{"id":11,"date":"2017-01-08T22:44:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T05:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2018-10-12T00:47:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T07:47:11","slug":"urban-forest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/urban-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Urban Forest :\u00a0 Vancouver, Canada VS\u00a0 Matsudo, Chiba, Japan<\/p>\n<p>Even though Vancouver and Matsudo are considered urban areas, their forests are totally different because of the climate, the level of development, policy, ownership.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the age group of the volunteers\u00a0 are different.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-11 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/zerowaste\/16174731_10154314251348014_6250483679401267808_n\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/files\/2017\/01\/16174731_10154314251348014_6250483679401267808_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-57\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-57'>\n\t\t\t\t@ UBC Botanical garden\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/urban-forest\/11696530_10153044932488014_2200404779378909461_o\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/files\/2017\/01\/11696530_10153044932488014_2200404779378909461_o-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-53\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/files\/2017\/01\/11696530_10153044932488014_2200404779378909461_o-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/files\/2017\/01\/11696530_10153044932488014_2200404779378909461_o-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/files\/2017\/01\/11696530_10153044932488014_2200404779378909461_o-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/files\/2017\/01\/11696530_10153044932488014_2200404779378909461_o-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/files\/2017\/01\/11696530_10153044932488014_2200404779378909461_o.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-53'>\n\t\t\t\t@ Stanley park \u2013 Special Invasive Plant Removal Team\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Please check websites that I have volunteered in Vancouver below:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/pacificspiritparksociety.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pacific Spirit Park Society<\/a> &#8211; Mapping (2015)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stanleyparkecology.ca\/get-involved\/volunteer\/volunteer-opportunities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8211; Stanley Park Ecology Society<\/a> &#8211; Special Invasive Plant Removal Team (2015)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/jerichostewardship.ca\/who-we-are\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jericho Stewardship Group<\/a> &#8211; Mapping (2015)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/treekeepers.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tree Keepers <\/a>&#8211; The Citizen Foresters training program (2015), Assisting plant sales<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matsudo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matsudo, Chiba, Japan<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Satoyama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u91cc\u5c71 &#8211; Satoyama<\/a> group &#8211;\u00a0 \u6a39\u4eba\u306e\u4f1a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Matsudo city, where I grow up, has been losing green area by development and financial difficulty by owners (most green, forest area have owned by private\/individual owners). Inheritance tax rate is too high for the next generations of the house to pay.\u00a0 The city does not have money to buy the forest.\u00a0 Also, the next generations work in the company.\u00a0 Some of them prefer to sell the land to realtors.\u00a0 Matsudo city is considered as a &#8220;bed town&#8221; of Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>I have been member in the &#8220;Juni no kai&#8221; \u6a39\u4eba\u306e\u4f1a, one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.matsudo.chiba.jp\/shisei\/toshiseubi\/midori\/satoyama_hozen.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matsudo Satoyama Ouendan &#8211; \u677e\u6238\u91cc\u3084\u307e\u5fdc\u63f4\u56e3<\/a> that started by the 12th <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.matsudo.chiba.jp\/shisei\/toshiseubi\/midori\/satoyamav.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u91cc\u3084\u307e\u30dc\u30e9\u30f3\u30c6\u30a3\u30a2\u5165\u9580\u8b1b\u5ea7 &#8211; Satoyama volunteer introduction program<\/a> (only in Japanese) in 2014 that initiated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.matsudo.chiba.jp\/shisei\/organization\/machidukuribu\/midoritohana.html\">\u677e\u6238\u5e02\u3000\u307f\u3069\u308a\u3068\u82b1\u306e\u8ab2\u3000\uff08Matsudo City Green and Flower Department)<\/a> to preserve the remained (limited) green area in Matsudo.\u00a0 A lot of members are retired but still healthy, energetic, and have tons of knowledge.\u00a0 It may win-win situation for both urban forest and the aging society problems in Japan.