Lena Lindahl has for the past two decades produced environment-related events in Japan in an effort to apply her home country Sweden's notion of sustainable society here. And she believes the key is education to encourage children to develop and express opinions about issues that concern their own future.
Fluent in Swedish, English and Japanese, the Tokyo-based Lindahl works as an interpreter for environmental experts and gives lectures herself, and arranges tours to take Japanese tourists to Sweden to experience nature and study about the environment.
Aside from giving lectures at universities, municipalities and businesses, she used to publish a newsletter in Japanese that showcased Sweden's environmental conservation activities and policies. She also serves as a board member of Sustainable Sweden Association, a Swedish-based NGO that promotes exchanges with other countries to spread the country's knowhow in the field of sustainable development.