Guri-si Selected for Ministry of Environment's Excellent Environmental Education Program in 2024

Insect Ecology Center Education Program
‘The Mysterious World of Butterflies’ · ‘Fabre Exploration Team’

The city of Guri, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Baek Kyung-hyun) announced on the 23rd that the educational programs "The Mysterious World of Butterflies" and "Fabre Exploration Team," operated by the Insect Ecology Center, were selected as excellent environmental education programs by the Ministry of Environment for 2024.

The educational programs "The Mysterious World of Butterflies" and "Fabre Expedition," operated by the Guri City Insect Ecology Center, were selected as excellent environmental education programs by the Ministry of Environment in 2024. Provided by Guri City

"The Mysterious World of Butterflies" is a program at the butterfly pavilion of the Insect Ecology Center where participants directly observe the life cycle of live butterflies and create butterfly models using natural materials. "Fabre Exploration Team" is a field experience education program held at Wangsukcheon Riverside Park, where participants collect and observe wild insects and then release them back to their collection sites, experiencing a natural ecosystem where nature and humans coexist.

Mayor Baek Kyung-hyun of Guri said, "We are very pleased to have been officially certified for eco-friendliness, excellence, and stability by being designated as an excellent environmental education program by the Ministry of Environment this year." He added, "We will improve the image of the sewage treatment plant, which is currently perceived by citizens as a nuisance facility, and transform the Insect Ecology Center into an ecological cultural space that provides children and youth living in the city with opportunities to observe and experience insects."

Meanwhile, since 2004, the city had outsourced the operation of the Insect Ecology Center to private companies, but from July 2020, it switched to direct management, producing educational materials and exhibits in-house and developing and operating various programs, utilizing it as a venue for environmental education.

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