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2012 SSA Calendar
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	Shumei International hosts Dr. Vandana Shiva In Lake Biwa, Japan for Environmental Forum Dr. Shiva, a renowned environmental activist, was the keynote speaker at the "Forum on Water, Soil and Agriculture" held on 2 April 2011 at the Biwako Hall Center for the Preforming Arts in Shiga.	Vol. 294 Fall 2012 DOWNLOAD THIS MAGAZINE CONTENTS Excerpts from “An Offering of Light” Attachment & Faith, Humility, & Humor Roy Gibbon and Atsushi Fujimaki A WORD FROM OUR PRESIDENT A Message for the West Kaicho–Sensei Hiroko Koyama A WORD ON NATURAL AGRICULTURE Beauty's Gift to the Environment Sensei Alan Imai A word from the miho museum Learning to Observe Beauty Akemi Imai AND THE RODALE INSTITUTE The Story of a Friendship Sensei Chisako Fukushima Voices of gratitude The Gift of Song Jillian Klarl Ellzey Planting a Spiritual Garden Ping-Chuan Wang FROM THE MIHO COLLECTION Maya Jade Celt
The event was co-organized by Shumei and the Planning Committee Forum for Water, Soil and Agriculture and was supported by the Shiga Prefecture and the Shiga Prefectural Education Board. The Forum emphasized the role of the individual in addressing pressing environmental and social concerns at the local and global level. Click here for more information.