Yongin Establishes Ecological Environment Education Cooperative 'Forest and Fields'

A new cooperative has attracted attention in Yongin for creating a beautiful world where people and nature coexist harmoniously.

The Ecological Environment Education Cooperative 'Forest and Fields' (Chairman Kim In-seon) held its launch ceremony on the 10th at the 16th floor of City Hall, attended by approximately 30 citizens, members, and prospective members interested in the cooperative. The ceremony aimed to improve quality of life, foster a community living together, and contribute to local society through values of communication and sharing.

The Ecological Environment Education Cooperative 'Forest and Fields' plans to implement various ecological environment education programs including development of ecological environment education programs and teaching materials, education utilizing regional ecological resources, village ecological environment resource monitoring, village forest education, urban-rural linkage projects, local food initiatives, commissioned education projects, cultural content projects, history and forest exploration, and museum tours.

Additionally, the cooperative will present diverse ecological environment education experience programs tailored to specific themes such as 'Do-dam Do-dam,' 'Ra-on Ha-je,' and 'A-reum-deu-ri,' targeting different age groups.

'Do-dam Do-dam' is a Korean word meaning children growing well without trouble. It is a program for young children created with hope that children's bodies and minds grow healthily. It includes regular classes and camps such as forest experience, forest play, five-senses education, ecological storytelling, crafting with natural materials, and garden education, as well as customized programs for different seasons and situations including parent participation classes, excursions, parent education, and teacher training programs.

'Ra-on Ha-je' is a Korean word meaning a joyful tomorrow. It is a youth-targeted program created with hope that our future generation of youth dreams of a joyful tomorrow. Programs include after-school and club and gifted-class environmental education, ecological exploration, forest play, garden education, environmental campaigns, parent education, production of school forest ecological materials and teacher training, excursions, camps, and field experience learning.

'A-reum-deu-ri' is a Korean word meaning a large tree over one arm's length in diameter. It is a program created for happy adults, and includes our local ecological exploration, corporate employee training, employee family camps, adult healing forest experience, and public institution training and linked projects.

Kim In-seon, Chairman of the Ecological Environment Education Cooperative 'Forest and Fields,' stated, "Through education and experience programs on natural ecology, forest experience, climate change, energy conservation, EM (effective microorganisms) education, green consumption, and eco-friendly living, we plan to work with many people, pool our wisdom, and contribute to the maintenance and preservation of precious ecological environmental resources and sustainable development."