Hokkaido University Sustainability Weeks 2013

Contents
1. Overview of Sustainability Weeks 2013
1.1

Features of this year .............................................................................................2

1.2

Greeting from the president ................................................................................3

1.3

Program pamphlet ...............................................................................................4

2. Websites of the Events and Activities (Date Order)
2.1

2nd Student Environmental Symposium on Sustainability in Hokkaido
University －Re-thinking about food consumption sustainability ................13

2.2

International Symposium:
Establishment of Sustainability Science in Asia .............................................16

2.3

Dangerous not to know the existence of your sleep bruxism and snoring .....192.4

International Workshop on Peatland Management:Future Aspect of Management in Tropical and Cool Temperate Peatlands― Harmonious and Sustainable Relationship with Nature............................212.5

STAND UP TAKE ACTION in Hokudai ...........................................................23

2.6

Under the Auspices of the School of Economics and Business
Administration: The 10th Presentation & Debate Competition of theSchool of Economics and Business Administration– Urban or Rural Life: Affluent Living in Hokkaido .......................................25

2.7

Library Exhibition: Open Access and HUSCAP－Provision to the World, Passage to Future Generations－ .........................28

2.8

Hokkaido University × JICA:
Japanese Volunteer for a Sustainable Society – Report from JOCVs ...........30

2.9

Special Lecture:
Striving to Achieve Sustainable Agriculture – Permaculture – .....................32

2.10

GiFT2013 －Global issues Forum for Tomorrow－.........................................34

2.11 Ride on an Experimental E-cart! ......................................................................40
2.12

Sapporo Clock Tower Salon:
Q&A with Members of the Research Faculty of Agriculture– Agricultural/ Livestock Products and Health ...............................................42

2.13

4th ESD International Symposium: Frontiers of International
Collaborative Education – Challenges Facing ESD Campus Asia.................44

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2.14

Seminar on Global Career Building
Hokkaido University Library Event in Support of Nitobe College ................46

2.15 Library Exhibition: What is Sustainability? ....................................................48
2.16

Hokkaido University – Finnish Universities Joint Symposium~Opening Session~ ............................................................................................50

2.17 International Symposium on How to Establish Sustainable Society andRisk Management in the Boreal Coastal Zone
－Biodiversity and Sustainability of Ecosystem Service ................................52
2.18

Health in an ageing society with a declining fertility:
For sustainable development ..........................................................................54

2.19 Analytical approaches toward big data flood of genetic information ...........56
2.20 CLARK THEATER 2013 ...................................................................................58
2.21

Greenland and Arctic Environment – Exhibition on natural environmentand glaciological research activities in Greenland ........................................60

2.22

1st Symposium on Regional Collaborative Projects Conducted by
Hokkaido University’s Research Faculty of Agriculture:
Prospects for Sustainable Rural Development based on Fieldwork– Successful Collaborative Activities Involving the University
and Local Governments.....................................................................................63

2.23 Invitation to Study Abroad Program: SD on Campus .....................................65
2.24 Media Cultural Exchange Project in East Asia:
Trans-bordering Media and East Asia .............................................................67
2.25 Public Program by the Faculty of Health Science:
Welcome to the World of Health Science ..........................................................69
2.26 International Symposium: Excitable Cinema― The Critical Force of Women Film ................................................................71
2.27 International Symposium: Towards a Safe and Sustainable Society― the Applicability of a Precautionary Perspective ― .....................................73
2.28 International Symposium on Environment and Energy: Towarda Sustainable Future – Low-carbon Society & Renewable Energy ...............76
2.29 The 5th Hokkaido University Sustainability Research Poster Contest ........79
2.30

Japan-Russia International Research Symposium:
Mysteries of the Russian Far East ― Achievements from
Scientific Collaboration by Hokkaido University ............................................82

2.31 International Symposium on Sustainable Campus Creation 2013 ................85
2.32

HURNAC Symposium: From Hokkaido to Africa

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– an Interdisciplinary Network of African Researchers .................................87
2.33

6th Annual Meeting of the Japan Ceramide Society.......................................89

2.34 Business-Academia-Government Collaboration Seminar: Developmentsof Geo-spatial Information and Future World V ― Impact of BIG DATA......91
2.35 Nuclear Human Resource Development Project:
3rd International Seminar Series on Environmental Radioactivity– a Scientific Basis for Environmental Remediation in Fukushima .............93
2.36

Symposium on Alien Species– Tackling Related Problems for Biodiversity Conservation ..........................95

2.37

Student Project: 4th Sustainable Campus Contest– A Bridge for a Sustainable Tomorrow............................................................97

2.38 Indigenous Heritage and Tourism:
Succession and Creation of Living Heritage ....................................................99
2.39

Symposium: Research Center for Economic and Business Networks– Regional Revitalization via Enhanced Amenities of / for Tourist Areas
from a Marketing Viewpoint ...........................................................................102

2.40 The 1st Hokkaido University Research Global Poster Contest....................106
3. Report of Sustainability Weeks 2013
3.1 Report Pamphlet ................................................................................................ 113