2017 April to September

GEN-Japan
Gaia Education
Global Ecovillage Network JAPAN

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Welcome to GEN-Japan’s Gaia Education 2017
It is the greatest pleasure for us to meet now and share bright and hopeful perspective together inJapan, even if the world has faced the crucial crises. “We can trust our potential as human beings.” Allparticipants have been able to get aware of human’s possibilities through the program of the GEN-Japan’s
Gaia Education in 2017. They have started flying together, having people around involved on their sites,
towards the same direction.
Global-Ecovillage-Network Japan, GEN-Japan, thinks that there is no way for human’s future but theregenerative community building and network by people’s peaceful cooperation. But lots of people may
never think that such ways work well, because they believe that people are weak and unreliable under thehuge problems beyond countries. However, we think that it is the most realistic path to have sustainablecommunity by ourselves; expense is far less than any big projects by governments. This is not just thetheory but the reality. Countless projects through Gaia Education have been held by people in more than 45
countries.
In order to realize sustainable community building, GEN-Japan thinks that it is the essential key notefor people to have the true conversation interdependently. From this perspective, in accordance to themutual guide of 4-dimension Mandala, we have organized the innovative program on Scienz basis. Scienz isthe abbreviation of Scientific Investigation of Essential Nature + Zero; it has been innovated by Scienz
Institute through the research and feedback of 17 years trials of As-One Network Suzuka Community inJapan. Our program has worked as well as several projects have successfully adopted the method in Japan,
Korea and Brazil.
Why can such local movements be going to solve the mutual big problems on our mother earth ? How
can we link and make best use of our inherent local culture for the world ? It is one of the most innovativeand effective points of the Gaia Education course to organize local’s diversity along the guideline of the 4dimension Mandala. As the result, people can learn and get to know their local inherent knowledge forliving locally as well as living sustainably on the earth, not invading nor destroying to other local
communities. Especially for younger people in the depeloped countries like Japan, it is the crusial point tobe able to learn their community-based future.
Supported by lots of authorities and sites in Japan, we could realize the GEN-Japan’s EDE course in2017 after several years. Participants could learn the latest and most effective works of Japan
comprehensively. GEN-Japan thank deeply to all. Now is the time to start toward the happy and sustainable
world, based on people’s peaceful cooperation on each feet. Let us “Fly together“ with you !

GEN-Japan
Representative Hiroko Katayama

01 Course Overview ................................................................................................................................................... 01
01.1 Participants ......................................................................................................................................................... 01
01.2 Course Ryhthms……………………………………….……………………………………………………………….………………….… 01

02 Highlights & Challenges of each dimension ………………………………………………………….…………………………….. 02
02.1 Social …………………………………………………….…………………………….………………………………………………………. 02
02.1.1 Opening one’s true heart……………………………………….………………………………………………………………… 02
02.1.2 Quotes .......................................................................................................................................................... 03
02.2 Economic ............................................................................................................................................................. 03
02.2.1 Based on mutual trust ................................................................................................................................. 03
02.2.2 Quotes ……………………………………….…………………….……………………………………......…….............………….. 04
02.3 Ecological ……………………………………….…………………….……………………………………......…….............…………... 04
02.3.1 Over views ………………………………….…………………….……………………………………......…….............………….. 04
02.3.2 Quotes ……………………………………….……………….…………………………………….………………..................…… 05
02.4 Worldview …………………………………………………….…………………………….……………………………. ………………… 05
02.5 Design …………………………………………………….…………………………….………………………………………......………... 06
02.5.1 One’s Heart Condition & the Next Steps toward Sustainable World .............................................. 06
02.5.2 Quotes .......................................................................................................................................................... 06

03 Lesssons Learnt – Notes for Future Benefit ....................................................................................................... 07
03.1 Notes of our Learning ....................................................................................................................................... 07
03.2 How can human have corporate status and capabilities of self government ............................................. 07
03.2.1 Scienz method could cover “Worldviews and Social” Dimension ................................................... 08
03.3 Key trends from the Gaia Education Survey Monkey Evaluations ................................................................ 08

