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The present study identified formation and transition of social networks and its relationship with sustainable operation of environmental policies, through the case of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Kitakyushu-city,Japan. As results derived from the social network analysis. It was revealed that the social networks within RCE Kita-Kyushu were developed from 2007 to 2009, while the number of ESD projects decreased. It was, therefore, shown that in the case of ESD, relationship between the social networks and the number of projects was weak and indirect. Participant methods within RCE Kita-Kyushu might bring such weak relationship.