Sotokoto NGO issue


The magazine Sotokoto is always good, but the March issue is exceptional. Over 100 NGOs and NPOs are listed with photos and information about their activities in the fields of environmental protection, local activism, food and farming, as well as support for developing countries. Plus interviews. Do find it in your local bookshop and have a look.

I'm impressed.

Kazumi Oguro, editor of Sotokoto magazine, has said: “Eco-conscious is a new fashion. Thinking about the global environment used to be constrained, but now, all people have become aware that it is quite enjoyable.”

Kazumi Oguro notes that his magazine is for people who feel there is something strange about our modern lifestyles. That doesn't mean he wants to turn back to clock. When Sotokoto talks about "Slow life" or countryside living, it also wants to present a modern, advanced perspective, according to Oguro. As an editor, he emphasizes that he likes novelty. But the point of Sotokoto is to stop for a moment and take a second look at the foot, as it is about to take another step forward...


(Photo from Ecobeing)

Comments

Pandabonium said…
I like the concept of "slow life". It reminds me of some of the writings of Thich Nhat Hahn, particularly his book "The Miracle of Mindfulness" in which he describes how to be mindful of everything we do in life.

Indeed, if we are not mindful of all we do, have we really experienced it?
10:30 pm, February 15, 2008
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