. C., Wiener, S. G., & Levine, S. (1983).Behavioral, but not physiological, adaptation to repeated separation in mother and infant primates. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 8(4), 401-409. Crichton, G. E., & Symon, B. (2016). Behavioral management ofsleep problems in infants under 6 months- -What works? Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 37(2), 164–171. Cutrona, C. E., & Troutman, B. R. (1986). Social support, infant temperament, and parenting self-efficacy: A mediational model of postpartum depression. Child Development, 1507-1518. Didden, R., De Moor, J., & Kruit, I. W. (1999). The effects of extinction in the treatment of sleep problems with a child with a physical disability. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 46(2), 247–252. Douglas, P. S., & Hill, P. S. (2013). Behavioral sleep...

This time Erin, Bob, and Simon talked to Andre about the Convention on Biological Diversity, or CBD, and the upcoming 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD (CBD-COP15). This meeting is expected to be held in Kunming later in 2022. The conversation touched upon the purposes of the CBD and who its members are. Andre also explained the CBD's mandate and how it compares to other related processes. They also talked about the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework that is supposed to replace these targets. The discussion also touched upon the differences between the biodiversity COP and the more famous and more frequent climate COP. The episode also touched upon the concept of ecosystem services, which are the ways in which nature enables us to live and thrive. Here, Andre offered a perspective on which services we may undervalue and should focus more on. "About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

This time, Andre, Erin, and Simon spoke with Nobue Amanuma, a Deputy Director at the IGES Integrated Sustainability Centre. Nobue and Simon have been quite deeply involved in IGES work on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We discussed the SDGs, and in particular two key upcoming meetings that review countries' progress toward them. The Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD), happening in March 2022, is the main regional event for the Asia-Pacific region, and the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) is its global event cousin that takes place in July 2022.  We started by talking about what these meetings are and why they are convened. We spent quite a bit of time exploring the concept of “Voluntary National Reviews” (VNRs), and their “shadow report” or “spotlight report” counterparts, all of which are key features of APFSD and HLPF. We discussed IGES involvement at the meetings and asked what else happens there, besides the review of SDG progress. We talked about the importance of these meetings as forums for engagement between civil society and governments, and we ended off by speculating about whether they are as effective as they could be.To learn more about the APFSD and HLPF, and IGES contributions to these processes in 2022, please visit:IGES' APFSD 2022 Special Webpage: https://www.iges.or.jp/en/projects/apfsd2022IGES' HLPF 2022 Special Webpage (coming soon)"About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

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Simon shares his knowledge on UNEA-5.2, the second half of UNEP's biennial United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). UNEA functions as the world's parliament on the environment, where global environment ministers congregate to debate and decide on priorities of environmental concern in the context of nation states and the global community. Due to COVID-19, the event was divided into two halves with the first part taking place almost entirely online in early 2021, and the second half shortly taking place at the end of February 2022. Some key questions covered:What is UNEA? How is it different from other environment conferences, like the climate  COP?What should we expect from UNEA5.2 at the end of February?Which issues at UNEA5.2 are particularly contentious?To learn more about the 5th session of UNEA, please visit:IGES' UNEA-5.2 Special Webpage: https://www.iges.or.jp/en/projects/unea5-2IGES' UNEA-5.1 Special Webpage: https://www.iges.or.jp/en/projects/unea5-1About our co-hosts:Andre Mader leads the IGES unit on Biodiversity and Forests and is adviser to an IPBES Technical Support Unit hosted by IGES.  He has a background in conservation management, science and policy, and has practiced mostly in Switzerland, Canada, the UAE, and his land of birth, South Africa.Bob McDonald leads our Technology Solutions unit at IGES.  He has decades of experience in IT and Web Development, but is an interested outsider when it comes to environmental issues.  He loves making stuff, both physical and digital. Erin Kawazu is a Programme Coordinator in Knowledge Management and Communications, Strategic Management Office at IGES.  Her background is in environmental health sciences, a field that combines environmental science and public health. Off work, she can be found reading books on her ancient Kindle Keyboard, journaling, and struggling to self-teach the guitar.Simon Høiberg Olsen is Research Manager at IGES. His areas of interest include environmental governance, civic engagement, social justice and the sustainable development goals (SDGs). He has a Master's Degree in Southeast-Asian studies from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and a PhD in Environmental Sciences and Policy from the Central European University, Hungary. In his free time he enjoys gardening, woodworking and repair."About Sustainability..." is a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), an environmental policy think-tank based in Hayama, Japan. IGES experts are concerned with environmental and sustainability challenges. Everything shared on the podcast will be off-the-cuff discussion, and any viewpoints expressed are those held by the speaker at the time of recording. They are not necessarily official IGES positions.

