World trend “globalisation”, “capitalism” lead us the wrong way of human happiness. Due to the facts, human civilisation faced severe problems of global problems such as Climate Change, Global Warming, Poverty, Pollution.

Latvia is one of the countries where get these significant impact of globalisation, capitalism as below,

1 – 22 per cent of Latvian people face the poverty risk
2 – the gap between rich and poor level is the highest number in European Union countries
3- Due to the situation, a significant amount of Latvian people move to the nation, and 70% of people who immigrated do not want to go back to their country
5- 14 to 15 % of the young generation is unemployed
6 – Rural area, because of significant investment appears in the agriculture business, 48 % of local farmers decided to stop their farming
7 – Depopulation, Declining the local industry, more rural municipality tries to invite the foreign investor
8 – Property price is reasonably low and over hectors land are on sale which is a natural forest, and there is no condition,
a foreigner can buy the area.

In Latvia still have a beautiful nature, however, due to these 5 facts, the Latvia country, future of Latvia is a hazardous situation than other countries.
Therefore, we are trying to support the local community by local people. Using 3 months of Mr YUJI MIYATA staying in Latvia,
He tries to connect the local organisation where would be the potential influencer and build the platform to kick off their local, sustainable city design.

The sustainability, – people just imagine – ecology related to waste “Plastic” or “Wasted food”, but actually it is not just this issue.
It is related to every aspect – local business, education, elderly care, landscape design, architecture design, transportation.

A: How does the local producer make the balance between nature (supply) and human society (consumer),
B: Who can be the employee,
C: How does the company reduce the waste, reuse and recycle the waste to support local other producer or people or spaces,
D: How to teach the young generation to keep local people lifestyle and preserve nature,
E: How to make some space for the local environment where can give every single person a role, dignity, respected to create a circular system
F: Energy: what kind of clean energy is useful for local and which places can be installed at public spaces, how to make the positive circulation
G: Space/Architecture: how can we reduce the wasted open space.
How can we architecture to improve community – like public edible garden, public bus stop rooftop garden for bee, building reuse for multiple purposes for a local organisation or people to reduce their expenses etc…
H: How to make the transportation system related to zero-emission using the bicycle or walk paths.
Etc…

Each topic which consists of the system of community, people need to think about the environment, culture, tradition, and find the problem and solve the problems with the material which they have already.

Connect Key potential influencer

1.) Social Affair organisation where supports to the disabled young people & people who retired,
2.) Social Affair organisation where support elderly people, kids, poor people
3.) Direct buying group – where support the local farmer
4.) Viljandi Estonia Coworking Upcycle Space -where support local designer & craft worker as the local platform
5.) Real Estate and advice on the prospective property for the future facility in Valmiera
6.) EKO school leaders
7.) Mother care centre director and people
8.) Mother care organisation meeting
9.) Bioproduct shops and zero waste shop in Riga
10.) Art and Design School Principal
11.) University Professor who has a similar mind for Sustainability
12.) Potential Influencer who has a huge land and accommodation  nearby the lake

<Time result>
03/07 – Arrived at Latvia
03/07~05/07 Prepare to the first event “Showing the vision of sustainability.”
06/07 – First Event to inspire and encourage the local people
07/07 – Day Off
08/07 – Start the sustainable social design Training
09/07 -Having a meeting with Social Affair organisation where supports to the disabled young people & people who retired,
10/07 – Having the meeting with Social Affair organisation where support elderly people, kids, poor people and direct buying group – where support the local farmer
11/07 – Visit Viljandi Estonia to check model places for the local platform
12/07 – Contact the people and organise the potential influencer
13/14/07 – Weekend
15/07 – Visiting the prospective property for the future facility in Valmiera
16/07 – Meeting with EKO school leaders & Mother care centre director and people
17/to 22 /07 -Lesson
23/07 – Mother care organization meeting
24/07 – visited bioproduct shops and zero waste shop in Riga
28/07 to 4th of August = Austria
05/08 Meeting with Art and Design School Principal
07/08 Final Lesson

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