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PEACE BOAT  US JOINEDTHE RIO+20 UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABILITY IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRASIL   ( JUNE 16 - 23, 2012 ) 

EVENT ON JUNE 18 
Supported by: FoE Japan
This event aims to deliver the direct voices of the people of Fukushima, providing the participants with opportunities to not only learn the reality of what is currently happening in Japan, but also to think of what it takes to build a sustainable future.
This event aims to deliver the direct voices of the people of Fukushima, providing the participants with opportunities to not only learn the reality of what is currently happening in Japan, but also to think of what it takes to build a sustainable future.
- To pass on information to those outside Japan of the reality of Fukushima through direct voices of ordinary citizens 
- To reexamine the social, environmental, economic and political impact of the Fukushima accident 
- To remind ourselves that once nuclear technology gets out of control, it is a threat that can exceed human capabilities and cross international borders 
- To think in a global context about what we can learn and where we are headed 
- To communicate a message from Japan: to learn from Fukushima, think of concrete ways to say goodbye to nuclear power and take steps to create a new society centered around renewable energy sources 
- To build international support for the people of Fukushima 
- To create new international networks for moving towards a nuclear free, sustainable future 
Thematic Focus 
This event will focus on various themes including sustainability, nuclear, renewable energy, development, citizens' roles in community building, advocacy and the media. 


LINK 
http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/index.php?page=view&type=1000&nr=294&menu=126

Event Content 
1) Presentation by ordinary citizens from Fukushima, including children, youth, mothers, and farmers. 
Soon after the accident, radioactive materials were found in mothers’ breast milk and children’s urine: evidence that peoples’ lives, including the lives of future generations, are being threatened. Between March 2011 and March 2012, more than 60,000 people moved away from Fukushima prefecture, with most of those having their families and communities destroyed. What is the current situation of people from Fukushima, of those who decided to stay and of those who evacuated? How do they see the future of Japan and the world? What does sustainability mean to them? Each one of the people in Fukushima has their own story, which will be delivered during the event.  

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MAY 4, 2012 (FRIDAY) 

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

@ Rissho Kosei-kai Buddhist Center 320 E 39th St # 1  

New York, NY 10016

Join us for this important Press Conference, organized by various grass-roots organizations in New York City with special guest Mr. Koide, a well known Japanese anti-nuclear scientist/Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering and various medical doctors from Japan. 

Mr. Koide is one of the very few nuclear scientists who analyzed the raw data of the Fukushima disaster and released accurate info/analysis/suggestions to the Japanese community on the extent of the disaster when Japanese government and the TEPCO failed (and continue to fail) to release the seriousness of the disaster.  He will be talking about technical issues of the nuclear accident in Fukushima. 

Medical doctors, including one doctor from a clinic near Tokyo, will be talking about some of the under-reported issues, including some of the unusual medical symptoms they started to see among their patients, health issues of burning radioactive debris and issues on the food safety standard, etc.

NYU PHOTO  EXHIBIT 
March 8 - May 31, 2012

Fukushima 3.11: After One Year features a collection of 48 photographs, the work of Ryuichi Hirokawa and Takashi Morizumi, that give scenes and faces to the headlines and news stories we read this time last year.

The opening of the exhibit on March 8th welcomed more than 40 people to the fifth floor gallery at New York University's Institute for Public Knowledge. The sponsoring organizations included Human Rights Now, an international human rights NGO based in Tokyo, Peace Boat US andNYU Departments of Performance Studies and Photography and Imaging. 

The powerful images will be on display until May 31st to depict the historical disaster in Fukushima and explore the nuclear crisis caused by the damage to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.  

Fukushima 3.11: After 1 Year | Photo Exhibit

Dates: Thursday, March 8 through Thursday, May 31

Institute for Public Knowledge - 20 Cooper Square, 5th Floor Gallery

Admission: Free

For more information visit: http://www.nyu.edu/ipk/events/225