Some of you bemoaned the loss of the Singing Mountain Patreon because it also meant the loss of the ”all music, no talk” versions of episodes that I sometimes posted there. Never fear: the files have been recovered, and I will be posting them on the main feed. First up, the ”all music, no talk” version of episode 105, “The End... as a Beginning.” Track listing: 0:00 Donkey Kong Rescued (Credits Roll) / Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong-Quest (Super NES) / David Wise 2:57 Credit Roll / Space Harrier II (Genesis) / Tokuhiko Uwabo and Matt Furniss 7:12 End Title / Tenshi no Uta: Shiroki Tsubasa no Inori (Super Famicom) / Motoi Sakuraba and Shinji Tamura 9:12 Ending Theme / Shadow Blasters (Genesis) / Kim Songdong 11:17 Ending (Next Time) / Shockman (TurboGrafx-16) / K. Hayama 16:51 Finale / Wild Guns (Super NES) / Hiroyuki Iwatsuki and Haruo Ohashi 23:15 Staff Roll / Cyber Knight (PC Engine) / Unknown Composer 26:03 Ending / Dino Land (Genesis) / Ichiro Hada 31:43 After the War (Ending) / Final Zone (Genesis) / Motoi Sakuraba and Masaaki Uno 37:07 BGM 3 / True Golf Classics: Pebble Beach Golf Links (Genesis) / Yumi Kinoshita 43:10 Returned Soldier's Rest / Super Star Soldier (TurboGrafx-16) / Dr. Nakahashi and Mr. Hoshi 48:38 Ending / Mighty Max (Genesis) / Krisalis (a.k.a. Matt Furniss) 52:02 Ending (Next Time) / Shockman (TurboGrafx-16) / K. Hayama 53:47 Ending / Magical Chase (TurboGrafx-16) Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata 55:39 Sunset of Puyo Puyo / Puyo Puyo (Mega Drive) / Masanobu Tsukamoto, Akiyoshi Nagao, Toshiaki Sakoda and Masaaki Harada 59:16 Setting Out (Staff Roll) / Elemental Master (Genesis) / Toshiharu Yamanishi Follow: Singing Mountain on Twitter • Drew on Twitter • Facebook • Facebook Group •  Instagram Listen: Apple Podcasts • Spotify • Google Play • Google Podcasts  Yes, we do have a website! This is a TableCakes podcast.

Most people today recognize Toshi Hayama for his heavy involvement with the Fast and the Furious franchise movies. However, Toshi's influence on US import culture goes all the way back to the mid 90s when he started Apex'I USA. With Apex'i, he was able to broaden Apex Japan's product offering to include tuning parts for the ever popular Honda market in the USA. He brought over from Japan the Apex R33 GT-R for drag racing and ultimately the infamous FD3S driven by Yoichi Imamura for D1 Grand Prix. His experience with D1 Grand Prix earned him the ability to be on the judges' stand as the D1GP USA English announcer. He also became co-host of the ever popular DVD series J.D.M. Insider. Toshi recalls his time with Keiichi Tsuchiya aka Drift King, Takahiro Ueno, and even details his observations with his J.D.M. Insider co-host Hiro, who became infamous for his involvement in a well-known scandal with his company Motorex. For more info about Toshi please go to http://www.stage-10.net Thank you to Final Bout for sponsoring this episode! Please make sure to go to Final Bout 4 in Shawano, WI 9/4-9/5! For more information, go to https://www.final-bout.com/pages/tickets