03.3.1 What participants thUsami ........................................................................................................................ 09

04 Summary of the Project ....................................................................................................................................... 11
04.1 Activities Participants intend to engage in, inspired by their attendance in the course ......................... 1105 Participant Quotes ………………………………………………………….………………………….………………………………………1205.1 I want to be a person who can be “weak”. By Misako Nakajima ………………………………………………….… 1205.2 I found the Big Potential to Listen to Others. By Hiroshi Usami ................................................................ 1205.3 Now is just the future, we have already enough. By Junko Kaminaga ...................................................... 12

06. Primary Lecturors and guests ............................................................................................................................. 13

07. Venues for learning .............................................................................................................................................. 13

08. Primary Staffs and obserbers .............................................................................................................................. 14

Wing/EDE GEN-Japan Gaia Education

Through the game of local currency at Fujino,
participants could learn that true economy is dependent
on each trust based on mutual understanding how theperson wants and give something. They could get toknow that people become to be free and encouraged,
when such economy can support people’s livings.
Community business model is the Lunch Box Company
of As-One Community, whose hand-made-daily-lunchbox is very popular and delivers to more than 1000
customers a day around Suzuka city. Participants could
learn such way of thinking and management asinterdependence between the community business,
local farmers, shops and city people.

02.2.2 Quotes
From participants: No need to make ends meet: Helpeach other and share each other
From faculties: Junnich Ikebe / Local Currency: Minus is
the result of bringing out the good part in other persons:Shinich Tsuji: Social anthropologist: Now is the
beginning of the end of Globalization; Local is beautiful

02.3 Ecological
Four subjects were covered but Disaster Recovery:

02.3.1 Over views
Participants stayed at a beautiful green building of
Shalom Community, a retrofitted old school building asa training facility of Fujino, and a renovated hall as the
Eco & Community Station of As-One Suzuka
Community. Those examples made them realize thatthey have already enough on their feet. As-One’s
farming company is a model to reuse of abandoned
farming fields. That helps local water management andnutrients cycles. Participants could learn that there arelots of abandoned fields and forests in cities, not inmountains, waiting to be maintained, while local people
are getting older. On whole system approaches,participants experienced practical permaculture designin Shalom, and they made maps on cycles of water,energy and food as grope works after study-tour.

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01 Course Overviews
On April 22nd 2017, GEN-Japan’s EDE had the opening symposium in public with municipal government
representatives of the Mie Prefecture and Mr. Giovanni Charlo from U.S., an e-learning and academic
director of Gaia Education at As-One Network Suzuka Community in South-West of Nagoya. GEN-Japan has
worked aiming to rebuild and visualize a strong network among ecovillages, transition-town, permaculturesites and individuals for sustainability since July 2016.
16 participants joined; university students to a 70s bodytherapist including a deaf woman. They could not
only directly learn from 10 out-standing pioneers like Shinichi Tsuji, Hidetake Enomoto and Masaaki Naito,
but also inspired deeply by their strong spirits.
By the innovative three-day or four-day a month format including weekend residencies and visits to local
projects and case studies, participants could stay to learn from three leading sites; June, Shalom
Community with beautiful land-scape by permaculture design; August, Transition Town Fujino with thebiggest circulation of local currency of Japan; April, May, July and September, As-One Network Suzuka
Community in the center of Suzuka city with 17 years history of urban-style community building, also as anexperimental site of Scienz ( Science + Zero ) Institute with the accumulation of the research on humannature and the social systems. (see p.11)
Six primary facilitators are well experienced; three authorities from universities and the Japan EDE of 2011,
three instructors of a college in the Scienz basis. We think the human relationship is the essence ofsustainability, it means the mind-set of oneness, or real heart condition for sustainable conversation.
Reflecting into each own self, we enjoyed growing as a team and exploring essentially on 4-dimension withparticipants. As the result, all of participants could realize, “We can change, as we are.” They have started
working together for both their mutual projects and the 2018 Gaia Education as reliable partners.

