Yongin City Holds 'Environmental Practice Idea Proposal Meeting'...12 Teams from Local Universities Participate

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Choi Ki-ho] Yongin Special City held an 'Environmental Practice Idea Proposal Meeting for University Students' on the 26th at the International Conference Room of the Yongin Culture and Arts Center.

The proposal meeting was organized to encourage university students to take interest in environmental issues and engage in various activities to practice environmental protection on campus and in their daily lives.

The meeting was attended by 12 teams from five local universities: Kangnam University, Dankook University, Myongji University, Yongin University, and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.

Participants presented concrete ideas and held discussions on green solutions for sustainable campuses, revitalization of university environmental education and environmental action practices, and finding ways to solve environmental problems through cooperation between universities and the local community.

On this day, university students proposed ideas including: △proposal to open and operate environmental studies courses in university liberal arts curriculum (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) △sustainable campus through green cafes (Dankook University) △establishing an integrated platform for zero-waste communities and waste management (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) △making environmental education a required liberal arts course (Kangnam University) △introducing eco-vending machines (Myongji University).

Son Yeon-ah, president of the Korean Association of Environmental Education, who delivered the keynote address, said, "I hope that today's proposal meeting will serve as an opportunity for universities as well as the city and local community to pay more attention to environmental protection activities and policies that can be practiced together, and lead to practical action."

A city official said, "Based on the students' ideas, the city will work to strengthen its capacity as an environmental education city and create various environmental policies that citizens can practice in their daily lives together with the community."