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Sat., July. 14, 2007 |
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"ESDRC Opening Lecture - ESD's Possibility for Sustainable Society-" |
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Rikkyo University Ikebukuro Campus, 16:30 p.m. - 18:00 p.m. |
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<Guest Speakers> |
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Dr. Hiroyuki Yoshikawa (Ph.D in Engineering)
"ESD as the Intellectual Possibility for the 21th Century" |
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Ms. Keiko Kamito (the President of Japan Rachel Carson Council)
"Carson's will for Sustainable Future" |
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Reported by Yuichi Asai (ESDRC Research Assistant) |
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 On July 14th, 2007, ESDRC publicly declared its beginning at the Opening Lecture hosted at Rikkyo University. Two guest speakers below were invited to the lecture. Dr. Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, former president of Tokyo University and one of the leading figures for engineering in Japan who has sought ways to contribute to ESD in his own field, and Ms. Keiko Kamito, an essayist, who has translated great numbers of works written by Rachel Carson into Japanese and has dedicated her life to disseminating Carson's philosophy to the public.
<ESD as the Intellectual Possibility for the 21th Century>
 Dr. Yoshikawa pointed out that there is a structural problem in the alignment of all the disciplines of modern science. Each area has become too specialized to promote its research in cooperation with other areas. For this reason, he emphasized the importance of setting up a goal to be shared by all the areas, such as to solve social problems as global warming or other environmental issues, and to seek the ultimate inter-disciplinary solution by making the most of the expertise from each area.
<Carson's will for Sustainable Future>
 Ms. Kamito raised the awareness of the enormous impact of human society and its activities on the environment. As Carson indicated most of us are still oblivious that the way of modern human life has been undermining the environment and ourselves, she emphasized the significance to be aware of on-going environmental issues and to reflect upon the way of modern human life according to Carson's philosophy.
This open lecture brought a great opportunity to the public to understand the problematique and the practices today for ESD in different areas and make clear the direction modern science should be heading to. It is hoped that this fruitful talk will be pervaded broadly through the public. |
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