Dobong-gu Green Education Resident Instructor Training

After a total of 10 training sessions, 10 climate and environmental education community instructors were produced; on the 7th, the 2021 climate and environmental education activists received their instructor certificates ceremony was held.

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Dobong-gu (Mayor Dongjin Lee) held a certificate awarding ceremony for climate and environmental education activists on the 7th at the Gansong Hall of Dobong-gu Office.

The 10 climate and environmental education activists who received the certificates participated in the open recruitment for Dobong-gu climate crisis response citizen education instructor training course held in March. They completed the month-long training and final selection process with excellent results.

This instructor training was promoted as a public-private cooperative agenda reflecting the era’s mission to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and the diverse voices of the community.

The purpose of this program is to revitalize green education in the region by expanding the pool of citizen education instructors, thereby strengthening residents’ capacity to respond to the climate crisis and enhancing the social atmosphere for reducing local greenhouse gas emissions.

The entire training process was conducted under the supervision of the Dobong Environmental Education Center, designated as Seoul’s first regional environmental education center. The program incorporated a life-cycle climate crisis response education curriculum over 10 sessions, including micro-teaching, lesson plan preparation, class demonstrations, and peer evaluations, providing a solid educational program applicable to future educational settings.

Meanwhile, Dobong-gu declared 2021 as the inaugural year for environmental education activation, proclaiming “Environmental Education City, Dobong” on April 22. On June 3, the “Dobong-gu Environmental Education Activation Support Ordinance” was enacted and promulgated, accelerating the establishment of policy and institutional foundations.

The newly trained instructors are expected to actively participate not only in climate and environmental education activities but also in key district policy projects such as greenhouse gas reduction facilitator training and the Dobong-gu citizens’ campaign to reduce 4 tons of greenhouse gases per person. Through continuous public engagement, they are anticipated to serve as communication channels between the public and the administration.

Mayor Dongjin Lee of Dobong-gu stated, “Education is a long-term plan for a hundred years. The importance of climate and environmental education for achieving carbon neutrality in 30 years cannot be overstated. Although there will be many challenges due to the ambitious goal, I believe that with the citizens’ will and the district’s continuous support policies, we will overcome them. I ask for the active participation of many citizens in Dobong-gu’s green education projects going forward.”

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