The world is in a midst of a renewable energy revolution, with the price of utility scale photo-voltaic solar power falling by nearly 90% between 2009 and 2019, and the price of wind power falling by 70% during the same period. Annual global investment in renewable electricity generation assets is now more than double that for fossil fuel and nuclear-powered generation facilities combined, and yet the pace of adoption varies greatly across countries. In this episode Kenneth Bo Nielsen, Assistant Professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo and coordinator of Norwegian Network for Asian Studies, moderates a discussion on the various barriers and opportunities countries in Asia and the Nordics face in trying to take advantage of this renewable energy revolution. He is joined by Paul Midford a Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of International Studies at Meiji Gakuin University, in Yokohama, Japan, Espen Moe, a Professor at the Department of Sociology and Political Science at Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, and Eric Zusman, senior policy researcher and area leader at the Institute for Global Environmental Studies in Hayama, Japan. The talk focuses on two new books: New Challenges and Solutions for Renewable Energy: Japan, East Asia and Northern Europe (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021), edited by Midford and Moe, and Aligning Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies in Asia (Springer, 2021), edited by Zusman with Hooman Farzaneh and Yeora Chae. The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration sharing expertise on Asia across the Nordic region, brought to you by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) based at the University of Copenhagen, along with our academic partners: the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Turku, Asianettverket at the University of Oslo, and the Stockholm Centre for Global Asia at Stockholm University. We aim to produce timely, topical and well-edited discussions of new research and developments about Asia. Transcripts of the Nordic Asia Podcasts: http://www.nias.ku.dk/nordic-asia-podcast About NIAS: www.nias.ku.dk

The world is in a midst of a renewable energy revolution, with the price of utility scale photo-voltaic solar power falling by nearly 90% between 2009 and 2019, and the price of wind power falling by 70% during the same period. Annual global investment in renewable electricity generation assets is now more than double that for fossil fuel and nuclear-powered generation facilities combined, and yet the pace of adoption varies greatly across countries. In this episode Kenneth Bo Nielsen, Assistant Professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo and coordinator of Norwegian Network for Asian Studies, moderates a discussion on the various barriers and opportunities countries in Asia and the Nordics face in trying to take advantage of this renewable energy revolution. He is joined by Paul Midford a Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of International Studies at Meiji Gakuin University, in Yokohama, Japan, Espen Moe, a Professor at the Department of Sociology and Political Science at Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, and Eric Zusman, senior policy researcher and area leader at the Institute for Global Environmental Studies in Hayama, Japan. The talk focuses on two new books: New Challenges and Solutions for Renewable Energy: Japan, East Asia and Northern Europe (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021), edited by Midford and Moe, and Aligning Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies in Asia (Springer, 2021), edited by Zusman with Hooman Farzaneh and Yeora Chae. The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration sharing expertise on Asia across the Nordic region, brought to you by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) based at the University of Copenhagen, along with our academic partners: the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Turku, Asianettverket at the University of Oslo, and the Stockholm Centre for Global Asia at Stockholm University. We aim to produce timely, topical and well-edited discussions of new research and developments about Asia. Transcripts of the Nordic Asia Podcasts: http://www.nias.ku.dk/nordic-asia-podcast About NIAS: www.nias.ku.dk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies

