Announcement of the Winning Teams of the “Green Blue Education Forum 2026” Contest

The Green Blue Education Forum Executive Committee (Chair: Noriko Ishizaka, President of Ishizaka Inc.), organizer of Green Blue Education Forum 2026 (GBEF2026), which is co-hosted by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan, is pleased to announce the winners of the GBEF Contest.

Under the theme “The Environment We Wish to Preserve, the Future We Wish to Create,” the contest received 46 entries from 17 prefectures across Japan during the application period from May 12 to August 6, 2026. Following the first-round screening based on submitted entry sheets, 23 teams advanced to the final round. After the final judging session held on August 17, 2026, 8 winning teams were selected.

The winning teams will present their projects at GBEF2026, which will be held on Sunday, September 6, 2026, and will also be recognized during the awards ceremony.

Recordings of the presentations will be made available on the official GBEF website at a later date.

GBEF Contest Results (Honorifics omitted; listed in no particular order)

Award	Team (Affiliation / Prefecture) Project Title
Minister of the Environment Award	Hakuba Junior High School SDGs Club (Nagano Prefecture) Passing Excitement on to Future Generations: Hakuba’s SDGs Partnership Connecting mymizu and Invasive Species Removal
Ishizaka Award	Sanda Shounkan Senior High School Science Club Biology Team (Hyogo Prefecture) Upcycled Crayons: Restoring Value to Unwanted Materials
Kayama Kogyo Award	Food Education Activity Team (Utsunomiya Hakuyo High School / Tochigi Prefecture) Connecting Food and Community: Building Sustainable Local Communities Through Food Education
Daiwa Lease Award	Youth-tachi (Ehime Prefecture) Reflecting on the Completion of the Uwajima Ethical Project
GBEF Executive Committee Award	Conservation Ecology Lab (Obihiro University / Hokkaido) Stopping the “Extinction of Experience”: Toward a Rich Future Where People and Nature Coexist
Encouragement Award	Asahi Inoue (Arakawa Dai1 Junior High School / Tokyo) How Can We Increase the Number of Native Fireflies in Arakawa City? Connecting Fireflies and Sea Urchins Through Water
	Insect Lab (Ito Tajima Junior High School / Shizuoka Prefecture) Creating Insect Specimens That Will Last for 100 Years
	Kawagoe City Fukuhara Elementary School, Grade 4 Class 2 Group 2 (Saitama Prefecture) Environmental Issues Related to Plastic Waste

Event Information

Date & Time: September 6, 2026 (Sun) 11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. (Doors open at 10:30 a.m.)
Venue:
Muromachi Mitsui Hall & Conference (2-1-1 Nihonbashi Muromachi, Chuo City, Tokyo)
For more information, please visit:

• GBEF Official Website
• Green Blue Education Forum 2026 Overview
  Ishizaka Inc. News Release (July 23, 2026)

How to Attend GBEF2026

GBEF2026 is open to the public. Those who wish to attend are requested to register in advance using the registration form below.

Registration Form (Google Forms, External Website)

• Registration Deadline: September 3, 2026 (Thu)
• Admission: Free
• Capacity: 250 participants

*Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note that attendance is available in person only. No online streaming will be provided.

About the “Taiken-no-Kikai-no-Ba” Research Organization

A voluntary organization established by businesses certified by prefectural governors and other authorities as providers of officially recognized experiential learning opportunities. The organization was created to further enhance experiential learning programs from a private-sector perspective. It currently has 21 member organizations and, in October 2022, signed an agreement with the Ministry of the Environment to promote and expand experiential learning opportunities under the Act on the Promotion of Environmental Conservation Activities through Environmental Education.
“Taiken-no-Kikai-no-Ba” Research Organization Official Website