April 2020

Hokkaido University, Nitobe College Fellow,

Yukio Tada

Toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2045

– Conceptual Thinking of the Peace Game –

Dossier of the Tada Fellow Seminar 2019

https://nitobe-college.academic.hokudai.ac.jp/u/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/nitobe_fellow_zemi1.pdf

This booklet summarizes the results of group study activities of “Tada” seminar, which was conducted as a part of the Nitobe Fellow Seminar, a mandatory course at Nitobe College of Hokkaido University. Hokkaido University is one of the National Universities in Japan, established in 1876, with 12 departments covering natural science to social science, with 19,000 students including 2,200 foreign students. Nitobe College is a cross-over special education program created in2013, open for all students among the 12 departments in order to develop a global human resource. The enrollment capacity is 200 students each year, including the first year and the second year students.

In the 2019 academic year, the overall main subject was SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). “Tada” Fellow Seminar, which I was in charge of, pursued the theme of “Toward the SDGs in 2045 – Thinking about the Peace Game-”.

This booklet is intended to be used by many leaders in primary and secondary education settings as new teaching materials and study guidebooks created by university students.

Why setting the target year as 2045?  It is said to be the year of the Singularity. Additionally, we assume by 2045 that these students, who are freshmen and sophomores, will be active at the forefront of our society.

Why Peace Game? This is not war game which aims at defeating opponents. We selected the goal of realizing a sustainable world. It also shouldn’t be a pick-up game to steal your opponent’s assets. In addition, the game should be interesting not only in classrooms but also outside of class hours of college, elementary, junior high and high school. We hope that you can freely use the records the students have made.