Developing an Analytical Program for Deliberating the transformation of value in the Environmental Activities of Organizations – Based on a case in the Yahagi River Basin –

Abstract

  Although many good examples of environmental activities have been collected and shown in Japan, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) should be more than simply the accumulation of good deeds. Its purpose is to cultivate human resources capable of realizing a sustainable global society through local activities. This requires the ability to reflect on the global meaning and value of one’s own local activities in order to find ways of sharing the experience and working together globally. In this paper, we propose a deliberation model for analyzing the contexts of the activities. Using an “analysis structure chart” we developed, local participants deliberate on their own activities and structurally “visualize” them to determine core meaning and sharable value. This model is applicable to other activities as a general ESD tool.