Gwangyang City Opens 'Environmental Education Center'

Customized Environmental Education, Providing Waterside Spaces and Ecological Experiences, etc.

Gwangyang City in Jeollanam-do announced on the 23rd that it has opened an Environmental Education Center to provide citizens with waterfront spaces, ecological experiences, and customized environmental education that can be practiced in daily life, and held a plaque unveiling ceremony.

Until now, there was no systematic environmental education venue for issues such as climate change and environmental pollution, so the city remodeled the visitor center within Madong Ecological Park and created an environmental education room, exhibition, and experience room.

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By developing customized learning materials for each life stage from infants to the elderly, the center aims to increase accessibility to environmental education and plans to implement educational programs to train environmental education professionals.

For professional management of the Environmental Education Center, operation was entrusted to the Climate Environment Network, a non-profit organization, through a public contest.

The center operates from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and desired educational experiences can be applied for through prior reservation.

Kim Yong-gil, Director of the Environment Division, said, “To respond to climate crises such as global warming and to establish a new paradigm of Gwangyang as an environmentally friendly city, active participation and cooperation from all citizens, including the private sector, businesses, and public institutions, are necessary,” adding, “We ask for your great interest to ensure the successful operation of the Environmental Education Center.”

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