Satoyama – Japanese Stewardship of the Commons

This Fall, the Planet Repair Institute was very thrilled to welcome Professor Toru Terada and Professor Ameiya from the Landscape Architecture department at the University of Tokyo, as well as Mr. Koike from Tokyo’s Department of Parks and Greenspaces.  We were honored that on the first stop of their first ever visit to North America, this contingent chose spent the day with us learning about our model of sustainable urban systems.  The group observed our permaculture design course for the day, and later gave a short presentation to our class on Satoyama – the historic Japanese system for stewarding the commons.

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