(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) That's why in 2016 the Okayama ESD Project received the UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development for its 'whole city' approach to ESD involving schools, the government, corporations, NGOs and more than 260 groups of citizens, ranging from children to elderly people. Okayama City, population 720,000, is located in Okayama Prefecture, some 700 km west of Tokyo and blessed with long hours of sunlight and spared natural disasters such as typhoons and earthquakes it is a major producer of rice, vegetables and fruits. ESD begins in elementary schools such as the Fujita Dai-san Elementary School...
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