I was refreshingly impressed and amazed by Ms. Mori's approach toward the children including her ideas and passion which were reflected in her actions. It has become my sincere hope to let the children of Mie prefecture experience Pangaea Activities. A project under International Education Promotion Plan 2006 initiated by MEXT has thus kicked off in collaboration among the elementary schools and junior high schools of Tsu-city of Mie prefecture, the school board of Mie prefecture, Mie University and NPO Pangaea. On August 31, 2006, an event was held to officially kick off the promotion event and 44 members concerned gathered together all looking cautious wondering what was really going to happen. This may sound unbelievable now when Pangaea Activities are so well-practiced at Media Hall of Mie University. I do believe today's success is a fruit of the high quality of Pangaea Activity itself, the passionate leadership of Ms. Mori, Mr. Takasaki, Mr. Hanada and other Pangaea staff members and strong interest and efforts made by the teachers at elementary and junior high schools of Mie prefecture and I am personally very impressed to see that.

I have also founded ALFAE (Area Wide e-Laboratory for Food, Agriculture and Environment) on July 31st 2007, with Ms. Mori's cooperation. We enjoyed a huge success at ALFAE workshop held in June this year, where we tried to introduce the excellent concept of Pangaea into ALFAE by working with Pangaea. It is the last year for us to hold Pangaea Activities at Mie University according to the contract. However, I do wish to look for a way to continue Pangaea Activities in collaboration with Mie University and ALFAE.

Takaharu Kameoka
Professor, Division of Sustainable Resource Sciences, Graduate School
of Bioresources, Mie University /
Chairperson, ALFAE