01.1 Participants
16 participants gathered from mainly western area of Japan, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and Nagasaki. Two university
students to 70s person learned together. Males 7 and females 9. A deaf woman joined using the special microphone
attached earphone for hearing aid. But her pronunciation is enough clear to join exploring and talking in a circle.
Their backgrounds were very diverse; two students with experiences of the voluntary some disaster evacuation support
or farming in the developing countries; house wives and several business persons leaving their work for the companies
to find the new way of living; some activists and leaders of environmental project groups; a radio programe maker forthe permacultural way of living, a free-writer of green magazine; a teacher and a nurse of the middle managementclass, and a bodywork therapist.

01.2 Course Rhythms
The first day, 12:00 acceptance. 13:00 to 15:00 check-in and exchange of home-works and challenges with breaks.
15:00-1700 visits with orientation to local sites. 17:00 to 18:15 free time and taking a shower 18:15-19:30 a night meal
and rest, 19:30-21:30 practical session. 21:30 social time.
The second day, 6:30 to 7:30 meditation, diaries, connecting nature, 7:30 to 8:30 a breakfast and rest, 8:30 to 10:00
lecture or practical group exploring, interaction with host members with breaks. 10:00 to 12:00 group work. 12:00 to
13:15 lunch and rest. 13:30to 16:00 open lecture and group session. 16:00-18:00 visits a local hot spring, rest and stay in1

nature. 18:15 a night meal and rest. 19:30 to 21:30 practical session. 21:30 social time. ( One more day for designing in
September).
The final day, the same schedule in the morning. After cleaning 13:30 to 15:00 final session. 15:00 to 16:00 reportwriting as the reflection.
And On-Line two hours or three hours group sessions were held between every monthly program, in order to help
participants not only to review and deepen the learning points, but also to keep healthy mental condition.

02 Highlights & challenges of each dimension
02.1 Social
All subjects were covered comprehensively.

02.1.1 Opening one’s true heart
Six months schedule with three-days-residencies a month brought big awareness to all participants; fear to others isjust illusion. They could recognize every person has different background inside each other, which is from culture,
history, environment of family and lots of condition. Through opening and observing deeply under such differences,
they could find their own true heart by themselves among people. Especially by the Scienz method, dialog with oneself and others made participants enough to realize how every person is interdependent in reality; nobody likes
struggling with others. People naturally like to live together. Their interest transited from the result to the process.
They could experience to open their true heart and have a conversation to start being together. They could feel a2

peaceful atmosphere among themselves even if there
were some feeling or emotion of antipathy before. In
addition to this, participants stayed at three different
sites, an open-style urban community, a beautiful
country site in permaculture design, and transition townsite. Those experiences make participants empower
naturally that people can trust people. It is the key forsustainable society building to respect and support eachother for making network.

02.1.2 Quotes
From participants: ‘I can do’ to ‘we can do’: We canbecome as one beyond differences by getting to knoweach true heart; Community for people; Society that we
can open ourselves in and build by ourselves .
From faculties: Yuu Mizuki/ NVC & Piano meditation: It is
the essence of healthy human relationship to connect
deeply with their own hearts at first.
Masashi Ono/ Scienz method, As-One Network Suzuka
Community: “Anyone can live as one!” Such transition ofview of society has been fostered. That becomes to thefoundation for sustainable society building.

02.2 Economic
The four subjects were covered: Shifting the Global
Economy towards Sustainability, Right Livelihood, Local
Economies, Community Banks and Currency

02.2.1 Based on Mutual Trust
The focus is how to build and keep the independentisland of local economy in the trouble sea ofglobalization. The essence of economy is not bymonetary exchange but affection. Participants could get
to know the challenge of a local currency called
YOROZU, which covers more than 200 households in
Fujino city. And another case is not dependent on
exchanging anything. As-One’s “SPACE JOY” is still for
certain 76 members, but participants got to know thepossibility that no one needs money for daily food andnecessities including coffee or alcohol or special skills
and knowledge, like a big family based on closeness.

