YES Japan 2008 International Student Programme
CREATING DRIVERS FOR SUSTAINABILITY
www.yes-japan.org
Hosei University Tama Campus and Mt Fuji Seminar House, Japan, 22 March - 6
April 2008
Applications Now Open!
Deadline for applicants from overseas: 17 December 2007
Deadline for applicants from Japan: 14 January 2008
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
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 2008
Youth Encounter on Sustainability (YES) Japan. The two week 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 8 years of experience
successfully running the Youth Encounter on Sustainability YES program in
Switzerland, Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe and Africa.
A total of 36 places are available in the 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 at
www.yes-japan.org and in the
brochure attached.
All applications must be submitted online. The online applications are now
open at:
http://www.sustainability.ethz.ch/en/activities/japan.cfm
Please forward this information to colleagues, universities, organisations
and institutions that may be interested. We appreciate your help to promote
this unique learning experience!
Sincerely,
Claude Patrick Siegenthaler
Prof.Dr.oec.HSG, Hosei University Tokyo
YES Japan 2008