Changnyeong Office of Education Operates Ecological Experience Learning at Upo Wetland and Ttaoki

Ecological Transition Education ... For a Life Coexisting with the Earth

From June 9 to July 17, the Changnyeong Office of Education in Gyeongnam will operate on-site ecological experience learning programs at Upo Wetland and for the Crested Ibis for all middle schools in the district as part of ecological transition education for living in harmony with the Earth.

Inviting Mr. Lee In-sik, the head of Upo Nature School, known as the "Crested Ibis Grandfather," as an instructor, the program takes place at Upo Wetland, the largest natural inland wetland in Korea protected under the Ramsar Convention. Participants observe and listen to explanations about the endangered natural monument Crested Ibis, various migratory birds, and aquatic plants.

Changnyeong Upo Nature School, Ecological Experience Scene (Okya Middle School). [Image provided by Changnyeong Office of Education]

This program is a step closer to the goal of fostering ecological citizens through carbon neutrality and biodiversity education as part of Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education’s ecological transition education starting in schools.

A student from Okya Middle School who attended the ecological experience said, “After understanding and experiencing in detail that Changnyeong, where we live, has such a precious natural environment, I felt even more strongly that we need to protect the natural environment.”

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