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For strangers Dec4 ~ 21/17:YVR ⇄ Japan

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Thank you for visiting this post in the blog!

This post is for people who come here because of my business card handed during my trip to Japan from Vancouver, BC.

I am curious how people feel about talking to strangers.  I appreciate if you can share your experience in the comment below.  If you do not want to share in public, please mentioned about it in your comment.  Your comment always comes to me first.  Your post does not automatically appear in this blog.

Thank you in advance!!

Talk to strangers activity – Dec 2/17

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Hi M.Ed. Education for Sustainability classmates and post strangers!

How was your experience to talk to strangers?  For some people easy to do, for some people not at all..

It will be helpful if you leave a comment how you felt/what kind technique you used/what kind of surprise you got/if this activity gave you motivation to talk to strangers and etc.

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Thank you very much for your participation!!

My first film (in progress) about loneliness & stranger

Don't be a stranger, Stranger Power, Sustainability Education, Sustainability Harmonist, Vlog
Who thought I would make a film/video by myself? Here it is!  I have one month to finalize this piece.  So, I appreciate your feedback! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hei7wn6UgsI&feature=youtu.be Writing a script itself took a long time.  Selecting images/videos also took a looong time.  Editing takes forever! I still need to work on this piece.  Making this film is clearing my thoughts about loneliness.  It is not easy to put together my own experiences and findings through interviews and articles about loneliness.  I believe loneliness is complicated.  Therefore, I could not  (still cannot) focus on one part of loneliness.  However, sending a message to audience effectively in the short time with film has a limitation to express everything. It is similar to writing an essay but making a film is not only word, but also visual and sound.  It is interesting for me to realize how powerful visual and sound affect people's emotion. I choose to share my own experiences because qualitative and narrative method can deliver my findings to audiences effectively.  My story is authentic and it makes people engage in the topic more (hopefully).   The goal of this art-based education is awareness of loneliness in public as well as promotion to do some actions in communities. My filmmaking & loneliness & the stranger journey to be continued..  Love you all❤️

♬Everything, including us, is a part of nature. Everything connects each other♫

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Thank you for visiting this “Collaborative Sustainability Education” blog by me, Hisayo, who is an international student of the Master of Education, Education for Sustainability at the University of British Columbia.

My interest in the education for sustainability is how education effectively changes society, especially, adults, be more sustainable/eco-friendly.  I think collaborative sustainability education – flexibly mixing different disciplinaries depending on the stakeholders – is effective. Every human is different and unique: even the same person changes her/his believe system and her/his priority for her/his decision depending on his/her different stage/condition of life.  Therefore, there is not only one correct sustainability education.

I appreciate sharing your knowledge and thoughts in this blog with constructive manner.

Everyone is a teacher and learner.  I am definitely a life-long student and learning something from someone and something in the variety of situations everyday.  We learn something in informal educational environment: I notice that most of things that I have learnt are not from academic setting educational environment.  So, the small thing that you think might be a big discovery for me.

Everything and everyone is a part of nature and connects each other.  Everything affects each other directly or indirectly, good or bad, small or big, you Iike the idea or not. Everything is part of nature and our existence is part of lifecycle.

My focus area is not only Vancouver, but also any urban areas where my heart is called.