社会対話「環境カフェ」の実践

－「生物多様性」をテーマに（社会人対象）１－

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  In this report, we present an overview and the results of a questionnaire survey conducted by Taito Leaning Plaza in FY2022 on the practice targeting working people using the “Kankyo café” method to promote and raise awareness of the importance of biodiversity. Four groups of 16 people (four people in each group) living or working in Taito Ward were involved in this project. In group work 1, each participant wrote down words associated with “the never-ending joy of experiencing nature (life),” and then asked about experiences related to memories of the five senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch), dividing the time of experience into children (C) and adults (A). The results indicated that children had more olfactory memories than adults. In group work 2, the participants were asked to write on sticky notes which of the ecosystem services (provisioning, regulating, cultural, and infrastructure) they associated with the phrase “biodiversity supports ecosystem services (nature's gifts), and ecosystem services maintain the conditions necessary for life on earth.” Each group discussed the relationship between these words and services. The total number of words given by each group was 47, and the average number of each ecosystem service selected for each word consisted of supply service 74%, coordination service 70%, infrastructure service 57%, and cultural service 53%, in that order. In the survey, participants seemed to have gained a deeper understanding of ecosystem services, such as “I felt that ecosystem services are important for companies to consider in their business.”