At Hotel Polestar Sapporo, the Hokkaido University campus (including the Sapporo Research Forest), and Sapporo Youth Mountain House, Green Youth Groups from within and outside Hokkaido will hold an awards ceremony for the Green Encouragement Award, as well as presentations on the activities of each group and hands-on programs, deepening exchanges between the groups.

<Participating organizations>
■ Hokkaido Green Youth Group
・Naganuma Green Youth Group (Naganuma Town)
・Kamisatsunai Green Youth Group (Nakasatsunai Village)
・Green Youth Group Nakashibetsu Adventure Club (Nakashibetsu Town)
■ Hokkaido Green Youth Group
・Iwate Machikoyama Green Youth Group (Iwate Prefecture)
・Hatamachi Niijuku Green Youth Corps (Yamagata Prefecture)
・Tokai Village Shirakata Elementary School Green Boys' Group (Ibaraki Prefecture)
・Inbe Green Boys Squad (Okayama Prefecture)
・Takase Midori Boys' Club (Oita Prefecture)
・Miyanomori Green Boys' Club (Aichi Prefecture)

■ Contents (planned)
Day 1: Award ceremony for the "Green Encouragement Award," presentations by each youth group, tour of the former Hokkaido Government Office building
Day 2: Forest experience learning on the Hokkaido University campus (treeing, thinning, bucking, etc.)
Day 3: Forest experience learning (hiking) at Sapporo Youth Mountain House