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Through examination of their present living by EcoFootprint, they found their problems againstsustainability, and discussed on the solution. Anotherexample was the Urban-permaculture way of living in
Yokohama city, which encouraged participants becauseof its closeness to their circumstances. Their mostfavorite work was the cooking of wild grasses in Shalom.
After taking a walk to pick edible grasses by the guide,
they enjoyed together learning how to cook with theoutside cooking stove.

02.3.2 Quotes
From participants; I could become to have hopes for the
future. I was surprised at lots of things we have in ourcities. Kenji Usui / Permaculture / Shalom community:
we need to get to know we have enough. Atsuki Kuga/
faculty, vice representative of GEN-Japan: It is just thefirst step to get to know the real balance of our way ofliving. We need to reform our way of living to the right
direction based on the learning.

02.4 World view
All subjects were covered comprehensively.
The Earthrise from the moon, participants could see thishistorical photo and share their feeling on it several
times during the course. In the morning, they could write
diaries or take a walk for meditation. In the evening,they observe their true mind at hot springs in nature.
Through Scienz Method, participants tried to deeply
observe their true heart and find the essence to act
something. And they became to notice the internal
world was not isolated but as one. A faculty from WHO,
Megumi Hirayama, gave us the story of Syrian refugees
from her experiences. Participants needed to recognizethat Japanese social condition based on material wealthis supported by such refugees and wars on the earth.
Another faculty, Masaaki Naito, severely asked if you try
to make a community in practice as a lifeboat. It wasvery hard for some females to accept human’s realcondition on the earth. However, all of them finally
understood our possibility for our mutual future,
because we could get to know, even in the conflict areas,5every person really wants to express one’s real heart.
The youngest student wrote in his report, “First of all I
will become the person who can listen to one’s true
heart, not appearances and words, and then talkpeacefully from my true heart. I could learn the real
conversation in the program, and I will keep learning
more.” A faculty, Hidetake Enomoto encouraged them;to imagine has never been developed very well yet, andthe most powerful natural energy for human beings.”

02.5 Design
02.5.1 One’s Heart Condition and the
Next Steps toward Sustainable world
Almost of all participants have their own scene ofaction, and so they could refine each whole picture for
their future. By the way of “World Shift”, Tetora
Tanizaki led them to find the next step to realize that. In
addition, they focused on the human relationshipbuilding; it means they know how important each heart
condition is. When the time for presentation started in
the final day, facilitators did not call any names. Silence
was necessary for them. And then the first person raised
her hand and she confidently spoke aloud, showing her
picture in front. In the beginning of the EDE, this personwith an eating disorder hesitated to say anything, eventhough she willingly wanted to do something forsustainability.
She could totally change among
participants, finding out her own self and possibilities.
Not only this lady, but all of them could start getting toknow how to grow good teams, based on mutual
understanding; not the result, but the process.

02.5.2 Quotes
From participants; I could see concrete image. One who
really want to do starts doing what one really want to
do; Real conversation leads to build the new-mind ofoneness; Based on investigation of essential nature ;From imagination to creativity; To observe how it reallyis; Start small and expand it
Takaaki Kumakura / a faculty, primary facilitator / I havenever seen such atmosphere as all participants willingly

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Shinichi Komori / a faculty, vice representative of GENJapan: Everybody is different; Interest with shortage,
reviving diversity.

