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Contests with Environmental Themes for Elementary,
Junior High and High School Students
During the summer holidays every year, Benesse Corporation conducts participatory contests for students from the fifth grade of elementary school to junior high and high school. Students are asked to submit reports and short essays about environmental themes. The goal is to provide them with an opportunity to think about the environment. In fiscal 2010, there were 5,716 submissions, up 544, or 10%, from the previous year. In March 2011, four junior high school student winners were invited to visit the islands of the Seto Inland Sea. The contest winners toured the islands of Teshima, where the illegal dumping of industrial waste has caused problems, and Naoshima, where final waste disposal is being carried out. The field trip provided a valuable opportunity for the students to observe their environment, with one participant noting after the tour: “I’m going to start looking after the environment through small daily things, like saving electricity.”
The ecolo project 
(Japanese only)
Benesse Receives a Prize in the Environmental Education Category
of the Environmental goo Awards
“Ecostudy Highschool Students’ Environmental Research Lab” (Japanese only)
The “Ecostudy Highschool Students’ Environmental Research Lab,” an environmental education website for high school students, won a prize in the Environmental Education category of the Fiscal 2010 Environmental goo Awards* held by NTT Resonant Inc. The website was launched in fiscal 2009 to give high school students the opportunity to increase their awareness of environmental issues, consider these issues carefully and take action. The website provides a chance for students to learn about the realities surrounding the environment and experience what it might be like to directly face an environmental issue onsite. The website content has been continuously upgraded since it was opened. This prize recognized the website’s content, which is interesting even for adults to read, and the website’s attractive and easily understood design.
* An award for websites about environmental preservation, or websites created by companies, groups and other organizations engaged in social contribution activities. The award is designed to help spread information about eco-friendly living among consumers, corporate environmental preservation activities and similar topics
The Berlitz Green Campaign Under Way
Berlitz Brazil has adopted the “Berlitz Green” logo and is conducting a campaign to promote environmental protection activities across all its business activities. The campaign has included such measures as drastically reducing paper consumption and paper cup usage at language centers and offices. A similar campaign is being run in the United States.
