In Its 4th Year, 'Seongdong Gongyu Center' Shares Books, Items, and Spaces...

Exchanging Finished Books at 'Moduui Books', Sharing a Small Rooftop Garden in Seongdong Sharing Center... "Creating a Culture of Environmental Protection as a Central Hub for Active Resident Participation at Seongdong Sharing Center"

Seongdong Shared Center Exterior View

EM Fermentation Solution Sharing Event: Receive a Portion When You Bring an Empty Container

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seongdong-gu (Mayor Jeong Won-oh) is leading efforts to protect the environment by fostering a culture of sharing and increasing the value of giving through resource recycling.

Now in its fourth year since opening, the Seongdong Sharing Center is directly realizing the growing value of sharing by sharing items, spaces, and talents, thereby improving resource efficiency.

The practice of sharing, which aligns with the recently emphasized “basic values for creating a Zero-Waste city,” is applied to books, goods, and spaces.

The shared bookshelf program “Everyone’s Books” allows residents to exchange their own books for any of the approximately 600 books held by the Sharing Center. Residents can exchange books they no longer read at home for books from the center’s collection, check the book list on the website, and conveniently reserve up to five books per person.

In April, reflecting the satisfaction survey results from last year’s goods-sharing service, 147 camping items were added. Including existing tools and daily necessities, a total of 512 items across 253 categories are now available for use at the Sharing Center.

Additionally, the rooftop space within the Seongdong Sharing Center has been shared as a garden. Last month, eight teams were selected to experience everything from sowing to harvesting using eco-friendly methods. Through the Seongdong-style Zero-Waste campaign “Dare to Share!”, an event was held where bringing empty containers allowed residents to receive eco-friendly EM fermentation liquid for free, diversifying the sharing targets.

In May, the district launched a research project on the “Seongdong-gu Climate Change Response Plan” to lead the city toward carbon neutrality by 2050, taking concrete and systematic climate change measures. This month, a basic plan for creating a resource-circulating city was established, setting up a comprehensive system to reduce household waste.

Within this long-term and macro-level plan that requires residents’ empathy and participation, a district official explained that the Seongdong Sharing Center will continue to contribute to fostering an environmental protection culture as a central hub where residents can actively participate in sharing various resources.

Jeong Won-oh, Mayor of Seongdong-gu, said, “I believe that every small action by residents can come together to solve environmental problems,” and added, “We ask for continuous sharing and participation to create a sustainable resource-circulating city, Seongdong.”

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