Joy and Tove - 2 sustainability focused consultants, advisors, educators, and entrepreneurs talk monthly about some of the sustainable businesses and projects on their radar effecting sustainability issues in Japan: finding a better balance for people-planet-profits in life, work and travel.

• 00:52 The Global Circularity Gap
• 02:12 What is Circularity?
• 03:22 Design to be reused
• 05:15 Creating open communication
• 06:28 Yoshihiro Takishita keynote speaker MINKA summit
• 09:13 Japan ranks 50th on the Climate Change Performance Index
• 10:40 Leadership & Paul Polman
• 13:22 Save Jingu Gaien - Rethink the redevelopment
• 16:40 Tokyo needs more green not less
• 17:40 Hiroshima park projects need to be paused
• 19:00 EV's in Japan subsidies and cost savings
• 21:00 Positive feedback loop for electric cars
• 22:50 Amnesty International Japan
• 24:18 REI Refugee Empowerment Intl Gala Event March 10 2023
• 28:00 Kinota Braithwait book MIO - support diversity
• 30:30 Thanks for joining everyone!

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= LINKS =

* Circularity Gap report 2023: https://circularity-gap.world/2023

* CCPI Japan's Climate Performance Rank 2023 50th (45th in 2022) https://ccpi.org/

https://ccpi.org/country/jpn/#:~:text=Japan%20falls%20five%20places%20to,very%20low%20in%20Climate%20Policy

* Save Jingu Stadium: https://www.change.org/p/save-jingu-stadium-protect-this-historical-cultural-asset-and-sacred-baseball-site-surrounded-by-greenery

* Save Jingu Gaien: https://www.change.org/p/protect-jingu-gaien-s-trees-rethink-the-development-plan

* BOOK: Minka: My Farmhouse in Japan by John Roderick

* BOOK: MIO by Kinota Braithwait https://www.learnwithkinota.com/

* FILM: MINKA by Davina Pardo https://www.birdlings.com/#/minkafilm/

*  @nytimes  New York Times article and video about Yoshihiro Takishita on  @YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uG-LuykjMo

* Takishita & Roderick MINKA article on Gwarlingo https://gwarlingo.com/2013/minka-japan-farmhouse-roderick-takishita/

* Yoshihiro Takishita article by Hawaii's newspaper Star Bulletin https://archives.starbulletin.com/2002/11/17/features/index.html

* 2023 MINKA SUMMIT in Aichi - keynote speaker Yoshihiro Takishita hosted by KOMINKA JAPAN https://kominkajapan.org/save-the-date-english

* LINKEDIN article by PAUL POLMAN https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/2023-can-leadership-levels-rise-faster-than-sea-paul-polman-/?trackingId=cdvsxIDdQRKrSTXdmdJkvQ%3D%3D

* Leadership to be focus of DAVOS https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/01/5-dimensions-of-leadership-to-address-complex-challenges/

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