Osaka Gas built NEXT21, an apartment complex in downtown Osaka with themes of the environment, energy, and living style, and is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Since last year, the complex has been holding commemorative events, with the final event this March.

As part of this, we will be holding a tour of NEXT21 on March 1st and a seminar by me, Yuri Maeda.

NEXT21 is an interesting building that is three-dimensionally greened, attracting an ecosystem of birds, insects, and other creatures.

Please come and visit us if you are interested.

 

Date and time: Saturday, March 1, 2025, 13:30-16:30

Location: NEXT21 (6-16 Shimizutani-cho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka)

Theme: Building homes that are friendly to people and the environment – through the grass roof movement

Participation fee: Free

 

Please select the event on March 1st from the URL below (Osaka Gas website) and apply directly to your email address.

(If you are a member of the Grass Roof Association, please indicate this in the field.)

 

https://www.osakagas.co.jp/company/efforts/next21/30th/#finalevent

 

 

It has been 30 years since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.

I think everyone spent January 17th with their own thoughts.

The Kusayane Society has been holding study sessions on the themes of building greening and the environment,

and next time we will feature the earthquake disaster, inviting three people who worked hard for the reconstruction at that time to talk to us and pass on the knowledge to the next generation.

Non-members are also welcome to apply.

 

Date and time: Saturday, February 15th, 14:00-16:00

Location: Kobe Machizukuri Kaikan 2nd floor hall & online via Zoom

Participation fee: Free

 

Guests:

・Minamide Kazunobu, who was the building superintendent of Kobe City at the time and stayed overnight for three and a half months to contribute to the rapid reconstruction.

・Masubuch Masatoshi, who increased the building completion inspection rate from under 40% at the time to 99.9% in order to improve the safety of buildings after the earthquake.

- Amakawa Yoshimi, who worked alongside urban planner Kobayashi Ikuo, who sadly passed away last year and was an advisor to the Kusayane Association for many years, for 50 years, and continued to work alongside disaster victims with the slogan “Let’s make flowers bloom among the rubble.”

 

Kusayane (Grass Roof) Research Group Vol.44

 

 

 

Date: March 26, 2016　14:00-16:00
Place: Smile Net Seminor room, Sunpal 4F
http://www.smilenet.kobe-sumai-machi.or.jp/

 

Flyer (PDF)

 

 

Date: February 27, 2016　10:00-12:00
Place: Nishinomiya city office 8F

 

TEL：+81-0798-35-3772
FAX：+81-0798-34-6638
E-MAIL　vo_SUMAIZUKURI@NISHI.OR.JP

 

Date: February 14, 2016　14:00-15:20
Place: Takaoka Techno Dome

 

TEL：+81-0766-22-2224
FAX：+81-0766-25-7773

 

Date: March 5, 2016　13:20-15:05
Place: Akashi-city Shogai-gakusyu Center 7F

 

TEL：+81-078-918-5076
FAX0：+81-078-918-5109
E-MAIL：taishin@kobe-sumai-machi.or.jp

>> Flyer (PDF)

 

Date: March 6, 2016　14:00-16:15
Place: Kobe-city Kinrokaikan 3F 308, Sannomiya

 

TEL：+81-078-222-0186
FAX0：+81-078-222-0106
E-MAIL：taishin@kobe-sumai-machi.or.jp

>> Flyer (PDF)