>TOP       Slow Business     Slow Business School   Do you think“Slow Business” is possible?   What kind of business do you imagine comes from “Slow business”?   It seems that these words of a new concept are apparently incompatible(The business which comes from Sow and Busy).   What is “business” indeed? Business is an important element of “Economy” which must have originally been thought as the system to govern a society and to save people from hardship. Furthermore, it must have been regarded as the system to bring peace in the world and happiness for people.   Looking at most businesses at present, however, they tend to pursue only self profit for their own society and the country without considering our future generation. As a result, the environmental degradation and the gap between the rich and the poor are growing. In addition, violence is spread around the world.   In a world like this, treated like a monopoly and where unlimited desires are the fundamental problems and these thoughts are so influential to create a world of “the stronger prey upon the weaker”. The more this kind of world expands, the more we wish not to be the “weaker”. In this way, competition increased and the “Fast business” has grown. What can we do to change the social situation and get back to the original economy?   We think that one of the important key words must be “share” which is the opposite of “monopoly”.     The majority of people of the world wish to stop further environmental deterioration, wars, and any means of military attacks. They wish to reconsider the society which does not respect people’s lives. How can we make use of such wishes?   In order to shift from the endless “taking away society(claiming society)” to “sharing society”, we think that it is important to increase the number of businesses that respect the environment and human lives more.   We name this new business “Slow business” and established “Slow Business School” in wishing to spread Slow business. Slow business is not only a school, but it is a place to develop a real slow business with youths who agree with the idea and the purpose of Slow business.   Slow business school is the place of our new attempt and where we can develop and send our message to the world for changes.   *Slow Business school website (Japanese Only)       The slow business companies of the group of the sloth club   ･Organic Coffee, Inc. (Japanese Only)http://www.organic-coffee.jp/ ･Wind Farm Co., Ltd (Japanese Only) http://www.windfarm.co.jp/ ･Slow (Japanese only) http://www.slowslowslow.com ･Cafe Slow (Japanese only) http://www.cafeslow.com/ ･Slow Water Cafe (Japanese only) http://www.slowwatercafe.com/ ･YUKKURI-DO (Japanese only) http://www.yukkurido.com/