Celebrating our Joint Meeting at the Japanese Consulate

On the final day of our San Fran meeting, teachers were honored by the Japanese consulate at a banquet at the Embassy in San Francisco. A speech by the Japanese Consulate General praised our efforts to teach our countries' youth about sustainable practices and reminded us that the protection of our planet will require international cooperation and understanding. The food was superb, all manner of sushi, wine and relaxing conversation. I had the pleasure of eating dinner with a teacher who teaches at an all girls catholic school in Japan. He told me stories of how he and his students help insure the survival of endangered salamanders by inseminating the eggs with sperm collected from male salamanders. He and his students take yearly field trips to Borneo to help with reforestation projects.