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Aquaponics for Tohoku is our community initiative to promote aquaponics as a viable alternative farming and aquaculture method in Tohoku, as well as donating micro aquaponics systems to local schools in this area.
This PDF explains the work that we are doing and what we are trying to achieve. It also outlines the AquaponicsforSchools initiative and how you can assist with that.
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Johokiko is one of the leading seminar producers in Japan, with a significant number of diverse seminars arranged and managed on a yearly basis. Japan Aquaponics had been contacted to present an aquaponics seminar to businessmen from various industries.
The first seminar was well attended, but of particular interest was a couple of businessmen from Fukushima whose factory had been destroyed after the earthquake. They were looking at alternative businesses to set up alongside their current business, and they were very interested in how aquaponics could be integrated successfully.
This is an article written by Ginger Vaughn, a freelance writer and all-round eco-sustainability guru, and it was featured in the influential EURObiZ magazine printed in Japan. EURObiZ Japan is a monthly magazine about trade and investment from Europe to Japan.
As well as being distributed to members of the European Business Council in Japan, an organisation consisting of 17 European national chambers of commerce, this business magazine is sent to an additional 2,500-plus European companies and individuals representing a broad range of industries, and to influential members of various non-European companies and European governmental bodies in Japan and Europe.
We woke up on Saturday morning and were looking through some blogs when we found that our DIY Micro Aquaponics system had been featured on Lifehacker... a blog with a readership numbering in the millions!
At the last count we saw that some 22,500 people had viewed the post, and hits on the video and our website ran into 10's of thousands. What a great way to start the weekend and to know that many people across the world may be making their first aquaponics systems thanks to this video and the post by Lifehacker.
In March of 2012 we installed a bespoke aquaponics system into the elementary school of Yokohama International School. The school have now posted a video showing one of the classes undertaking an independent enquiry as to why some of the fish seemed to be dying in the aquaponics system.
This video is really fantastic, and the work that the children are doing, almost entirely on their own, is really amazing, so please do take a look at their video.
Aragon St-Charles wrote an article that was featured in the influential online blog 'Seedstock' - a site dedicated to introducing new and emergent technology in the field of agriculture. The article highlighted some of the difficulties and challenges of agriculture in Japan today, and changing consumer attitudes.
The article goes on to show how the time could be right for aquaponics to make its entrance to Japan and how it could be made to work. Please do take a look at this article on the website, as well as the many other very interesting articles there.
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Seedstock
March 2012
AquaponicsforTohoku - Fundraiser in Tokyo
On March 27th Japan Aquaponics held an awareness and fund-raising event in central Tokyo to promote aquaponics, and to discuss how aquaponics could be used in Tohoku.
The event was attended by a variety of individuals with all different backgrounds, but a genuine interest in aquaponics. Some were from a hydroponics background who are looking to move into aquaponics, others just interested in agriculture and sustainable issues. There were many questions and some very interesting discussions about aquaponics and everyone was extremely positive about the event.
In March this year Japan Aquaponics was invited to Yokohama International School to talk about aquaponics to about 6 classes which was nearly 100 students and staff. The elementary school children in particular were really excited about aquaponics and loved seeing the fish playing in the micro aquaponics system that we brought to the school. They quickly understood the ideas of aquaponics and how it fits in with the environment and ecosystems.
Japan Aquaponics is looking forward to working with the school as we design and build their very own aquaponics system to be placed prominently in the elementary school in April.
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"The Organic View" on blogtalkradio usually has approximately 1 million listeners on the internet, and on February 7th they interviewed Sylvia Bernstein, one of the most well know proponents of aquaponics globally.
During the interview Sylvia discusses projects around the world and she mentioned the work that Japan Aquaponics is doing in Tohoku to help the local communities there after last year's earthquake. Japan Aquaponics is proud to note that Sylvia was a guest speaker at our recent event:
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Feb 2012
blogtalkradio discusses Aquaponics with Sylvia Bernstein
