Lifestyle Category

There are two subcategories in Lifestyle category:

* Please also refer to the Lifestyle Category FAQ.

"Eco Challenge!" Contest

"Eco Challenge!" invites individuals to share their ideas and practices for realizing eco-conscious lifestyles. Awarding and widely publicizing outstanding examples of eco-lifestyle that integrates environmental considerations into day-to-day living will prompt many others to adopt eco-conscious lifestyles.

From the businesses point of view, ideas for eco-conscious lifestyles may contain seeds for new types of green business. Thus, the "Eco Challenge!" Contest could also serve as a venue for information provision and marketing by introducing consumer needs to enterprises seeking green business opportunities.

→Eco Challenge! Entry Information

Eligibility
Open to all individuals
Entry Method
Submission of the entry form provided
Screening Method
1. Examination of entry forms by a panel of judges
2. Selection of Enterprise Award winners(s) by the company granting the award
Contest Judges
Yuriko Koike
(Former Minister of the Environment)
Junko Edahiro
(Environmental Journalist)
Takanori Minagawa
(Publisher of Lingkaran magazine)
Akiko Shirai
(Duputy Chief Editor of Saita magazine)
Prizes and Prize Money
Eco Style Grand Prize(300,000 yen)(1)
Eco Idea Grand Prize(300,000 yen)(1)
Eco Idea Prizes(150,000 yen)(2)
Enterprise Prize(s)(50,000 yen or a gift)
  - Eco Challenge! Dentsu Prize
Commendation
Certificates of commendation and certificate frames

Eco-Conscious Community "Genki Grand Awards 2008"

The Eighth Eco-Conscious Community "Genki Grand Awards 2008" (sponsored by NPO GENKI Net for Creating a Sustainable Society) will be held as part of "eco japan cup 2008". The "Genki Grand Awards" invites innovative community initiatives that protect local environment. Environmental activities that revitalize the community will be awarded.

→Eco-Conscious Community "Genki Grand Awards 2008" Entry Information

Eligibility
Open to groups working to build a sustainable society based on the spirit of partnership, including citizens groups, organizations, business operators, non-profit organizations, and network of groups involving local government. (Not open to individuals)
Entry Method
Submission of the entry forms (provided)
Screening Method
Examination of entry forms by a panel of judges
Contest Judges
Takashi Kiuchi
(Chairman of Sustainability Forum Japan)
Kimiko Ozawa
(Professor, Tokyo Gakugei University)
Sachiko Takami
(Representative of International NGO The Natural Step, Japan)
Ryoichi Yamamoto
(Professor, The University of Tokyo)
Miyako Matsuda
(Member of Japan Atomic Energy Commission, former Professor, Fuji Tokoha University)
Yuko Sakita
(Journalist and Environmental Counselor)
Hiromi Okazaki
(Director-General for Policy Coordination, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication)
Prizes and Prize Money
Genki Grand Prize(300,000 yen)(1)
Encouragement Prizes(100,000 yen)(2)
Special Prizes(50,000 yen)
Enterprise Prize(s)(50,000 yen)
  - Genki Grand Prize-Dentsu Prize
Commendation
Certificates of commendation and a gift

→Information on the past "Genki Grand Awards" Contests (1st to 7th Contests) (in Japanese only)