Minka Life

30/01/2020

https://www.elevatelimited.com/blog/future-travelers-driving-the-next-wave-of-sustainable-hospitality/

Increasing levels of affluence are expected to fuel the growth of the global tourism industry by 4% annually, driving its share of global GDP to 10% within the next ten years. According to the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, this increase will also lead to 130% growth of greenhous...

30/01/2020

https://tadaimajp.com/2020/01/three-days-in-kamiyama-tokushima-a-rural-revitalization-success-story/

Ryuji Nakayama is a man on a mission. After toiling away for 21 years as one of Japan’s salarymen, Nakayama-san found himself captivated by the alluring countryside lifestyle of Kamiyama, a rural v…

30/01/2020

https://amp.theguardian.com/travel/2019/sep/15/omori-village-hiroshima-japan-sustainable-traditional-abeke-gungendo-shibusa

In a village north of Hiroshima, traditional culture is evolving into a modern idyll, as a talented family revives the fortunes of a quiet backwater

30/01/2020

https://www.idhsustainabletrade.com/news/innovative-fund-makes-investing-in-smallholder-farmers-attractive-delivering-esg-impact/

On Tuesday 21 January 2020, IDH the Sustainable Trade Initiative – in coalition with Unilever, Jacobs DE, Mondelez and Rabobank – launched the world’s biggest ever impact fund for smallholder farmers finance. Starting with EUR 100 million, the IDH Farmfit Fund is expected to catalyze up to a b...

30/01/2020

https://skift.com/2020/01/22/how-travel-is-saving-japans-disappearing-hamlets/

Yoko Era and husband traded their office jobs for a life in rural Asuka in Japan in 2005, drawn to farming as a way of getting closer to local produce. How travel saves Japan's disappearing hamlets.

30/01/2020

Rural charm in Japan