2024 Volume 80 Issue 26 Article ID: 24-26025
The purpose of this paper is to clarify the mechanism of the germination and propagation of "Waku-waku" feeling, which means feeling of anticipation or excitement, through "Collaborative Nature Restoration". We conducted a questionnaire survey of both active and passive participants in "Collaborative Nature Restoration" activities, and performed a covariance structure analysis, with the aim of clarifying the mechanism by which “Waku-waku” feeling is generated and spread through "Collaborative Nature Restoration." The results showed that the "fun of gaining knowledge" from learning about rivers had a large influence on the generation of “Waku-waku” feeling among active participants, while the "fun of creation" from doing hand-made work had a large influence on the generation of excitement among passive participants. It was also revealed that the generation of “Waku-waku” naturally leads to the spread of “Waku-waku”. This suggests that in order to make active participants “Waku-waku”, events that allow them to gain new knowledge should be created, and in order to make passive participants “Waku-waku”, programs centered on hand-made work should be created to make "Collaborative Nature Restoration" activities better.
