Earth Day Tokyo 2008


Date: Sat 19th, Sun 20th, Tue 22nd 2008
Main site: Yoyogi Park
Aimed attendance: 120,000 people
Theme: Shift to green
Concept: The movement to make the world more greener.
Guidemap (pdf): Click here

This year, the mission for Earth Day Tokyo 2008 is to convey the knowledge and messages that have been learnt from past events and to develop positive impact to people's behaviour. Therefore Earth Day is going to focus on energy, food and agriculture which is essential to our every day lives.

Biodiesel, solar power and hydrogen are the main energy sources for Earth Day Tokyo 2008. Not only eco fuel like recycled tempura oil and bio diesel (which powers the main stage), but there will also be an Eco-Mobile - a green-energy powered car - in Yoyogi Park!

The talk show has guests who are the pioneers in their field, to discuss visions for a sustainable world and what we can to do make the world more green. Another highlight for this year is the hydrogen-powered generator, which is going to be shown to the public for the very first time. Live shows including a fair-trade talk show themed on peace and smile, will be delivered entirely by hydrogen power.

Restaurants that specialise in seasonal, locally produced food for local consumption (and therefore have low Food mileage) will gather in the Earth Day kitchen.

Aware of the fact that most of the rubbish at the event is from the disposable plates and cutlery, Earth Day Tokyo has started using Dish Reuse System to solve this problem and achieve zero garbage. Farmers and other food producers get together in Yoyogi Park! There will be a lot of natural, eco-friendly seasonal farm products available. This will be a perfect and rare opportunity for farm producers and consumers to talk face to face.

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