03 Lessons Learnt – Notes for Future Benefit
03.1 Notes of our Learning
Participants: How can we grow participants as sincere learners, not as guests? We need to review the way of taking
care of them; to realize what kinds of meals we will serve, to help self-time-management, to show the whole structureof the program, to definite the new term before sessions.
Participants: their self-evaluation rate of the final survey was lower than their reality. We need to encourage themmore to understand how they could change and have lots of possibilities during the program.
Participants: Several members want to support the next 2018 Gaia Education. How can we grow them as a team of
supporters?
Program : To make sure deeply each own purpose why they attend the program. It had participants be aware of their
To repeat to ask the reason into each self.
Program : To grow the program as the Gaia Education. Some participants wanted to add Art program they canpractice, although we had a piano meditation. We will review how to organize faculties with their subjects of lectures.
Program: Scienz method was examined in the program by the collaboration of well-experienced staffs with beginner’s
staffs. According to the open survey in the end, we could recognize that it worked very well for participants to open andtransit their heart. We will refine and develop it for any persons to make good use of it.

03.2 How can human have corporate status and capabilities of self government ?
It is the essential key for building sustainable societies that people can have their corporate status and abilities of selfgovernment in hand. In the Gen-Japan’s EDE program, we introduced the NVC and “the Scienz method” toparticipants. Especially we used the second one as a mutual method, because of its simplicity and the realities of themodel community buildings. In the end of the program some of participants finally started using it by themselves
without facilitation. The name of the Scienz comes from an abbreviation of Scientific Investigation of Essential Nature

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+ Zero, which has been innovated and developed in theprocess of As-One’s Community Building since 2001. Mr.
Giovanni Charlo, e-learning and academic director of
Gaia Education, reported on it after he joined theprogram in April:https://gaiaeducation.org/index.php/en/news-andarticles/470-japan-course-geeseinfo.

03.2.1 Scienz method could cover“Worldview and Social” Dimension.
We can say that the reality of society building is theconversation; even if people get peaceful awareness in
isolated places, problems generally happen in relation
with others. When we can have mutual understanding
with others from the bottom of our heart, we can start
realizing the sustainable social systems in harmony withnature. The Scienz method gives people opportunities tomeet their true heart under something attached. By
repeating of observations, listening to others’ hearts,
conversations and exploring what reality is from zero
position. Step by step participants could get to knoweach truth like nobody wanted to be against each other.
Gradually they become to look at their true hearts; what
“I “want to be with others right now. During the 6months program some participants got each opposed to
one another in free time. But they could succeed torecover as one in their circle. Some persons hesitated toopen their present state and ideas to others. But step bystep they become to understand they could express
anything, while seeing and listening to others. They could experience no one ordered or attacked on others. They
could have the mutual feeling to be supported each other. At the same time they experienced not only to respect
others, but to accept different ideas, creating a new integrated one to realize together in the circle.
In addition to this, it made participants encouraged that they could stay to observe directly the challenges toward thereal society, without hierarchy and any rules or punishment among people

03.3 Key trends from the Gaia Education Survey Evaluations
From the survey we could get lots of useful information for the next program.
Almost of all participants seem to be satisfied with the program, especially in Social and Worldview dimension. In
addition to this charts, from the open questions, their answers showed their satisfaction in these area. However theirself-assessment was much lower than their reality. We can say that is Japanese tendency, but by this program wewould like them to recognize their own possibilities. We willingly reflect this point and make an effort for the next

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program planning. They mentioned on the strength of the program, mostly by the Scienz method in Social andWorldview dimension like following.

03.3.1 What participants thought on the strengths of GEN-Japan’s program
Participants can touch and observe the leading sites: As-One Suzuka Community, in where individual is respected; notnarrow theory or consideration but to see holistically for designing the new societies; to see the challenge toward thereal society that has no hierarchy and any rules or punishment among people; people can observe and deepenthemselves; long term, small groups, having so much time for discussion among participants; there is the model
community where people are connected one another from their true will; people can get to know people can build aflexible relationship with no usual orders like “This is the right way.” ; we could build the real place where we all canconnect with affection, listening to one another, no one left behind; supported by proven leading sites and authorities
from all around Japan in the reliable networking; As-One’s 17 years experience is reliable; during long schedule people
can reflect and feed back to the next chance: wonderful locations and good organizations; building the new mindset byourselves from zero; good teamwork and networks well organized by warm staffs;

