Sea and Japan Project Public Relations Office The winning team “Kha Trio” of “Spo GOMI Koshien 2024 Hiro shima Prefectural Tournament” paid a courtesy visit to the Director of the Environment Bureau

[Ocean and Japan Project Public Relations Office] The winning team “Kha Trio” of “Spo GOMI Koshien 2024 Hiroshima Prefectural Tournament” paid a courtesy visit to the Director of the Environment Bureau ​
Sea and Japan Project Public Relations Office Press release: November 7, 2024 “Spo GOMI Koshien 2024 Hiroshima Prefecture Tournament” winning team “kha trio” paid a courtesy visit to the Director of the Environment Bureau Friday, November 1, 2024 “Spo GOMI Koshien” is an event in which high school students between the ages of 15 and 18 form teams of three, pick up trash within a designated area within a 60-minute time limit, and compete for points based on quality and quantity. The purpose of this event is to encourage people to take on the problem of trash in their towns and oceans as their own, by having fun picking up trash with friends as a gentle sport. The three-person group “kha trio” who won the “Spo GOMI Koshien 2024 Hiroshima Prefectural Tournament” held on July 25, 2024, visited the Hiroshima Prefectural Environment Bureau to report on their achievements in the tournament. I paid a courtesy visit to the manager in charge. This event was held as part of the marine litter countermeasure project “Ocean and Japan Project – CHANGE FOR THE BLUE” promoted by the Nippon Foundation, and planned by the Social Sports Foundation.
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Event overview ・Date: Friday, November 1, 2024 ・Venue: Conference room 201, 2nd floor, Hiroshima Prefectural Office South Building ・Contents (program): Meeting (17:30) ~ Photo session (17:48) ~ Interview with the environmental manager (17:51) ~ End (18:00) Comments from the Director of the Environment Bureau I think this event was a good opportunity to think about environmental issues by having fun picking up trash. It’s great to see high school students, who will lead the next generation, use garbage picking as an opportunity to engage in a wide range of activities. I hope that these efforts will become more widespread. Furthermore, I would be happy if not only high school students but also younger generations could participate and think about environmental issues even a little.
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https://www.spogomi.or.jp/ Activities: Operations necessary for holding and operating events related to Sports GOMI Koshien. Image
URL: https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/77920/3048/77920-3048-44d98d5d202416ad48e2c30a230bde8b-632×260.png CHANGE FOR THE BLUE As part of the Nippon Foundation’s “Ocean and Japan Project,” the 2018 This is a project that has been underway since November. We will work with stakeholders from industry, government, academia, and the public to create a marine litter reduction model and disseminate it domestically and internationally. https://uminohi.jp/umigomi/
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