Cooperation of high school and university in education for sustainable development relating to the Minamata disease

Abstract

In this paper, authors report a practice of ESD education done in cooperation of high school and university which made the Minamata disease a subject. Minamata disease incident happened in a small local town MInamata. Authors made high school students understand the incident in geographical context. Reading documents and contour map, the students could recognize precise and concrete figure of Minamata area. Students acquired the positive attitude to settle the problem from this study.