The world is in a midst of a renewable energy revolution, with the price of utility scale photo-voltaic solar power falling by nearly 90% between 2009 and 2019, and the price of wind power falling by 70% during the same period. Annual global investment in renewable electricity generation assets is now more than double that for fossil fuel and nuclear-powered generation facilities combined, and yet the pace of adoption varies greatly across countries. In this episode Kenneth Bo Nielsen, Assistant Professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo and coordinator of Norwegian Network for Asian Studies, moderates a discussion on the various barriers and opportunities countries in Asia and the Nordics face in trying to take advantage of this renewable energy revolution. He is joined by Paul Midford a Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of International Studies at Meiji Gakuin University, in Yokohama, Japan, Espen Moe, a Professor at the Department of Sociology and Political Science at Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, and Eric Zusman, senior policy researcher and area leader at the Institute for Global Environmental Studies in Hayama, Japan. The talk focuses on two new books: New Challenges and Solutions for Renewable Energy: Japan, East Asia and Northern Europe (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021), edited by Midford and Moe, and Aligning Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies in Asia (Springer, 2021), edited by Zusman with Hooman Farzaneh and Yeora Chae. The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration sharing expertise on Asia across the Nordic region, brought to you by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) based at the University of Copenhagen, along with our academic partners: the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Turku, Asianettverket at the University of Oslo, and the Stockholm Centre for Global Asia at Stockholm University. We aim to produce timely, topical and well-edited discussions of new research and developments about Asia. Transcripts of the Nordic Asia Podcasts: http://www.nias.ku.dk/nordic-asia-podcast About NIAS: www.nias.ku.dk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The world is in a midst of a renewable energy revolution, with the price of utility scale photo-voltaic solar power falling by nearly 90% between 2009 and 2019, and the price of wind power falling by 70% during the same period. Annual global investment in renewable electricity generation assets is now more than double that for fossil fuel and nuclear-powered generation facilities combined, and yet the pace of adoption varies greatly across countries. In this episode Kenneth Bo Nielsen, Assistant Professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo and coordinator of Norwegian Network for Asian Studies, moderates a discussion on the various barriers and opportunities countries in Asia and the Nordics face in trying to take advantage of this renewable energy revolution. He is joined by Paul Midford a Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of International Studies at Meiji Gakuin University, in Yokohama, Japan, Espen Moe, a Professor at the Department of Sociology and Political Science at Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, and Eric Zusman, senior policy researcher and area leader at the Institute for Global Environmental Studies in Hayama, Japan. The talk focuses on two new books: New Challenges and Solutions for Renewable Energy: Japan, East Asia and Northern Europe (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021), edited by Midford and Moe, and Aligning Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies in Asia (Springer, 2021), edited by Zusman with Hooman Farzaneh and Yeora Chae. The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration sharing expertise on Asia across the Nordic region, brought to you by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) based at the University of Copenhagen, along with our academic partners: the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Turku, Asianettverket at the University of Oslo, and the Stockholm Centre for Global Asia at Stockholm University. We aim to produce timely, topical and well-edited discussions of new research and developments about Asia. Transcripts of the Nordic Asia Podcasts: http://www.nias.ku.dk/nordic-asia-podcast About NIAS: www.nias.ku.dk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/environmental-studies

The world is in a midst of a renewable energy revolution, with the price of utility scale photo-voltaic solar power falling by nearly 90% between 2009 and 2019, and the price of wind power falling by 70% during the same period. Annual global investment in renewable electricity generation assets is now more than double that for fossil fuel and nuclear-powered generation facilities combined, and yet the pace of adoption varies greatly across countries. In this episode Kenneth Bo Nielsen, Assistant Professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo and coordinator of Norwegian Network for Asian Studies, moderates a discussion on the various barriers and opportunities countries in Asia and the Nordics face in trying to take advantage of this renewable energy revolution. He is joined by Paul Midford a Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of International Studies at Meiji Gakuin University, in Yokohama, Japan, Espen Moe, a Professor at the Department of Sociology and Political Science at Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, and Eric Zusman, senior policy researcher and area leader at the Institute for Global Environmental Studies in Hayama, Japan. The talk focuses on two new books: New Challenges and Solutions for Renewable Energy: Japan, East Asia and Northern Europe (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021), edited by Midford and Moe, and Aligning Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies in Asia (Springer, 2021), edited by Zusman with Hooman Farzaneh and Yeora Chae. The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration sharing expertise on Asia across the Nordic region, brought to you by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) based at the University of Copenhagen, along with our academic partners: the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Turku, Asianettverket at the University of Oslo, and the Stockholm Centre for Global Asia at Stockholm University. We aim to produce timely, topical and well-edited discussions of new research and developments about Asia. Transcripts of the Nordic Asia Podcasts: http://www.nias.ku.dk/nordic-asia-podcast About NIAS: www.nias.ku.dk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

