The executive committee will hold a kick-off rally on Saturday, May 2017, 5 at the Tohoku University Tokyo Branch in Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. By burning biomethane made from food waste at the 13 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics as a torch, we aim to express our gratitude to the people of the world who cooperated in the recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake.

 The executive committee is organized by Associate Professor Chika Tada of Tohoku University Graduate School of Agriculture and environmental groups.At the kick-off rally, Associate Professor Tada will report on the efforts made so far, and Yoshiyasu Okaba, the secretary general of the Biogas Business Promotion Council, will announce the efforts nationwide for biogas production and activities to recycle food waste.
At the same time, we plan to introduce a video letter from children in Minamisoma City, Fukushima Prefecture, who were seriously damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake.

 Associate Professor Tada has been promoting experiential learning to make biogas from food waste to children all over the country, communicating the importance of environmental education and food, and focusing on building a sustainable society. rice field.To further promote this activity, we decided to hold a kick-off rally.

 The executive committee will also appeal this activity to the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympics and Paralympics, and request that everyone adopt a mechanism that allows them to participate.

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