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-11 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/zerowaste\/14102841_10153900138568014_4556734393068888852_o\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/files\/2017\/01\/14102841_10153900138568014_4556734393068888852_o-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/urban-forest\/24910100_10155224253938014_2987147853847080778_n\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/files\/2018\/10\/24910100_10155224253938014_2987147853847080778_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/urban-forest\/24862256_10155224253928014_8550937146946008382_n\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/files\/2018\/10\/24862256_10155224253928014_8550937146946008382_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/urban-forest\/24862130_10155224127558014_1506283912601718584_n\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/files\/2018\/10\/24862130_10155224127558014_1506283912601718584_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/urban-forest\/24852325_10155224127498014_5300570697594270352_n\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/files\/2018\/10\/24852325_10155224127498014_5300570697594270352_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/urban-forest\/24796589_10155224127543014_3808027082351205723_n\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/files\/2018\/10\/24796589_10155224127543014_3808027082351205723_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/urban-forest\/24301471_10155224127668014_2910743374672269612_n\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/files\/2018\/10\/24301471_10155224127668014_2910743374672269612_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/2017\/01\/09\/hello-world\/13909425_10153841023603014_8352630959529402675_o\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/files\/2017\/01\/13909425_10153841023603014_8352630959529402675_o-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/urban-forest\/25532220_10155261720628014_513907954647999201_o\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/files\/2018\/10\/25532220_10155261720628014_513907954647999201_o-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.matsudo.chiba.jp\/shisei\/toshiseubi\/midori\/satoyamav.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u91cc\u3084\u307e\u30dc\u30e9\u30f3\u30c6\u30a3\u30a2\u5165\u9580\u8b1b\u5ea7 &#8211; Satoyama volunteer introduction program<\/a> (only in Japanese) is held every year.\u00a0 2018 is the 16th year.\u00a0 After completing the program, each cohort has been made their own volunteer group.\u00a0 The working urban forest is a particular urban forest in Matsudo city which owned by the private\/individual owner.\u00a0 The forest owners are usually old and\/or cannot manage the forest by themselves.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.matsudo.chiba.jp\/shisei\/organization\/machidukuribu\/midoritohana.html\">\u677e\u6238\u5e02\u3000\u307f\u3069\u308a\u3068\u82b1\u306e\u8ab2\u3000\uff08Matsudo City Green and Flower Department)<\/a> support matching the volunteer groups and landlord.<\/p>\n<p>The problem of the forests in Matsudo are not managed well.\u00a0 Some garbage (furniture etc. must be paid to throw away to proper places) were left by outsiders.\u00a0 Bamboos invade and disturb other native\/non-native plants to grow.\u00a0 It affects ecosystem (diversity).<\/p>\n<p>Matsudo city has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.matsudo.chiba.jp\/shisei\/toshiseubi\/midori\/openforest.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Forest in Matsudo<\/a> event every on the golden week (national long holiday between end of April and early May in Japan) .\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.matsudo.chiba.jp\/shisei\/toshiseubi\/midori\/satoyama_hozen.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">M<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.matsudo.chiba.jp\/shisei\/toshiseubi\/midori\/satoyama_hozen.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">atsudo Satoyama Ouendan &#8211; \u677e\u6238\u91cc\u3084\u307e\u5fdc\u63f4\u56e3<\/a> participates the event inviting to public to their forest to\u00a0 provide the opportunity 1)connect to nature in their habitat (land-based learning), 2)have experience in the forest (experiential learning), 3)make community within the group, with other groups, and visitors (youth to elder), 4)provide ikigai for the members.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.matsudo.chiba.jp\/shisei\/toshiseubi\/midori\/satoyama_hozen.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">M<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.matsudo.chiba.jp\/shisei\/toshiseubi\/midori\/satoyama_hozen.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">atsudo Satoyama Ouendan &#8211; \u677e\u6238\u91cc\u3084\u307e\u5fdc\u63f4\u56e3<\/a> does not have their own website.\u00a0 However, a young generation group (parents and kids), that uses one of the satoyama ouendan&#8217;s forest, has a blog and Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ameblo.jp\/stgakiyama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Save the Green Akiyama &#8211; Blog (in Japanese)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/save.the.green.akiyama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Save the Green Akiyama &#8211; Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, Chiba prefecture has a Satoyama group.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chibasato-people.jimdo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chiba Satoyama People &#8211; Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/chibasato.people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chiba Satoyama People &#8211; Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urban Forest :\u00a0 Vancouver, Canada VS\u00a0 Matsudo, Chiba, Japan Even though Vancouver and Matsudo are considered urban areas, their forests are totally different because of the climate, the level of development, policy, ownership. Also, the age group of the volunteers\u00a0 are different. Please check websites that I have volunteered in Vancouver below: &#8211; Pacific Spirit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30880,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30880"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":414,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/collaborativesustainabilityedu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}