03.3.2 The chart
In this chart, the results of rate both of more than 94 and less than 80 are emphasized.
Personal Information
Nationality

All of them are JAPANESE

Age

Range 21 to 70, Average 48 years old

Gender Rate

Females 9 to males 7

Educational Background

High School 1 , Upon Secondary 6, Higher Education
11, Others 1

Overall Satisfaction of the program
6.1Course met my expectation

Average: 4.74 / 5.00

95 %6.2Course delivered what it advertized

Average: 4.16 / 5.00

83

6.3 Course was well organized

Average: 4.53 / 5.00

91

6.4 Learning Outcomes were fulfilled

Average: 4.47 / 5.00

89

7. I would recommend this to others

Average: 9.05 / 10.00

91

8. Overall quality of the EDE program

Average: 4.68 / 5.00

94

8. Organizers of the program

Average: 4.79 / 5.00

96

9. Quality of Ecological

Average: 4.53 / 5.00

91

9.

Economic

Average: 4.53 / 5.00

91

9.

SocialAverage: 4.84 / 5.00

97

9.

Worldview

Average: 4.79 / 5.00

96

9.

DesignAverage: 4.26 / 5.00

85

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10.Appropriateness of content of Ecology

Average: 4.63 / 5.00

93

10.

Economic

Average: 4.63 / 5.00

93

10.

SocialAverage: 4.58 / 5.00

92

10.

Worldview

Average: 4.68 / 5.00

94

10.

DesignAverage: 4.21 / 5.00

81

12.Facillitators of Ecology

Average: 4.68 / 5.00

94

12.

Economic

Average: 4.42 / 5.00

84

12.

SocialAverage: 4.72 / 5.00

94

12.

Worldview

Average: 4.79 / 5.00

96

12.

DesignAverage: 4.41 / 5.00

88

13 .Accommodation

Average: 4.21 / 5.00

84 %13. Meal arrangements

Average: 4.47 / 5.00

89

13. Meeting personal needs

Average: 4.11 / 5.00

82

13.Orientation to host community

Average: 4.35 / 5.00

87

13.Sense of connection with others

Average: 4.63 / 5.00

93

13.Suitability of host community for EDE

Average: 4.84 / 5.00

97

13. Health and Safety

Average: 4.58 / 5.00

92

15. Connecting with your personal learning style.

Average: 4.63 / 5.00

93 %15. Your participation in the development of the group

Average: 3.84 / 5.00

77

15.Group Interaction convection throughout the Average: 4.84 / 5.00
course15. Group-check in
Average: 4.00 / 5.00

9780

15. Appropriate balance of free/ structured time

Average: 3.78 / 5.00

76

15.Appropriate balance of practical exercise and Average: 4.11 / 5.00
theories.
15.General facilities
Average: 4.00 / 5.00

82
80

15.Learning classroom facilities

Average: 4.00 / 5.00

80

16. I received materials support I needed before the Average: 4.16 / 5.00
program.
16.The Organizing team worked well together
Average: 4.37 / 5.00

83

Site Specific Information

Learning Experiences

16.The Organizing team was accessible and acted Average: 4.53 / 5.00
responsibly

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91

04 Summary of the Project04.1 Activities participants intend to engage in, inspired by their attendance in thecourse.
A project leader has started rebuilding the relationship with his group members and his family. During the course anursery school teacher and a nurse have been aware with their own opposition to other people. They tried to listen toothers. And the teacher has become to try its running as the sustainable community business with their fellows andneighbors. Another green activist called the other participants to produce an educational project together, named “CoCreation, the Forest Story”. Several participants have joined and kept learning together on Scienz basis. And almost of
all members are making a team together, called “the supporters” for the next years EDE with us, like a big family.
Some of business persons quit their companies and joined this stream after the end of the program. Big surprise for us!
Their activities and voices are making us encouraged strongly.

