In Japan, after the first petroleum crisis in 1973, the energy saving activities were positively implemented in industrial sectors and a lot of successful results were obtained by the good management of the factory operation followed by the steady, careful and honest endeavor of each operator and staffs of the factory in order to achieve the target which was established by the mutual agreement of the factory members.The presentation describes two examples of energy saving activities in the field of electric or thermal energy in Japanese representative car or steel manufacturing factory.

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There has been a major paradigm shift in environmental management activities worldwide, especially in the field of industries. The new paradigm is "Eco-production" while the former paradigm was the "Environmental Protection". What caused this movement is Eco-product Policies newly introduced or prepared in various nations, like ELV and RoHS directives (both are chemical substance restrictions for products on European market). Triggered by the major global company's countermeasures against these policies, huge-scaled chaining of environmentally conscious procurement have emerged in not only global but also domestic markets. This paper summarizes current major issues of environmental management considering this paradigm shift, and proposes solutions by integrating IT systems with environmental corporate governance.

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Cleaner Production (CP) technologies are playing an important role of environmental conservation as well as economic progress in developing countries. Especially, CP technologies have been introduced and spread as a national strategy in Asian countries. In introduction of CP technologies, however, there are some considerable issues such as an initial cost, timing, an adaptable technology, etc. In this report, a possibility of introduction of CP technologies to developing countries was discussed.

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The use of Cleaner Production in the food sector will advance the environmental performance of the food industry and at the same time can result in significant economic savings to the sector. A concise explanation of the theory of Cleaner Production/eco-efficiency and the integration of a life cycle approach is presented which is then followed by some examples of where Cleaner Production uptake has resulted in such synergistic benefits. A brief overview of a novel project that seeks to implement the lessons learned from previous Cleaner Production work is given.

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All social aspects of society have been secured and developed by the law. The example of environmental education is examined in this paper. The four cases whichare taken into account represent the world's significant positions in regards toenvironmental improvement. The concluding remarks are; in order to establish environmental education, the law is essential and cooperation is required from all aspects of society including political organizations and civic participation.

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Global environment is formed as the result of physicochemical reactions of the matters in Nature. The behavior of the substances can be elucidated by the chemical knowledge. By the solubility of chemical species in water, the behavior of those can be clarified. For example, carbon dioxide spread all over the world, while the acid rain can reach only 500-1000km from origin. Global warming is well understood by the infrared absorption of the green house gas molecules such as CO₂, CH₄, N₂O etc. We can understand stability of substances by using bonding energy.

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Loss and degradation of tropical forests is one of the major global environmental issues in the world. Various measures for the conservation of the tropical forests are urgently needed. A field education program on the restoration of tropical rainforests has been developed as a model of collaborative learning for Japanese university students and implemented within a program on the Atherton Tableland in Australia. The authors describe background, purpose, core educational elements and components of the program that have evolved over the past three years.

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Recently, various environmental problems such as global warming, depletion of oil resources, problems in waste treatment, etc., have come to be recognized as serious social problems, and measures for solving these problems are urgently required. For the solution of such environmental problems, we would be to construct a recycle-based society in which economic development can coexist with environmental preservation, although realization of such a society is not easy. There aremany problems, which would be to overcome in order to attain the recycle-based society. First, it is essential to raise the consciousness for environment and energy in the whole country. The environmental education for youth at all levels is particularly important. We need to clarify the current state of knowledge, awareness and actions concerning environmental and energy problems in each of the generations before considering the effective methods for environmental education. In this study, a questionnaire survey is carried out students in Mie Prefectureto grasp the present situations of energy and environmental education. The results are compared with the results of nationwide survey and characteristics of environmental and energy education in Mie prefecture are extracted. The differencesof environmental consciousness between generations and between the sexes are also discussed. Through these considerations, we discuss the effective methods thatmay help to improve energy, environmental education.

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Concrete, not rice paddy, surrounds Minamisuna-Higashi Primary School (now renamed Minamisuna Primary School) at the center of a large housing complex near Tokyo's central business district. Ishikawa Prefecture's Tokuta Primary School and Tottori Prefecture's Karo Primary School, however, serve the neighboring countryside and farm families' children. To study interconnections between humans and nature, each school's pupils grew rice and shared their experiences by Internet and teleconferencing. The results revealed consumer and producer differences as well as area-specific environmental attitudes. Through peer interactions, studentsbecame aware of their differences and considered better ways of living, thus fulfilling the study's purpose.

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An account is given on International Northern Hemisphere Summer Schools in Environmental Engineering and Environmental Management held in the last six years by the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Queensland, BrisbaneAustralia. Details of the courses in Environmental Chemical Engineering, Industrial Wastewater Treatment, Cleaner Production and a Case Study on the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay are outlined. In addition, the field trips to the Cairns area of Tropical Far North Queensland undertaken by the visiting students are described Costs to the students for attendance at these Summer Schools are given as are the credit arrangements for the students at their home universities. Finally, the various benefits to the students attending these schools are outlined.

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