June 23~ Bob Stilger’s Notes on Japan #18: Nuclear Breakdowns Are Personal
It has been several weeks since my last note on Japan. Since then I’ve spent two weeks in Thailand resting a bit and offering the
It has been several weeks since my last note on Japan. Since then I’ve spent two weeks in Thailand resting a bit and offering the
Dear Friends, I just have a few more days in Japan this trip. I’ll be back several more times this year. Most attention is still
Dear friends, For two months I’ve been working in Japan on behalf of The Berkana Institute and New Stories, two nonprofit organizations based in the
I do love this land. Sitting on the high-speed train from Kyoto to Tokyo, tanbo (rice fields) covered with water glisten in the morning sun.
My friend Val, from Elos Institute in Brazil wrote me recently: I love your questions about what can be done right now, what are the
I was born 62 years ago on Friday the 13th, so today has been a “double” birthday for me. And it has been the concluding
Shikoku is the smallest of Japan’s four largest islands. Located a bit to the west and south of Osaka and Kobe, it is mostly rural,
Last Sunday I was to have traveled to Koriyama in Fukushima, but a bad cold was coming on and I wisely stayed home. Yesterday I
Many conversations continue about how best to support the unfolding of work here. I’m in conversations with an intriguing array of people and organizations. KDI
It was ten years ago that I journeyed to Zimbabwe for the first time. Today is the 40th birthday of my dear friend Marianne Knuth.
On the train headed back to Tokyo after almost a week in the Kansai Region. Different teutonic plates, different electrical grid. The physical disasters seem
Dear Friends, I’ve finally returned home to Kyoto. I’m only here for an afternoon and night before going to Nagoya for events and conferences for