International Spring School for Environmental Studies 2018
Schedule in 2018
22nd February (Thu.) Orientation, full series of lectures, dinner seminar
23rd February (Fri.) Kyoto city tour/Seminar (tentative)
24th February (Sat.) – 26th (Mon.) Field study tour in Shiga*contents 1(Local natural water usage system around Lake Biwa, Lake Biwa Museum,Water treatment research site, Sewage treatment facilities, Local confectionary company)
27 February (Tue.) – 28th (Wed.) Special seminar and experiments in atmospheric chemistry*contents 2th

1st March (Thu.) – 4th (Sun.) Field study tour on Satoyama, Marine Environments and Energy (Ine, Kamiseya, Maizuru,Tsuruga)*contents3
5th March (Mon.) Group discussion/Day off
6th March (Tue.)-7th March (Wed.) Day off
8th March (Thu.) Student exchange program, cultural experiences in Kyoto city
9th March (Fri.) Day off
10th March (Sat.)-12th (Mon.) Field study tour on Soil and Forest in Wakayama and Mie*contents4
13th March (Tue.) Preparation for final seminar
14th March (Tue.) Final Seminar and discussion

Contents
1. Field study tour in Shiga (24th – 26nd February)
A three-day tour course will take us around Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan, to investigate people’s lives andenvironment. First, we will move to Shiga prefecture and visit a lakeside district named Harie to learn about the naturalwater utilization system in the local community (active eco-tourism). The next day we will visit the Lake Biwa Museum
to learn about natural history, people’s lives and environmental conservation measures to rehabilitate the lake, which wasonce threatened by eutrophication. We will then visit a study site in shoreline of Lake Biwa to see some experiments onwater treatment system that one of GSGES lecturers implemented. On the third day, we will visit a famous confectionary
factory that has been active in environmental conservation and rural development and wastewater treatment plant to learn
about state-of the-art technology for wastewater treatment.
2. Gain expertise about the Atmosphere (27th – 28th February)
We will provide a special course on atmospheric chemistry that includes:
1) Air pollution studies
・Kinetic study for NOx and ozone reaction
・Field observation of air quality in Kyoto
2) Aerosol formation experiments
・Secondary organic aerosols from ozonolysis
・Aerosols from plant emissions

3. Field study tour in Satoyama, Marine Environments and Energy (1st – 4th March)“Satoyama”is a Japanese term referring to the area comprising hilly terrain and arable flat land. Literally, sato (里)means arable and livable land or local land, and yama (山) means hill or mountain. The Satoyama landscape has evolved
through centuries of small scale agricultural and forestry use supporting local people’s lives and preserving biodiversity.
We will visit an example of Satoyama in the winter, and learn about the landscape, culture, society, and current issues inrural society.
To investigate about the marine environment in the Sea of Japan, we will stay at the Maizuru Fisheries Research Station(MFRS) of Kyoto University in northern Kyoto Prefecture. The research station is well situated for education and researchon (1) the life history and ecology of fish, invertebrates and algae, (2) coastal oceanography, (3) systematics of marine fish,(4) terrestrial impacts on productivity and biodiversity in rivers and coastal waters. The course at the Maizuru Fisheries
Research Station will cover theories and practical methods to enhance students’ knowledge of the marine environment andbiodiversity in the Sea of Japan, including:1) Evaluation of marine environment via conductivity, salinity, temperature, chlorophyll, and depth data;
2) Collection of benthos and fishes with a beam trawl;3) Identification of species by means of molecular genetic techniques
To deepen our understanding of energy, we will visit a wind power plant to see the actual condition of this renewableenergy, and the Atomic Energy Science Museum at the Fukui Nuclear Power Center in Fukui prefecture to learn about theoperation of nuclear power plants and accidents at nuclear power plants.
4. Field study tour on Soil and Forest in Wakayama and Mie (10th – 12th March)
In this tour, we will visit “Ki no Kuni (紀伊国)” which means “country of wood”. Lectures will be provided on soils
supporting agricultural and natural ecosystems in Japan, especially mountains and forest usage related to Satoyama andlivelihood transitions due to societal change. In addition, we will visit a site utilizing woody biomass from local timber as
an alternative energy usage source.
Assignment after acceptanceThrough this program, we would like all the participants to jointly learn, discuss, and think deeply about “Energy”,“Food” and “Linkage among Urban and Rural Areas” for achieving a sustainable society through field studies in theKansai area.
We kindly request that you investigate conditions related to the keywords above (Energy, Food, Linkage among Urbanand Rural Areas) in your country in advance to promote productive discussions with other members. In addition, please
prepare a short presentation to explain about your current/former studies to show at the Dinner Seminar on 22nd February.
The academic backgrounds of the participants are wide-ranging, so please try to prepare an audience-friendly presentation.
In the series of Atmospheric Chemistry seminars, you will have a presentation (1-2 page of PPT file or PDF file) aboutair- pollution in your home country/province. Please prepare and make a presentation in English and if you use data fromother documents and websites, please indicate the data sources in your presentation.

Important Notice
There may be some subsequent schedule and content changes. We apologize for any inconvenience. We will informyou immediately of major changes.