An article was published in the Shizuoka Shimbun (January 27, 2016) about the adoption of banana paper diplomas at Shizuoka Prefectural Suruga Sogo High School. The title is “Diploma is made of bananas Suruga Sogo High School 3rd year student ‘What I studied, in shape'”. The story of how the study of fair trade education conducted in high school led to the introduction of banana paper diplomas by the thoughts of the students is introduced.

You can read the article online here.