Hello friends!
Pardon the click-bait level title, but I just did something fun today that is absolutely worth the grief I will receive for using such a title.
So, for those who are uninformed, Sendai (the city I am living in Japan) was at the center of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami on March 11, 2011. As such, there have been many projects on the path to recovery from the disaster, many of which are still working hard today. One project that has found its way very close to me is the Green Embankment Planting project championed by the Head Priest of Rinnoji Temple, Hioki Michitaka.
In a nice flow of connections, my Japanese Culture teacher, Shidara-sensei, is actually close friends of Hioki-jushoku. Through this connection, our Japanese Culture class has been able to help the reconstruction efforts of the Sendai area coastal cities and towns.
Background information out of the way, Hioki-jushoku asked Shidara-sensei if we would be able to do an English voice-over of the introduction video the the Green Embankment Planting, and our class were more than excited to help out. This video was first shown publicly at the UN WCDRR conference I attended in March, so I was extremely excited to take part.
For that reason, I found myself on the mic at FM Sendai, Sendai's local radio station, to do a voice over!
Ready to go!
Everyone who helped out today did a great job, and I can't wait to see the final result. But in the mean time, I have attached the Japanese version of the video below for you all to see. Regardless of where you live in the world, we should all champion the use of natural embankments such as mounding hills and planting deep-rooted trees over the use of cement walls for the health of the earth for posterity!