Green Leaders Roundtable: Organic Food, Agriculture and Biochar

Wednesday October 21, 2009 @ Gaienmae – Green Careers, Green Education and Sustainable Companies –

We are very pleased to have Patricia Bader-Johnston, Chair of the Green Mondays Committee and Chair of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan's CSR Committee as our lead speaker!

Don't forget to check out our Green Business Workshops on Saturdays starting October 10!

• Topics: Organic Food, Agriculture and Carbon Extraction With Biochar
• Location: Cross Coop Aoyama, Gaienmae Station (2 min.)
• Map/Directions: http://equalc.com/en/events/japan-sustainability-events/100-map
• Date/Time: Wednesday October 21, 2009 from 7 pm to 9 pm
• Cost: 2,000 yen
• Seats limited to 40 people, so reserve your place early! (Email: このメールアドレスは、スパムロボットから保護されています。アドレスを確認するにはJavaScriptを有効にしてください ; Subject: Green Leaders Roundtable)

Green Leaders Roundtable: Event Information

The triple bottom lines of sustainability - people, planet and profits - will play a huge role in business in the coming decades.

Come and hear sustainability leaders discuss green careers, green education and sustainable companies, with a focus on organic food and certification, agriculture, and carbon extraction with biochar -- a newly rediscovered miracle of ingenuity from ancient times that could help solve the climate crisis.

You will also participate in an interactive workshop to help you green your career and improve your personal sustainability.

This special sustainability seminar will be featured in a documentary film entitled "5Planets", linking the themes of soil, carbon and our capacity for growing food for the world - "because we just don't have 5 planets!"

Green Leader Contributing Speakers

Patricia Bader-Johnston
Chair of the CSR Committee of The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan. Chair, Green Mondays Committee. Representative Director and CEO, Silverbirch Associates KK. Professor, Kenichi Ohmae Graduate School of Business. Previously President of The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan.

Before founding Silverbirch Associates in 2008, Ms. Bader-Johnston held senior roles in a number of leading companies, including Director of Communications for IBM Japan, Vice President Operations Finance and Resources, Goldman Sachs Japan, Head of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs, British American Tobacco Japan, and Head (Japan, Australia, Taiwan) of Corporate Affairs for Standard Chartered Bank. She has also served in the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo as a senior program officer in Communications and Culture, and has worked with Japanese local government since arriving in Japan in 1984. She is an active speaker, writer, panel moderator and university lecturer on topics related to CSR and sustainability, globalization trends, and doing business in Japan. She holds an MBA in International Business from McGill University.

Donald Nordeng
President, Ecocert-QAI Japan Ltd. Director, Japan Organic Certifiers Council. Vice Chairman, Food and Agriculture Committee at American Chamber of Commerce in Japan. Chair, Tokyo Small Business Meetup.

Donald is an expert in international organic certification standards and inspection. He regularly speaks at international presentations on the Japanese food market and the natural foods market in Japan. In addition, he gives workshops and presentations on making presentations, cross cultural communication, and doing business in Japan.

Masanobu Yamamoto
Founder, Yamamoto Gakko, Earth Band Institute, and Golden Bamboo Foundation Japan, and Publisher, Blue Earth Magazine.