The world is in a midst of a renewable energy revolution, with the price of utility scale photo-voltaic solar power falling by nearly 90% between 2009 and 2019, and the price of wind power falling by 70% during the same period. Annual global investment in renewable electricity generation assets is now more than double that for fossil fuel and nuclear-powered generation facilities combined, and yet the pace of adoption varies greatly across countries. In this episode Kenneth Bo Nielsen, Assistant Professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo and coordinator of Norwegian Network for Asian Studies, moderates a discussion on the various barriers and opportunities countries in Asia and the Nordics face in trying to take advantage of this renewable energy revolution. He is joined by Paul Midford a Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of International Studies at Meiji Gakuin University, in Yokohama, Japan, Espen Moe, a Professor at the Department of Sociology and Political Science at Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, and Eric Zusman, senior policy researcher and area leader at the Institute for Global Environmental Studies in Hayama, Japan. The talk focuses on two new books: New Challenges and Solutions for Renewable Energy: Japan, East Asia and Northern Europe (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021), edited by Midford and Moe, and Aligning Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies in Asia (Springer, 2021), edited by Zusman with Hooman Farzaneh and Yeora Chae. The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration sharing expertise on Asia across the Nordic region, brought to you by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) based at the University of Copenhagen, along with our academic partners: the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Turku, Asianettverket at the University of Oslo, and the Stockholm Centre for Global Asia at Stockholm University. We aim to produce timely, topical and well-edited discussions of new research and developments about Asia. Transcripts of the Nordic Asia Podcasts: http://www.nias.ku.dk/nordic-asia-podcast About NIAS: www.nias.ku.dk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society

Welcome to the third episode of season two of Holly Jolly X'masu! This month, for Women’s History Month, I’ll be discussing Peggy Hayama’s 1964 album, Peggy’s Christmas – Winter Wonderland. When I first started researching her, I didn’t know much about Peggy Hayama. The more I read about her, though, the more I was impressed. She not only had a wonderful career, but she led an exemplary life. She overcame adversity on several occasions, and despite some extended absences from performing, whether due to health issues or starting her family, her popularity never seemed to suffer as a result. Her greatest comeback was the one she achieved later in her life. After devoting nearly a decade to caring for her ailing husband, she managed to not only become president of the Japanese Singers Association and embark on her role as an advocate for home caregivers, but she returned to the Oricon music charts with one final hit after an absence of nearly 40 years. She was an exceptional performer and a genuine role model. I wanted to include videos of some of her most notable hits, including her first single from 1952, “Domino.” Domino (video from 1985) Her biggest hit, “Having Left Tosa,” was released in 1959. I’ve seen multiple translations of the title, but “Having Left Tosa” is the English translation from Japan Today, which is likely a bit more accurate than Google. Having Left Tosa (1959) Her next-biggest hit and her song that will likely have the longest-lasting cultural impact is her translation of “Do-Re-Mi” from “The Sound of Music.” Do-re-mi My mom is a big Doris Day fan, so I had to include “Que Sera Sera.” Que Sera Sera (video from 1996) Another huge hit for Peggy was “School Days.” School Days (video from 1965) Lastly, the song that got her back on the charts, “Dawn Melody.” Dawn Melody (2010) Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoyed learning about and listening to Peggy Hayama as much as I did. Next month, for my one-year anniversary, I’ll be discussing Jimmy Takeuchi’s White X’mas – Drum Drum Drum. I’ve had several people ask me about the funky, drum-heavy “Jingle Bells” that plays in my intro each episode. This is the album it came from. It’s a great album with a wonderful blend of Jazz, Rock and Soul. You don’t want to miss it. Any feedback on this episode would be appreciated. If you’d like to recommend a song or album for a future episode, drop me a line and let me know. Remember, I've added a button to my Ko-fi page. If you'd like to support me one cup of coffee at a time, a donation is only $3. Any donations received will be put towards purchasing new Japanese Christmas music to review for future episodes. You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. And if you get a chance, leave me a review on iTunes. Thanks!

Guest Teacher Rev. Issho Fujita Zooming in from Japan to join us as he returns to Massachusetts, at least virtually, to lead the Sangha in a discussion of Zazen practice on November 12th 2020 Rev. Issho Fujita was born in Ehime prefecture in Japan in 1954. He studied developmental/clinical psychology at University of Tokyo. Besides academic study, he intensively practiced Aikido and Noguchi Exercise. When he was a PhD. Student at the age of 27, he was recommended by a master of Chinese medicine to attend a week-long Zen sesshin (intensive Zen training session) at Enkaku-ji, traditional Rinzai monastery in Kamakura. Through this experience he was deeply fascinated by zazen practice. Eventually he left the graduate school to study Zen full time at Antai-ji, Soto Zen monastery in Hyogo Prefecture. In 1987 he became a resident teacher at Pioneer Valley Zendo in Massachusetts, USA. During his stay until 2005, he also taught at various colleges and institutions, such as Smith College, Amherst College, Mt Holyoke College, University of Massachusetts, and Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. In 2010 he was assigned to be a Director of Soto Zen Buddhism International Center in San Francisco. Until resigning from that position in 2018, he visited many Soto Zen centers, temples and groups worldwide to teach Soto Zen teaching and practice. He lives in Hayama, Japan, with his family, as a free-lance Zen teacher who teaches somatic style Zen in forms of lectures, workshops and books.