05. Participant Quotes
05.1 I want to be a person who can be “weak”.
By Misako Nakajima (University Student)
What I realized through the Gaia Education Program was that I had always been trying to define who I am, by trying
to go my own way or labeling myself. And so that I can say,” I am someone very different from you.” or “You are you,and I am me.” However, I noticed that “I” am a being that cannot be disconnected from “you”. You make who I am,
and as deep as I look into myself, I came to understand this fact that we all share the same feelings and desire in thebottom of our hearts as an essence which is common to all.
When I first came to this program, my aim was to become “strong” enough, so that I would be able to clearly state
who I am, or develop some kind of skills; so that I can stand on my own. But I have realized that it is unnecessary to
become “strong” in the way I thought. Rather, I want to be a person who can be “weak.” It means that I can share / rely /collaborate and work together with “you”.
At the same time, however, I also want to figure out my role in this world. What can I do to / in this society /community, or how am I expected to become? For this, I feel need the strength to wait and see how it goes. I neverneed to be in a rush anytime.

05.2 I found the Big Potential to Listen to Others.
By Hiroshi Usami ( CEO of the NGO: Seven Generations)
My purpose to participate in the program was 1) to clarify what being would be for ideal society and the world, 2) tomake the road map toward the ideal society and the world, and 3) identify my role to play in order to achieve it. Finally I
realized that I had completely achieved all my purpose at the end of my presentation on “What is my community
design and what is my next step?” at the final day of the program.
I think there are 1) facilitators are wonderful leading persons for variety of areas, 2) locations are distinctive
communities with more than 10 years history such as As-One, Shalom and Fujino, and 3) learning occations are filled11with dialogs among staffs and participants during the course not only lodging together but also online meeting etc. All
those factors brings synergy on the course and results in wonderful program.
My key learning;
1. I found big potential to listen to others. Originally, I thought “listen” is to listen to what others say. In the
search program, I learned what others say is only the thought what others thought at the moment so that“listen” can be deepened with imaging what others feel or think in his / her inside. So “Listen” is not only tolisten to what others say but also to catch what others feel or think in his/ her inside.
2. Mr. and Ms. Usui taught and showed us their practice of Permaculture design.
3. Mr. Toya shared his management theory on his Share house based on culture of Transition Town.
4. Mr. Enomoto shared his spirit why he brought Transition Town activities in Japan to start in Fujino. Ms.
Koyama guided us varieties of the key activities in Fujino.
5. Mr. Shinich tsuji, Mr. Yu Mizuki, Ms. Megumi Hirayama, Mr. Masaaki Naito, Mr. Tetora Tanizaki shared theirbelieve at their presentations.
6. Mr. Ono and Mr. Kishinami from As-One and Mr. Kumakura from staff also gave their presentation.
7. Ms. Hiroko Katayama and Ms.Michio Kitagawa led our dialogs as main facilitation on a lot of search
program. Examples of the topics were what the base of Familiarity or Dialog, way of lives to connect withnatures, society for human being, creating society and so on. I finally started to think and imagine how I cancreate community in my living area. I join the community named Transition Town Kobe at a distance, so I
started to think to create
I also provided presentation with theme of “Our life and way of life connecting with global economy”. Finally I thank allof staffs and those who supported the program at back end. All participants and staffs become a wonderful, lifetime
friends. See you again!.

