Ask - conference in Tokyo

06.12.07

Sensory Trust, in partnership with the Association for Children's Environment, has completed a successful one-day conference in Tokyo, Japan. Entitled "Learning from Nature: environmental facilities in UK and Japan", the conference was attended by university professors and students, and practitioners from botanic gardens, museums, design firms, environmental groups, amusement parks, schools, local governments and disabled peoples' organisations.

Morning speakers included Mitsuru Senda (Director, Association for Children’s Environment), Lynsey Robinson and Stuart Spurring (Sensory Trust), Ko Senda and Hee-Kyung Chang (Association for Children’s Environment) along with words from participants at a workshop held at Shinjuku National Garden and from voluntary staff at a workshop at Jindai Botanical Garden.

The afternoon began with an introduction by Yosuke Shirakawa (Eden Project) and was followed by talks on the Eden Project and its role in creating environments for children from George Elworthy (Operation director, Eden Project) and Jo Elworthy (Director of Learning, Eden Project).

The conference was run as part of the Ask project. Ask is funded by the Japan Foundation, the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation and the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation.