Hello. I am Eri, a writer for Shiitake Creative Goyou.
Today, in honor of the Sustainability category of Shiitake’s Japan Travel Awards, I would like to share with you my rediscovery through my real-life experience in Isumi City, Chiba Prefecture, a town of sea and mountains where I moved with my family this spring, and introduce environmental actions that you can start today!
Torrential rains have hit Japan again this summer, and the words “once in 50 years” and “highest ever recorded rainfall” have become common phrases in everyday language.
Wildfires in Greece and Turkey, floods in Germany and Belgium, which have never been associated with natural disasters, have caused many deaths. Today, too, the damage caused by the hurricane that hit a wide area of the U.S., including New York, is making headlines.

In this day and age when natural disasters and extreme weather events can occur anywhere and at any time, can we leave countermeasures to governments and corporations alone?

Naturally, it is important for the government to make rules. But we are also the ones who make up the government. In other words, it is essential for us to have a sense of crisis and take action to combat climate change.

Taking action on climate change at the individual level sounds complicated. But in fact, it is just a matter of adding a little ingenuity to our daily choices.