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Kenji Amioka: „We have to change our way of life, that is a historical mission.“
A windmill and the historical furnace in the Yagata-Higashihida area show history and present.
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Sustainability: made in Japan
Kitakyushu, 800 kilometers south of Tokyo, was the birthplace of Japan´s heavy industry. In the last decades it changed from one of the most polluted cities to a „Green City“. 193 member states of the United Nations pledged to follow the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for sustainability in economy, society and enviroment. Kitakyushu plays a role model. A story for change, the magazine of the Bertelsmann Foundation. Written by Sonja Blaschke.
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The seventeen SDG goals are presented at the main entrance of the Kitakyushu city hall.
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Junior high shoolgirls at a workshop at Yaskawa robotics.
At Yaskawa there is hope that „it should be normal to see women engineers at work"
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Girls in traditional clothings during the famous „Kokura Gion Matsuri“ in Kitakyushu.
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„Eco roof“ with solar panels supplies the Uomachi Gintengai shooping streets with electricity.
Part of SDG #11 for sustainable cities and communities.
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Performer at a city festival.
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Children in need can get food and mental support at the „Children´s canteen“.
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Yukari Ueda and Mieko Masuo are managing the SDG projects in Kitakyushu.
They work in the city hall which is seen in the back.
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Free medical checkup for senior citizens at a neighbourhood center.
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Noriaki Seki helps elder citizens to follow their personal dreams at the „Yume Center“.
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City of Kitakyushu
It changed from highly polluted industrial city to Japan´s "Green City".