Episode 46 (Episode 45 delayed to next week) Anna Novic (St. Maur 2008) International Educator / Writer / Runner Anna was born in Seoul, Korea, in 1989 to a US Navy family. After spending the first 18-months of her life between Seoul and Vermont, her family moved (back) to Japan (her family had lived there before she was born) in 1992. Following in her two older brothers' footsteps, Anna attended local Japanese public school from Kindergarten through ninth grade. After finishing junior high, Anna's mother, a professor at Keisen Women's University in Machida, took a sabbatical to North Wales, where Anna experienced her first school with English instruction. By the time she got over the culture shock a year later, it was time to return to Japan. She attended Saint Maur International school from 2005-2008. She attended Harvard (C'2013), where she studied Sociology and Psychology. She completed the Undergraduate Teacher Education Program and has a Massachusetts teaching license in Biology. In high school, Anna was best known for her academic and running career. She broke the Tama Hills Girls' cross country record 2007 (it has since been broken, and rebroken…). At Harvard, Anna competed for the Greater Boston Track Club, setting personal bests in the 5k (17:53), 10k (37:30), half marathon (1:23:05) and the marathon (2:56:23). Anna returned to Japan in 2013 and has been teaching IB Biology and General Science at Saint Maur ever since. She is also a member of the college guidance team and coaches cross country. She has been a bilingual IB examiner since 2016. Outside of education, Anna works as a translator, researcher, and writer. She is working on a novel, which she hopes to finish before she is 80. She lives in Hayama with her two cats, dog, and partner. She continues to train and race competitively with the hope of running an Olympic Trials Qualifier (2:45:00). Episode Summary 0:43 - Introduction 2:50 - Annas Book 5:27 - Maintaining a high level of writing in both English and Japanese 13:35 - Attending a Japanese public school and being the only "Yankee" at a school in Wales 24:50 - How Anna as an educator sees her experience as a student affect her management of a heterogeneous classroom 34:35 - Tama Hills, Olympic Trials Time and Kanto Plains Cross Country with the St. Maur Cross Country Team 51:44 - The IB program 1:04:40 - Anna and St. Maur 1:10:30 - What is to come in Annas life in the next few years

Dexter Wimberly is an independent curator and entrepreneur who has organized exhibitions and developed programs with galleries and institutions throughout the world including The Third Line in Dubai; Contemporary Art Museum CAM Raleigh in North Carolina; The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in San Francisco; Koki Arts in Tokyo; and the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City. His exhibitions have been reviewed and featured in publications including The New York Times, Artforum, and Hyperallergic; and have received support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Dexter Wimberly has served as Director of Strategic Planning at Independent Curators International in New York City. Wimberly is a Senior Critic at New York Academy of Art. He is the founder of ART WORLD CONFERENCE, a business and financial literacy conference for visual artists. He was recently listed in the Observer's "Arts Power 50: Changemakers Shaping the Art World in 2019." In 2020, Wimberly founded the Hayama Artist Residency in Hayama, Japan. Dexter Wimberly - www.dexterwimberly.comArt World Conference - www.artworldconference.comLight Work - www.lightworkco.comWhat We're Reading: Finite and Infinite Games

In part 2 of our Special Episode 1, the hosts really get back into the swing of this podcast as their squeaky wheels are well greased by fizzy wine. Matto presents his experience of art in Japan. The hosts agree to disagree on a current superstar Japanese artist, and realise they both saw a site specific work by the same artists.Benesse House http://benesse-artsite.jp/en/stay/benessehouse/Art House Project http://benesse-artsite.jp/en/art/arthouse.htmlMinamidera http://benesse-artsite.jp/art/arthouse.html#ieproject3Hakone Open-Air Museum http://www.hakone-oam.or.jp/Kadoya House http://benesse-artsite.jp/en/art/arthouse.htmlMuseum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama https://tsurugaokamuseum.jp/National Museum of Art, Osaka http://www.nmao.go.jp/

