Announcement of the winning teams of the Green Blue Education Forum competition

The final presentation competition for the Green Blue Education Forum Competition, organized by the Green Blue Education Forum Executive Committee, an offshoot of the Experience Opportunity Research Organization, whose secretariat is Ishizaka Sangyo, was held on November 30th.

We are pleased to announce that the winning teams have been selected in three age-specific divisions, ranging from elementary school students to graduate students (ages 6-25). The Green Blue Education Forum Competition, co-hosted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the Ministry of the Environment, aims to discover leaders who will play an active role in creating a sustainable society by selecting and awarding outstanding proposals from young people on the theme of “The environment we want to protect and the future we want to create.”
On November 30th, the nine teams that passed the first round of judging gathered at the Keidanren Kaikan Building to give creative and original presentations, and the Grand Prize, Excellence Prize, Encouragement Prize, and other awards were decided as follows.

Green Blue Education Forum Presentation Competition Results

Grand Prize

U-25 Division (college, junior, graduate, and vocational school students)

Wasabi Ambassador Team (Showa Women’s University Leaders Academy)

U-18 Division (Junior High School and High School Students)

Hokkaido Shihoro High School Environmental Major Group (Hokkaido Shihoro High School)

U-12 category (elementary school students)

Nagasaki Global Junior Innovators (Shin Mirai Juku)

Excellence Award

U-25 Division (college, junior, graduate, and vocational school students)

Ecorudo Kyoto University (Kyoto University)

U-18 Division (Junior High School and High School Students)

Ametrine (Shizuoka Prefectural Mishima Kita High School)

U-12 category (elementary school students)

Smiling Friends, 2nd Grade (Kamiuchi Elementary School, Omuta City)

Encouragement Award

U-25 Division (college, junior, graduate, and vocational school students)

Sandwich (Soka University)

U-18 Division (Junior High School and High School Students)

Tapiru 2.0 (Tokyo Metropolitan Fuji High School)

U-12 category (elementary school students)

Three players desperately defending their team (Sasebo City Gion Elementary School)

<Green Blue Education Forum Executive Committee Special Award>

Ocean Lovers (Kansai Gakuin Senri International Junior High School)

<Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award>

Nagasaki Global Junior Innovators (Shin Mirai Juku)

<Minister of the Environment Award>

Hokkaido Shihoro High School Environmental Major Group (Hokkaido Shihoro High School)

<Asahi Logistics Award>

Ecorudo Kyoto University (Kyoto University)

<Daiwa Lease Award>

Sandwich (Soka University)

Please refer to the attached sheet for details of each award.

*What is the Green Blue Education Forum?

This competition is run by the Green Blue Education Forum Research Institute. It promotes the dissemination and awareness-raising activities of the Green Blue Education Forum. It is comprised of organizations certified as “Green Blue Education Forums” under the Environmental Education Promotion Act, as well as companies and organizations that share and support the philosophy of experiential environmental education.
In today’s world, where environmental, economic, and social issues are intricately intertwined, ESD and environmental education initiatives based on the SDGs are more necessary than ever to realize a sustainable society. The Green Blue Education Forum decided to host this competition as a way for the young generation who will lead the future to proactively identify and consider issues, compile solutions, and widely communicate them in order to eliminate inequity between them and future generations. It aims to provide an opportunity for them to experience the joy of learning, thinking, and communicating.
Through this competition, we aim to discover and develop leaders who have a strong desire to change the world and who are equipped with imagination, critical thinking, judgment, and expressiveness.

• Award Attachment