Teacher, guardians and pupils of Nagata Primary school in Mimata, Miyazaki prefecture took part in an outdoor forest adventure to learn about the environment.
The Mimata Wood Industries Research Group held an an outdoor forest adventure so that Teacher, guardians and pupils of Nagata Primary school in Mimata, Miyazaki prefecture could learn about the environment.
Mimata Primary has a strong environmental curriculum, so the research group organized to the day’s events to teach them about forestry, wood craft, building and governance. The forest are indispensable for the global environment, for the biodiversity that exists within it and for the industries that rely upon it, and the research group volunteer their time to teaching people about the importance of protecting and nurturing it.

Koyo Primary School in Fujusawa City, Kanagawa prefecture, is throwing its full weight behind the Ecoflag Movement. Raw garbage left over from the Shonan International Marathon 2007 was turned into fertilizer by a local company, Yamatake KK and donated to the school.
Local GSA Teams, GSA Latchen Dori and GSA Shonan Fujisawa, were also at the marathon to help with clean up activities
Koyo Primary has been involved in GSA’s tennis ball reuse program, receiving 1,100 tennis balls from local Ebara Shonan Sports Center, and they also keep an Ecoflag to fly on sports day.

An Ecoflag ceremony was held at Higashi Fukasawa Primary school in Setagaya ward, Tokyo on 12 March. The school is undergoing renovation from April, and in the temporary facilities they’ve been putting used tennis balls on the tables and chairs. GSA Executive Director Tatsuo Okada was at the ceremony to explain the value of ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ activities and the importance of protecting the natural environment.)

A weeklong open environmental lecture and ‘Vital Messages’ exhibition was held at Sanko Primary School in Minato ward, Tokyo from 23 October. 120 students were involved in the event that involved messages from top athletes on the importance of protecting the natural environment.
Students were asked to start by looking at their local environment and through cleaning up their local area, they begin to link ‘awareness’ and ‘action’.

GSA Executive Director Tatsuo Okada was at morning assembly to talk about the Ecoflag Movement on 16 October 2006. The school has been involved in putting used tennis balls on the bottom of desks and chairs as part of a ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ initiative, and the School Principal, Mr. Tamura, wanted to drive home the importance of protecting the natural environment.
A ‘Vital Messages’ exhibition (environmental messages form top athletes) was also held on 31 October 2006.

GSA Executive Director, Tatsuo Okada was in Fukaura, Aomori prefecture on 10-11 October, to visit Iwasaki Primary School and Fukaura Primary School respectively, and pass along a message about tackling environmental problems. The visit was arranged by local team, GSA Yuhi Kaigan (Sunset Coast), whose members sit on the local education committee.