Yangcheon-gu Selects Model Children and Daycare Centers for Climate Change Response

Awarding Model Children and Daycare Centers Practicing Energy Saving in the '2020 Special Project for Climate Change Response'

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Yangcheon-gu (Mayor Kim Su-young) has promoted the ‘2020 Special Project for Climate Change Response’ (hereinafter referred to as the Special Project) by evaluating the climate change response achievements such as energy saving for 41 public and private daycare centers and about 2,600 children under their care, selecting and awarding 6 outstanding daycare centers and 1,503 children as future generation leaders actively preparing for climate change.

The Special Project is Yangcheon-gu’s climate change response promotion project that selects and awards outstanding daycare centers and children by verifying the practice of climate change response and energy-saving guidelines that can be implemented in daily life.

Earlier this year, the district delivered climate change response guidelines such as energy saving and resource saving to daycare centers and selected outstanding daycare centers based on energy-saving achievements and climate change response education performance.

Meanwhile, by comprehensively evaluating factors such as eco and passenger car mileage subscription rates at home and children’s practice of behavioral guidelines (separating waste, using personal cups, etc.), 1,503 children who practiced the guidelines and submitted stickers for more than half of the actions were selected and awarded the ‘Special Child Award.’

The 1,503 children selected as ‘Special Children’ were given a ‘Special Child Doll’ wearing a mask as a prize to encourage climate change response, and masks featuring Haewoori, the Yangcheon-gu mascot character, were also distributed to naturally promote mask-wearing in daily life to prevent COVID-19 and fine dust.

Meanwhile, due to the escalation of social distancing levels, a separate award ceremony was not held, and plaques and prizes were delivered individually.

Kim Su-young, Mayor of Yangcheon-gu, stated, “Since education that can practice and habituate energy saving is very important to prevent the increasingly serious climate crisis, we plan to continuously expand environmental protection programs, including the Special Project, to nurture future generations who can properly respond to climate change.”

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