1995-1998

^{Eco - Volunteers}

	Who are we? What do we do? Why do we do it?
River Maps: Kofu Bonchi (basin) Fuefuki River Nakamichi-cho and Toyotomi-mura	Water Reports: Spring 1997 Data/Graphs GLOBE graphs
Related links:  GLOBE Japan GLOBE USA (mail and maps) World School Japan	What can you do?

Who are we? We are students and community members in Nakamichi-cho and Toyotomi-mura, in Yamanashi-ken, Japan who appreciate the land where we live and we want to improve it.

Spring 1997 volunteers at Tekinan Junior high school chemistry club; and 1998 volunteers at Nakamichi-Minami Primary School Earth Explorers' English Club; and Nakamichi-Kita Primary School Computer Club.

Why do we do it? We volunteer because no one else does it.  We also love the land and we know that it is connected to the world.

River Maps. In 1997, Yamanashi-ken began the River Network project to begin to digitalize maps and images of the Kofu Bonchi (basin) and streams. We include their map of the Fuefuki River and a map that we created for the streams in our towns, Nakamichi-cho and Toyotomi Mura.

Water Reports. Last year volunteers in the Chemistry club at Tekinan Junior High school made regular observations and readings of the pH and COD of the nearby Fuefuki river and steams flowing into it. One of the streams has origins in the mountains, so some students at Nakamichi-Minami Primary school checked the water there too. The report summarizes our findings.

Data/Graphs: Our current graph is just beginning for the 1998-99 school year.   We will include weather information and readings of the local streams and rivers' pH and COD.  We will use this information as a basis for participation in NASA's GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) program.   We participate in this program through Japan's Department of the Environment Kodomo Eco-Club.

• Help graph the high and low temperatures, rainfall, and cloud formation every day at Nakamichi-Minami Primary school.
• Help make community eco-maps including rivers, streams, bugs, plants, and animals.
• Think of something do do, and ask for volunteers to help get it done.
• Tell us what you want to do, or what you have done and we will post the information on our school bulletin board and on these pages.