Seongnam City Prepares Abundant Environmental Events to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of City Status

Seongnam City will hold various events to celebrate June, the Month of the Environment.

Seongnam City in Gyeonggi Province will hold various citizen participation events related to the environment throughout June to commemorate the 50th anniversary of its city status.

Ahead of Environment Day (June 5), Seongnam City will host a commemorative event on the 3rd of next month from 2 to 5 p.m. around the city hall. Twenty-five citizen experience booths related to the environment will also be set up and operated.

Visitors can see eco-friendly vehicles such as electric excavators and hydrogen cars, and participate in making eco-friendly products like memo holders using scrap wood, as well as creating bookmarks featuring Seongnam City's symbolic species: Papari fireflies, Korean bullhead fish, and blue woodpeckers.

Seongnam City will also hold a drawing contest on eco-bags made by recycling banners. A total of 47 preschoolers and 69 elementary school students who applied in advance will participate, and 10 outstanding works will be selected through judging on the day.

In the city hall lobby, a discussion and launching ceremony will be held under the theme "Starting Environmental Practice from Myself" with 100 Smart Eco Leaders (elementary, middle, and high school students).

On the third floor of city hall in Sanseong Nuri, an expert panel discussion will be held to explore the expansion of biodiversity fields and the activation of citizen science.

Additionally, experience events such as ▲ Papari firefly exploration (June 1?5) ▲ Harvesting our nostalgic wheat (June 10) ▲ Palm-sized farm, PamPam (June 11) ▲ Release of freshwater fish in Tancheon Stream (June 13) will also take place.

A Seongnam City official stated, "Recently, environmental issues such as fine dust and climate change are directly affecting our daily lives," adding, "We will raise citizens' interest in the environment and spread the atmosphere of participating in making Seongnam a green city."

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