Abstract
Junior Eco-Club is a support measure for environmental conservation activities or environmental studies for children in Japan. It has an influence on children's environmental consciousness and action. It is also considered that Junior Eco-Club may also have a direct or indirect influence on supporting and other relating adults' environmental consciousness and action. In this study, a questionnaire for residents (adults) in Nagano City, which is a town with an advanced environmental strategy, was carried out to determine the effect of Junior Eco-Clubs on residents' environmental consciousness and action. The results indicate that a Junior Eco-Club is raising the environmental consciousness and action of women in their 40’s in Nagano City.
