JAPAN YOUTH ENCOUNTER ON SUSTAINABILITY (YES) 2009
Hosei University Tama Campus and Mount Fuji Seminar House, Japan, 25 March – 9 April 2009
Applications Now Open! Deadline: 30 December 2008
ETHsustainability, the Center for Sustainability at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich and Hosei University in Japan are pleased to announce the opening of the application process for the “Youth Encounter on Sustainability (YES) Japan 2009”.
This two week YES course aims to sensitize participants to the complex issues of sustainable development in a global context, while exploring issues pertinent to Japan and the region, though course work, field trips, workshops, group work, discussions and practical learning experiences, combined with unique social and cultural activities. The unique program builds on 9 years of experience successfully running the Youth Encounter on Sustainability YES program in Switzerland, Costa Rica, Austria, Slovakia, Australia and Kenya. The YES course is a once in a lifetime opportunity for personal and professional development, an outcome reiterated time and time again by alumni from the course. This alumni group is represented by a strong network of 900 individuals from 91 different countries around the world who have gone on to be actively engaged in sustainability initiatives at local and international levels.
A total of 36 places are available for this course, with 24 places reserved for international applicants, and 12 places reserved for Japanese applicants. All participants must have a good working command of English, be between the age of 20 and 30 years, be currently enrolled at a university (either in the final stages of their undergraduate study, or at any level of graduate study). The entire course will be held in English and applications are welcomed from diverse disciplines and nationalities.
More information on the course is available from this website.
Location: Hosei University Tama Campus and Mount Fuji Seminar House, Japan.
Dates: 25 March - 9 April 2009
All applications must be submitted online.
The link to the online application form is available at: http://www.sustainability.ethz.ch/en/activities/japan.cfm
Deadline for applications are:
30 December 2008 (International Applicants)
14 January 2009 (Japanese Applicants)
December 29th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Sustainability is the headache of the world now and in my oppinion YES couldn’t have chosen any better topic than sustainability. I hope to contribute and as well as learn from this course.
December 29th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Sustainability, in a general sense, is the capacity to maintain a certain process definately. Sustainability applies to all aspects of life on Earth and is commonly defined within ecological, social and economic contexts. Due to factors such as overpopulation, lack of education, inadequate financial circumstances and the actions of past generations, sustainability has been very difficult to achieve.
Sustainability is the headache of the world now and in my oppinion YES couldn’t have chosen any better topic than sustainability. I hope to contribute and as well as learn from this course.
February 19th, 2009 at 7:34 am
sir,
please kindly send to me registration forms
regards
Mike
April 14th, 2009 at 4:23 am
I am sorry for not attending this programme in 2009 because I had not known it until now. I hope I have an opportunity to attend next year
September 24th, 2009 at 12:36 am
Am sorry for not attending for this program in 2009 I wish to attend for the next year . please inform me asa much as apossible.
Thanks
November 9th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
we are n.g.o NAMED GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT and based in africa( Togo and Ghana) .we will be very honored if we can be more implicated to this program.
we wish to attend to the next year programme and we hope that we will be informed as soon as possible.
BEST REGARDS,
JOHN JOHN
November 9th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
we have some students who will be very happy to participate to the program.
November 13th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Kindly advice on how to apply,the hyperlink you have posted on your Applications open!YES Japan 2009 page is outdated hence not opening.I would love to attend the course and would not want to be left out because of deadline technicalities.
Thanks
November 21st, 2009 at 9:44 am
please send me the application form because its not there in the site given.i would love to participate in YES JAPAN.
THANKS