GianLuca Bonetta presenta “SCAFFALI ANIMATI” – Le più interessanti novità editoriali sul mondo della TV, dell’animazione e dello spettacolo. Questa settimana: JUNICHI HAYAMA Brush Work, pubblicato in Italia dalla Nippon Shock edizioni. Non perdete gli incontri con il Maestro Junichi Hayama: ROMA 28 Maggio – Cena con il Maestro ROMA 29 Maggio – Scuola Internazionale di ... L'articolo JUNICHI HAYAMA Brush Work proviene da RadioAnimati.

It’s all here! The A90 Toyota GR Supra on the track, rural roads and even everyday lifestyle assessment. Spend time with Supra Chief Engineer Tetsuya Tada and find out how his team made the Supra different from its cousin, the BMW Z4. Tom Voelk attends the press launch held at Summit Point Autosports Park in West Virginia and dodges law enforcement on public roads. Toyota provided transportation, lodging and some running footage to this review. You all know opinions are mine.

GET HYPE IT'S THE FINALE! We're done with our viewing of SHOKUGEKI NO SOMA and we're here to talk about the fun moments of this episode along with the fragrance bomb-off between Hayama and Soma. We debate how the show might move forward, our expectations for Hayama, and what we'll be watching next. Lunch Hour Anime Special is a Night of the Living Geeks podcast. Go to www.NOTLG.com for other great shows or show your support for this program at patreon.com/NOTLG.

The autumn elections are almost upon us and we're enjoying all the development of these background characters. We discuss Jun and Hayama's unique relationship before choosing favorites to do well at the elections. Lunch Hour Anime Special is a Night of the Living Geeks podcast. Go to www.NOTLG.com for other great shows or show your support for this program at patreon.com/NOTLG.

Eddie G explica lo que está pasando en el mundo cachondo. Nueva moda en peluquerías con muchachas cachondas #hayAma! Un señor de 65 años pierde la vida cumpliendo su fantasía sexual. Están contratando meseras y solo meseras dejando a los hombres fuera; pero, ¿con qué objetivo? #HayAma!!!

Con ustedes el episodio número 56 de su podcast en vivo favorito, Ovejas Mecánicas, esta semana Roberto y Elías junto a nuestro querido amigo Hayama se lanzan por primera vez al aventurero mundo de las transmisiones en vivo, aprovechan además de analizar lo mejor y lo peor de este año 2016 que se termina, además elegiremos el mejor MEMAZO del año y mucho más!

Ya está aquí el japonizado episodio 51 de Ovejas Mecánicas, esta semana Roberto y Elías, junto al tremendo Hayama, revisan la extensa y sabrosa historia del anime en Chile, o como le decían antiguamente, Los Monos Chinos, además comentamos el cumpleaños de Miyamoto, revisamos los trailers de La Bella y La Bestia y Kong, jugamos la Inteligencia Artificial de Google, revisamos las locuras sexuales que nos trae nuestro triste y solitario futuro y mucho más!

Con ustedes el episodio 45 de Ovejas Mecánicas, esta semana Roberto y Elías, junto a nuestro querido amigo Hayama, viajan a su infancia para recordad todas esos mitos y creencias que jurábamos eran reales cuando eramos tan sólo unos retoños. Además, Roberto intenta recordar su experiencia en lo que fue WWE Live Santiago y mucho más!

Bienvenidos al alocado episodio 38 de Ovejas Mecánicas, esta semana Roberto y Elías, junto a nuestro amigo Hayama, analizan la ilustre carrera del talentoso Tom Ruegger, padre de icónicas caricaturas como: Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, Fenomenoid, entre otras. Además, hablamos sobre el trailer de Metal Gear Survive, lo nuevo en realidad virtual de Intel, el regreso de Adam West como Batman y mucho más!

