Announcement from the Future Earth Global Secretariat on SRI2022, Newsletters, and the “Future of Washing” Initiative

1. SRI2022 session proposals are being called for.

The Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress 2022 (SRI2022) will be held in Pretoria, South Africa and online from June 20 to 24, 2022. More than 100 international sessions and events will be held to discuss the latest research and innovations in sustainability. Last year’s SRI2021 drew more than 700 speakers and 2,000 participants from 100 countries.

Session proposals for SRI2022 are being solicited. The deadline is February 5, 2022 (23:59 South African Standard Time). Sessions can be conducted as hybrid ones (with onsite speakers and online speakers included) or online. Proposals in Japanese are also accepted, and sessions can be conducted in Japanese.
Please see the details here (in Japanese). Your participation is welcome.

2. Newsletters

Future Earth publishes a newsletter every month. The newsletter is translated into Japanese, and the November issue can be read here. Previous issues of the English and Japanese versions can be read here. For the Japanese version, please access it from the Translated Newsletters section at the bottom of the Newsletter page. The December issue (in English) will be released before Christmas. We invite you to read it.

3. The “Future of Washing” Initiative seminar and blog

Seminar information

The “Future of Washing” Initiative, which was jointly established by Kao Corporation, the University of Tokyo Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), and Future Earth, has been engaging in a series of discussions that cross business boundaries and academic fields in order to realize a society where people around the world can live sustainably, cleanly, and comfortably. Since the forum in December 2018 to commemorate the launch of the initiative, the following five seminars have been held, focusing on sustainable washing.

Sustainable Laundry Part 1 – Perspectives on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Sustainable Laundry Part 2 – Perspectives on Water and Energy
Sustainable Laundry Part 3 – Perspectives on Clothing and Fibers
Sustainable Laundry Part 4 – Perspectives on Detergents
Sustainable Laundry Part 5 – Perspectives on Detergent Containers

Presentation materials and reports of the seminars are on the initiative’s website. Youth, academia, and business people have been participating in the seminars for discussions from various perspectives. Please visit the website and read the presentation materials and reports.

Blog

The “Future of Washing” Initiative has a new blog entry every month. In 2021, articles introducing the latest research and solutions to environmental problems from Anthropocene, the independent journal of Future Earth, were translated into Japanese and published. The blog covers a wide range of topics, including research on renewable energy and bioplastics, and research on science communication and behavioral changes in people. We invite you to read it here.