05.3 Now is just our future, we have already enough.
By Junko Kaminaga ( a teacher of nurserly school)
Before I joined this course, I had thought I was always right; problems were always caused by something outside. And
so I always tried to change other people. However, I took a part in the time to study on Scienz basis, repeating oflooking into myself, and studying with other participants, and step by step I became to form a good habit to observe
what was happening inside me. When I felt something uncomfortable on my site between the monthly programs, I
would share my story with others in the EDE program. Actually I never like my workplace with dissatisfaction 6 months
ago, but on the way of the program, I could get the awareness in such conversation, which I had never recognized bymyself.
My daily life has been totally changing just after the moment “awareness” came to me. It is my first challenge to findout my true heart. I have never been doing it and so I need enough time. However I decided to live on from the bottomof my heart, and little by little it has become clear to get to know my real heart at the moment. As the result, therelationships with people become more comfortable, not only with a fellow who has the same value, but also theperson who I wanted to avoid. Based on such accumulation, I have become to stay at the workplace on my own
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I am getting to know the meaning of “We have already enough.” Now I really understand that the same place looks
totally different because of my different point of view. Based on such heart condition, I want to change the world fromcompeting to sharing. And I want to build together the new world where every existence can be respected with those
diversity, no one left behind. I want to live sincerely moment to moment in the world where is totally enough; “JustNow” is the future. My way of such living is going to surely link with the person to person. I want to be a person whose
being keeps good influence to others.

06. Primary Lecturors and guests
It is the underlying note of GEN-Japan’s Gaia Education during six months that participants could keep practicing
exploration into oneself by the Scienz method for World view and Social dimension with primary staffs. In addition tothis, the outstanding lecturers conducted their latest presentations like below. Participants were much impressed
touching their spirits through their lectures.
Giovanni Charlo:Director of Academic andE-Learning of Gaia Education. Introducing“What is the Gaia Education?” and thelatest information of the 48 countries in
the world.

Shinich Tsuji: Cultural Anthropologist.
Environmentalist. Conducting culturaland ecological movement by Sloth Club,he focuses on Localization these days.

Hidetake Enomoto: Environmental
activist. After staying in Findforn in
England, he had been introducing
Transition Town movement and Change
the dream Symposium movement.

Megumi Hirayama: Based on her
experiences in conflict areas of Middle
East and Africa, she stresses thenecessity of Networking among
Autonomous and Community-basedsocieties.
Mikae Koyama: Co-representative ofTranstion Town Japan. She has
conducted the One-Day Tour of Fujino
activities since she moved there in 2007.

Masashi Ono: His group have innovated
Scienz-method through the research andthe feedback of the Scienz Institute. He
has supported the community building on
Scienz-basis in Japan, Korea and Brazil

Guests
Tetora Tanizaki: Director of the Worldshift Japan, Masaaki Naito: Environmental Science, Emeritus
professor of Kyoto University, Director of Lake Biwa Emvironmental Research Institute.
Kiyokazu Shidara: Director of Permaculture Center of Japan. Hirotaka Toya: Vice-owner of Share House
Yokohdai in Yokohama city. Ryu Kishinami: CEO of the Ofkurosan Lunch Box company
And some other experienced persons.

07. Venues for Learning*As-One Network Suzuka Community: Akoso-cho 14-28, Suzuka-city, JAPAN , 5130828*Shalom Community: Hodaka Ariake 7958, Azumino city, Nagano pref. JAPAN, 3998301*Transition Town Fujino: http://ttfujino.net/#about, Fujino, Sagamihara-city, JAPAN

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08. Primary staffs and observers
Hiroko Katayama (Female):The representative of Global Ecovillage Network Japan. A founder of
the College of Sustainable Society Building (2013-). Program Design andstaff on scienz basis.
Takaaki Kumakura (Male):A former professor of Keio University, graduated from Paris University 7.
Meditation and Gift economy. Art and Living.
Michio Kitagawa (Male):A staff. Graduated from Tokyo University. Networking staff after graduate
in order to create and grow practical platforms for sustainablecommunity building in Japan
Fumimi Satoh (Female):A staff and the desk of Gaia Education 2018
Atsuki Kuga (Male): An Observer. A professor of Rikkyo University.
Shinichi Komori (Male):An Observer. A professor of Tokyo Gakugei University.

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