Seongnaecheon 'Clear and Blue'... Environmental Festival to be Held on the 22nd

Songpa-gu and Songpa-gu Facilities Management Corporation Hold Environmental Festival with Over 200 Residents at Seongnaecheon

EM Mud Ball Throwing and Loach Release for Water Purification... Various Performances and Experience Events Also Held

Songpa-gu (Mayor Seo Gang-seok) and Songpa-gu Facilities Management Corporation (Chairman Hwang Dae-seong) will hold the environmental festival "Clear and Green" on the 22nd at the Seongnaecheon section of the Songpa Dullegil trail.

The event will be attended by over 200 participants including the local community ESG Management Council, Songpa-gu Housewives Environmental Council, Green Environment Movement Headquarters, Soli Nature Love, Korea Health Management Association, as well as kindergarten children and residents of Ogeum-dong.

Participants will throw EM (Effective Microorganisms) mud balls for water purification at the Seongnaecheon Mulbit Square and release loaches, known as biological agents for water purification and eco-friendly pest control. Afterwards, they will practice "plogging" by walking the 1.7 km section from Mulbit Square to Mulsori Square while picking up trash.

In particular, kindergarten children will use EM mud balls they kneaded and made themselves two weeks prior to raise awareness about environmental education on the day of the event.

Seongnaecheon

The festival also features various performances and experience events. These include a string ensemble performance by the Songpa-gu Philharmonic Orchestra (conductor Yang Il-o), street dance performances by students from Hallim Arts High School, as well as activities such as ▲soap bubble making ▲caricature drawing ▲aquatic organism release ▲brain wave and pulse stress tests, providing a rich variety of sights and entertainment.

The festival runs from 2 PM to 3 PM and is open to everyone. Experience events start at 12 PM.

Hwang Dae-seong, Chairman of Songpa-gu Facilities Management Corporation, which organized the festival, said, “We hope many people will participate in the festival and join us in making Songpa-gu’s waterfront paths beautiful and healthy.”

Mayor Seo Gang-seok stated, “Although Songpa-gu is well known as a representative urban area of Seoul, it is a city where healthy natural ecology breathes along the waterfronts including Seongnaecheon,” adding, “We will continue to carry out environmental activities that consider both people and nature to create a better living city, Songpa, enriched with waterfront sensibility.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.