Platformers are ,for many gamers, the first introduction into the world of video games. Many of them have existed since the inception of arcades, home consoles, portable devices or even the home Personal Computer. There is certainly something about a platform game that’s just right. Certainly, there are many Iconic game titles we can turn to when we're looking for some old-school gaming enjoyment but lets not ignore the new generation of titles that were influenced by those old school favorites, which is why this episode of the retro VGM revival hour is dedicated to Platform games. =====Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company - System==== 1.) VVVVVV - Magnus Pålsson - “Potential for Anything & Passion for Exploring" - January 11, 2010 - Nicalis - Windows PC,3DS,PS4,OSX,Linux 2.) Flimbo's Quest - Reyn Ouwehand & Johannes Bjerregaard - "Intro part 1” - 1990 - System 3 - Commodore 64 3.) Kirby Super Star - Jun Ishikawa & Dan Miyakawa - “Gourmet Race” - March 21, 1996 - HAL Laboratory/Nintendo - SNES 4.) Bit Trip Runner - Anamanaguchi - “Blackout City” - May 17, 2010 - Gaijin Games - 3DS,Windows PC,OS X,Linux,Wii 5.) Batman - Naoki Kodaka - "Stage 4-2 (Gotham City Streets 3)/Stage 6-2 (Gotham Cathedral 2)” - July 27, 1990 - SunSoft - Sega Genesis 6.) The Battle of Olympus - Kazuo Sawa - "Pelopenessus Forest" - March 31, 1988 - Infinity/Broderbund - NES 7.) The Smurfs - Alberto Jose Gonzalez - “Stork” - 1994 - Infogrames - Game Boy 8.) Canabalt - Danny Baranowsky - “RUN & Mach Runner”- October 1, 2009 - Adam Saltsman/Semi Secret Software - Windows PC,iOS 9.) Jazz Jackrabbit - Robert A. Allen - "Bonus Level” - July 30, 1994 - Epic Games - MS DOS, Windows PC 10.) The Great Giana Sisters - Chris Hülsbeck - “Menu Theme” - 1987 - Time Warp Productions/Rainbow Arts - Commodore 64 11.) Valkyrie no Densetsu - Hiroyuki Kawada - "Theme of Lava Cave” - April 1989(Japan Only) - NAMCO - Arcade 12.) Bucky O'Hare - Tomoko Sumiyama - “Center of Magma Tanker” - January 31, 1992 - KONAMI - NES 13.) Flashback: The Quest for Identity - Jean Baudlot & Fabrice Visserot - “Conrad’s Memories” - 1992 - Delphine Software/U.S Gold - Sega Genesis 14.) Super Meat Boy - Danny Baranowsky - "McLarty Party People, Ballad of the Burning Squirrel & Rocket Rider - October 20, 2010 - Team Meat - Xbox 360, Windows PC, OS X, PS4, Wii U & Linux 15.) Sonic Generations - Jun Senoue ,Naofumi Hataya ,Kenichi Tokoi ,Tomoya Ohtani ,Richard Jacques ,Yutaka Minobe & Yasufumi Fukuda - "Rooftop Run (Act 1)” - November 1, 2011 - Sonic Team/SEGA - PS3, XBOX 360, 3DS & Windows PC 16.) Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island - Koji Kondo - “Flower Garden” - October 4, 1995 - Nintendo - SNES 17.) Castlevania II: Simon's Quest - Kenichi Matsubara, Satoe Terashima & Kouji Murata - “Dwelling of Doom (Mansion)” - December 1, 1988 - KONAMI - NES 18.) The First Samurai - Artrmis & Ica - “Battle Field, 1730" - 1993 - Vivid Image/Kemco Corporation - SNES 19.) Mega Man ZX Advent - Ippo Yamada, Masaki Suzuki, Ryo Kawakami, Kōji Hayama, Luna Umegaki & Akari Kaida - “Target Chaser“ - October 23, 2007 - Inti Creates/CAPCOM - Nintendo DS 20.) Shovel Knight - Jake Kaufman & Manami Matsumae - "Fighting with All of Our Might” - June 26, 2014 - Yacht Club Games - Windows PC, Mac OS X, Linux, PSN, 3DS, Wii U & XBLA Edgar Velasco: @MoonSpiderHugs FB: www.facebook.com/groups/vgmrevivalhour/ Tumblr: retro-vgm-revival-hour.tumblr.com/