The Winners of the ESD Okayama Award 2024

Okayama City and the ESD Okayama Award Steering Board are pleased to announce the winners of the ESD Okayama Award 2024.

This year, 267 applications from 70 countries, highest numbers in the Award history, were received.  Out of these, 12 finalists were selected in the first round of selection, and two projects were selected as winners in the final round of selection.   

The ESD Okayama Award ceremony will be held as the first part of the Okayama ESD Forum in Okayama city, Japan, on November 23rd, 2024.  The representatives of the Award-winning organizations will be invited to Okayama city to make a presentation about their projects.

The details of the two projects / organizations are as follows:

Huayo Method: Experiential learning for children in the Peruvian Amazon based on the use of oral traditions, art, and positive engagement with the forest to promote conservation and sustainable use of the ecosystem in the context of climate change.

Amazon Forever（Republic of Peru）

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Amazon Forever is a non-profit organization based in Iquitos, Peru; since 2016, it has developed educational programs on biodiversity and sustainable development that encourage the local community, especially children, to engage in the conservation of the Amazon. The Amazon is crucial to the global climate balance, but there is a lack of adequate environmental education, putting the ecosystem at risk.  To tackle this problem, the "Huayo Method" (Huayo = fruit in Quechua) was created. It is an innovative approach that combines inspiring stories, playful activities, and direct contact with nature, respecting local knowledge transmission and the connection with the forest. Its aims are to provide comprehensive and contextualized environmental education to children in the Amazon, to train teachers, and to promote sustainable awareness and practices among the population.

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【Photos by Amazon Forever】

The Global Goals Centre – Sparks Bristol

The Global Goals Centre（United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland）

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Global Goals Centre, located in Bristol in the UK, is a vibrant education and arts centre where visitors can shop sustainably, recycle, and explore what a more equitable future might look like. Sparks Bristol has revitalised an old department store and transformed it into a community hub offering sustainable, accessible, and innovative solutions to the current climate emergency and cost-of-living crisis.  It has had about 750,000 visitors since opening in 2023.  Collaborating with artists, educators, local organizations, universities and local communities, it has provided educational workshops and activities for children and youth on topics such as repairing and reusing clothes instead of fast fashion, affordable travel, and green entrepreneurship to explore how sustainability can be incorporated into new business ideas.

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