Series StraSS Business Trip Report

StraSS Annual Symposium & Meeting2012 Sep. 12-21, Burkina Faso

Shingo Tanaka

Burkina Faso - what’s the country?

Locates in western Africa.

The name of this country means places fornoble people.

Main industries of this country is Agriculture.But the country cannot support it population,many people go to other countries to work.

Official language: FrenchPopulation: 16,000,000Land area: 275,000km2

Climate: SavannahReligion: Local: 60%, Muslim: 30% Christian:10%

Sep. 12 and 13thOn the way to Burkina Faso

12 Sapporo - Paris

13th Paris – Ouagadougou

Dr. S. TanakaDr. G. MokhtarProf. TanakaDr. G. Ishimura Staff from other Univ.

14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st

Preparation SymposiumMeetingResearch

Morning Afternoon

Sep 12 (Wed) Travel to Paris Travel to Paris

Sep 13 (Thu) Travel to Burkina Faso Travel to Burkina Faso

Sep 14 (Fri) toSep 17 (Mon)

Preparation for meeting & symposium

Preparation for meeting and symposium

Sep 18 (Tue) StraSS SymposiumEducation session

StraSS symposiumResearch session

Sep 19 (Wed) StraSS Annual Meeting Visit 2iE laboratories

Sep 20 (Thu) Visit 2iE Kamboincé campus Visit Kamboincé research site

Sep 21 (Fri) Free time Travel to Paris

Visiting Schedule to 2iE, Burkina Faso

1. Preparation for meeting & symposium

○Finalization of schedule○Checking and printing of hand outs○Confirmation of items and price to buy, and payment○Sending up-dated info to invitees○Picking up invitees at airport

2. StraSS Symposium in Burkina Faso3rd StraSS Alliance Symposium“Sustainability in Education and Science: 　Which Innovation for a Sustainable Development?”Session1: StraSS programSession 2: Sustainability education; case study in Asia and AfricaSession 3: Sustainability science: a focus on energy, water, agriculture and eco-materials

Session 1. Introduction to StraSS program○Brief introduction of each affiliate universities (Representatives of affiliate universities)○StraSS : presentation of the program (Special Coordinated Training Program for Sustainability Leaders and Sustainability ‘Meisters’ program) (Prof. Tanaka)

Session 2. Sustainability education; case study in Asia and Africa○Overview of StraSS education and activities at Hokkaido University (Dr. Ishimura)○Community empowerment program at Gadjah Mada University (Dr. Suadi)○Sustainability education in UNPAR (Prof. Gumiri)○Sustainable Development as a driver in education programs at 2iE (Dr. Bagre)○Concluding remarks

Session 3. Sustainability science: a focus on energy, water, agriculture & eco-materials○Introduction Research and sustainable development in the South: major issues (Dr. Karambiri)○Eco-construction Waste and building materials (Dr. Tsobnang) Sustainable materials for construction (Prof. Yang)○Energy Energy efficiency in buildings (Dr. Coulibaly) The concept of Flexy Energy (Dr. Azoumah)○Water Water issues and solutions (Dr. Mokhtar) Water and sustainable sanitation (Dr. Sou)○Agriculture Sustainable agriculture in China (Prof. Ye) Suplemental irrigation from small individual basins (Mr. Fossi)○Concluding remarks

3. StraSS Annual MeetingSession 1: 2011-2012 activities and upcoming activities (by Prof. Tanaka)Session 2: StraSS Alliance: ToR, participation of University Gadjah Mada (UGM), executive committee in the following year.Session 3: Next ECOSUS, symposium, and meeting placeSession 4: Reports of StraSS education from affiliate universities

Activities in 2011-2012 and upcoming activities are announced.Confirmation of publication through frequent information sharing are requested .A follow-up survey on StraSS alumni are proposed.

Difficulties on financial issues, next secretariat, and exchange of credits are discussed. Gadjah Mada University was accepted as a founding member of StraSS Alliance.

Committee members in the following year are designated.

Place and date of next symposium and meeting is decided: Hangzhou in AugustTwo candidates of ECOSUS training are selected: Hangzhou in October/ Ouagadougou in July

Report of sharing lectures are presented from all universities.

Tips for smooth activities in Burkina Faso

A set of handout, pen, and notepad are presented to participants at registration.Working hours start around 8:00 morning.Coffee breaks are set in the morning and afternoon, respectively.Lunch break is 12:00 to 15:00. Almost all shops closed during the time.Working hours are finished around 18:00.Restaurants start from 19:00 in the evening.

4. Research for ECOSUS-Burkina FasoSep. 19 Afternoon○Watch Ameli’EAUR project PR movie　“ Tackling the issues of water management and sanitation in Africa”○Visit Water and Sanitation Laboratory and outside facilities○Visit of a social entrepreneurship project: FasoPro

Sep. 20 Morning (at 2iE Kamboincé campus)○Visit of 2iE Energy and Eco-materials Laboratories

Biomass Energy

Use of biodiesel fuel

Construction materials

Visit farmer’s house

This toilet has two holes: one for urine and another for feces.

They are collected separately, and after appropriate manage-ment, are used as fertilizer in vegetable garden.

Visit farmer’s house-2

Here is an equipment of waterPurification.

Wasted water is put from awhite or a half blue bucket.There are plentiful small stones.

Water through buckets, thengo through smaller stonesin a concrete waterway.

Finally clean water gather ina large blue bucket in a right down corner.

Stones in blue and white bucketsare washable.

Visit farmer’s house

A rapid economic growth are supposed to occur in Asian and African countriesin a near future.The Earth cannot support further conventional economic growth of these countries. We need to search a new style of development through education, especially toyoung generation.This is why we are sharing sustainability education with developing countries.