After their gruelling journey from of over 15,000 kilometres by rail, sea and bicycle from Europe to Kyoto, the Climate Train Travellers have immersed themselves in a hectic round of campaigning and networking with conference delegates and other activists during the first week of the Climate Change Conference.
Official meetings take place in the adjacent main building.
On one level, local awareness of a need to minimise emissions and to conserve resources seems to be widespread. When you f lush the toilet, the cistern refills from a tap which first flows into the basin so that you can wash your hands, then on down into the cistern. That way the water can be used twice. Far from being penalised for this damage, the organisation was granted yet another permit for further development in 1989. The Kyoto citizens are noww clubbing money together to sue the City government and the Nakasan Company.