One of, if not the, favourite lecture of mine from the seminar:
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP and the DILEMMAS of SECURITY
in a TIME of CHANGING CLIMATE
What I want to do today is to look at some issues that may be useful as you do your readings during
this seminar. I hope to provide you with some ideas that […]
These nations gathered here together solemnly undertake to support global and regional measures to alleviate the scourge of global warming. We support policies that will:
Share the Commons (particularly air and water) more equitably
Accept that economic growth has hidden costs for the planet as well as immediate benefits for societies
Demand that states act to ensure ecological […]
Although when in Japan, I found it kind of difficult to blog since neither time nor access to computers was abundant, it must have been more difficult to do it at home, since it has taken me this long to do some final updates to be able to close this chapter of the blog. Anyways;
Here’s […]
Today Nassrine Azimi, director of the UNITAR office in Hiroshima, held an inspiring lecture on climate change, energy and personal committment and drew both the big picture of what the differences in energy consumption world wide are as well as what the importance of being a role model and making certain choices in our life […]
Yesterday we moved from central Hiroshima to the Hiroshima university western campus, which is one hours drive outside the city. Early yesterday morning we went to the peace park to take part in the 62nd commemoration of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. I think it is the biggest crowd of people I have ever been […]
This morning the seminar formally started by us visiting the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. It is a good museum, I think, with a lot of information about Hiroshima, Japan in the 2nd world war, the atomic bomb and the impact of the bomb. There are lots of personal stories about the bombing, mostly tragic but […]
So, today I arrived in Hiroshima by this super speed train that took me 380 km in less than two hours. I had 10 pages of descriptions for how to get from the bus center to my hotel, but since I arrived at the train station I needed an additional couple of pages, and all […]
Today we got up early, had miso soup, rice and sushi for breakfast, and went to the (former) imperial palace to see if we could be among the lucky ones to get tickets to enter. They have a guided tour a couple of times a day, and you have to be there early to get […]
I have only been here for a day and already it feels like I have been here for longer. The taxi from the airport in Osaka to my friend`s house in Kyoto took over two hours, but I got a really warm welcome by my friend`s mother and sister. And after some sushi, we went […]
Tomorrow I’m flying off to Japan as a participant in an international student seminar on global citizenship organised by the International nework of universities, INU.
I’ll first go to my ex-room mate in Kyoto and visit her and her family for a couple of days and then go to the seminar in Hiroshima.
This year’s topic […]