Washed away by the waves – Sri Lanka

“We used to have a big garden with chilies, potatoes, guava, mango, banana and many coconut trees. All had been washed away”, said Roshanthi. Coastal erosion occurs over time due to various factors. The research (Eroding Coast – A serious environmental problem,   W. N. Wilson, Department of Georaphy, University of Colombo and S. N. Wickramarate,…

Protest against the Construction of the Ohma Nuclear Power Plant – the meeting with the vice minister

A group of people from civil society and some like-minded MPs including the members from the Women for No Nukes and Atsuko Ogasawara (see the earlier post, “A Woman who resists alone the nuclear power plant”) visited the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Oct 10 to protest against the resumed construction of the…

Protest against Resuming the Ohma Nuke Plant Construction

The Government of Japan hammered out in “the energy-environmental strategy” this September: zero nuke in the 30’s; shutting down the plants at work at the end of their 40 years life; building no new plants (apparently the strategy is inconsistent). However it gave its go-ahead to the plants in the pipeline. The half-built (38%) Ohma…