Message
CEO Kazunori Kobayashi
This is the point of no return.Humanity now stands at a crossroads.
Melting glaciers, spreading deserts, drying lakes, extreme weather.
Everything is speeding up while the human population continues to grow and energy resources are depleted.
Humanity continues to pursue economic growth, treating "development" as a "good,"
but for the first time the entire human race needs to rethink its view of "development."
Faced with such a challenge on a global scale, what is it that we can do?
The answer is simple: "We ourselves must change."
The key is that our societies must become "sustainable."
Fortunately, we now have the power of networks that can connect us, worldwide, in an instant.
With this power, humble little ideas
can spread around the world and be nurtured into a global transformation.
EcoNetworks is really "Team Sustainability.
We don’t follow the conventional concept of being a "company with employees."
We are a team of individuals, specialists in our respective fields—environment, business, law, sociology, languages—who all share the same vision.
Unrestrained by organizational constraints, we work in ways that promote freedom of thought and flexible work styles.
We regroup, project by project, to create teams of specialists in various fields,
in order to offer optimal solutions to important challenges.
By supporting communication and creating a resonance between corporations and individuals, between Japan and the world, between consumers and technical experts, and between cultures,
we are working to grow an innovative movement, and to be a catalyst for the power of sustainability. This is how we aim to help realize a sustainable society
Profile
Kazunori Kobayashi
Born in Tokyo in 1976. At age of 19, travelled to the United States to study at the State University of New York, then the University of California (Berkeley), graduating in environmental economics and policy studies from its College of Natural Resources.
After working at a consulting company, became CEO of EcoNetworks in 2005. Is concurrently a manager at the NGO "Japan for Sustainability," and a part-time lecturer at the University of Tokyo (Department of Systems Innovation, Faculty of Engineering).
Currently lives with his family in the mountain farming community of Fujino near Tokyo.
Blog
e-blog (Japanese)
