A Habit-Making Toy Keychain 1 - What's Cool - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A charity called the Sorabear Foundation, which adopted two fictional polar bear brothers as its mascots, is donating solar panels to preschools. Solar panels produce electricity without releasing the greenhouse gases that cause global warming and cause ice to melt at the North Pole, where polar bears live.

A Habit-Making Toy Keychain 1 - What's Cool - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A charity called the Sorabear Foundation, which adopted two fictional polar bear brothers as its mascots, is donating solar panels to preschools. Solar panels produce electricity without releasing the greenhouse gases that cause global warming and cause ice to melt at the North Pole, where polar bears live.

A Habit-Making Toy Keychain 1 - What's Cool - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A charity called the Sorabear Foundation, which adopted two fictional polar bear brothers as its mascots, is donating solar panels to preschools. Solar panels produce electricity without releasing the greenhouse gases that cause global warming and cause ice to melt at the North Pole, where polar bears live.

A Habit-Making Toy Keychain 1 - What's Cool - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A charity called the Sorabear Foundation, which adopted two fictional polar bear brothers as its mascots, is donating solar panels to preschools. Solar panels produce electricity without releasing the greenhouse gases that cause global warming and cause ice to melt at the North Pole, where polar bears live.

Science is filled with surprises and excitement! 1 - What's Cool - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A charity called the Sorabear Foundation, which adopted two fictional polar bear brothers as its mascots, is donating solar panels to preschools. Solar panels produce electricity without releasing the greenhouse gases that cause global warming and cause ice to melt at the North Pole, where polar bears live.

Science is filled with surprises and excitement! 1 - What's Cool - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A charity called the Sorabear Foundation, which adopted two fictional polar bear brothers as its mascots, is donating solar panels to preschools. Solar panels produce electricity without releasing the greenhouse gases that cause global warming and cause ice to melt at the North Pole, where polar bears live.

Science is filled with surprises and excitement! 1 - What's Cool - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A charity called the Sorabear Foundation, which adopted two fictional polar bear brothers as its mascots, is donating solar panels to preschools. Solar panels produce electricity without releasing the greenhouse gases that cause global warming and cause ice to melt at the North Pole, where polar bears live.

Local Action Heroes - What's Cool in Japan - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Action heroes that are active in a specific region are popping up across Japan. One example is the Suginami Sentai Irenja (Suginami Task Force Rangers) of Tokyo's Suginami Ward, the members of which are clad in red, blue, yellow, green, and pink suits. The mission of these heroes is to encourage people to conserve resources by using their own shopping bags instead of the plastic bags given out at supermarkets and convenience stores.

Expo 2005 Aichi, Japan - What's Cool in Japan - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
This article introduces the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan, a vast six-month-long event showcasing environmentally friendly technology and lifestyles for the twenty-first century.

Eco-Money - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
New local currencies to promote community and environmental conservation activities have begun circulating in several parts of Japan. While they can't be used to buy things at supermarkets, you can offer them as "payment" when someone provides you a service or earn them by helping someone else.

Waste - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A class of fourth graders at an elementary school in the city of Kanazawa has formed an orchestra using musical instruments made from items thrown away at home. Dubbed the Trash Recycling Orchestra, the 28 schoolchildren in the class performed in front of elderly residents living in their neighborhood in late October.

Species - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
As part of an initiative to preserve endangered animal species, zoos in Japan and around the world have launched a program of lending animals to one another for breeding purposes.

Plants - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A researcher in Ibaraki Prefecture has developed a system that can "hear" what plants are saying. The messages sent by the plants are being used to determine when and how much to water them.

Butterfly - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Third graders in Okinawa Prefecture caught a butterfly that had been marked and released in Nagano Prefecture, some 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) away. It was the first time that a marked butterfly had been recaptured after traveling such a long distance.

Waves - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
The ocean's waves are regarded as a clean and environmentally friendly source of electricity. In September 1998 the Japan Marine Science and Technology Center started testing a floating power plant that uses waves to generate electricity. The plant, nicknamed "Mighty Whale," was jointly developed by the center and the Science and Technology Agency. Data collected from the experimental facility will be used to build a number of similar plants in the future.

Monkey - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A film documenting the life and death of Mozu, a female Japanese monkey that raised her offspring despite having impaired hands and legs, was recently completed and shown to the public.

Hippo - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A zoo in Osaka has posted a message on its Website and has sent e-mail notes to other zoos around the world asking them for help in finding a bride for a male hippopotamus named Tetsuo.

Pok�mon Center Tokyo 1 - What's Cool - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A charity called the Sorabear Foundation, which adopted two fictional polar bear brothers as its mascots, is donating solar panels to preschools. Solar panels produce electricity without releasing the greenhouse gases that cause global warming and cause ice to melt at the North Pole, where polar bears live.

Pok�mon Center Tokyo 1 - What's Cool - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A charity called the Sorabear Foundation, which adopted two fictional polar bear brothers as its mascots, is donating solar panels to preschools. Solar panels produce electricity without releasing the greenhouse gases that cause global warming and cause ice to melt at the North Pole, where polar bears live.

Solar Panels for Preschools 1 - What's Cool - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A charity called the Sorabear Foundation, which adopted two fictional polar bear brothers as its mascots, is donating solar panels to preschools. Solar panels produce electricity without releasing the greenhouse gases that cause global warming and cause ice to melt at the North Pole, where polar bears live.