Sejong City to Raise Climate Crisis Awareness with Environmental Education Experience

Sejong Environmental Education Festival to Be Held for Two Days Starting October 17

Sejong City will hold the "Green Sejong Environmental Education Festival on Car-Free Street" for two days starting from October 17, aiming to raise citizens' awareness of climate crisis response and to promote environmental education.

The city has decided to link the previously separate Car-Free Street event and the Sejong Environmental Education Festival to broaden citizen participation and enhance the effectiveness of environmental education and everyday carbon neutrality practices.

Car-Free Street Road Closure Notice Poster / Provided by the Environmental Policy Division

On the first day of the event, October 17, the opening ceremony and achievement-sharing session for the Sejong Environmental Education Festival will be held at the multipurpose auditorium of the Boram-dong Haengbok Nureumteo (Complex Community Center). On October 18, a variety of festival activities will take place on the car-free street around the Urban Atrium in Naseong-dong, including a used goods flea market, an environmental education experience expo, an Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) Golden Bell quiz, and youth club performances.

In particular, the Environmental Education Experience Expo will feature a total of 41 booths, including a climate change weathercaster experience, a carbon neutrality pledge on pinwheels, water flea observation, education on preventing inter-floor noise, tap water testing, and environmental board games.

To participate in the expo, a free pass is required. The free pass can be obtained by bringing one of the following three resource recycling items: an unused clean shopping bag, an eco-bag, or an unusable charging cable, or by completing an environmental education session on site. It can also be obtained by participating in the linked event "Walk (GO)!, Run (GO)!, Ride (GO)! Take a Tour of Sejong City's National Symbolic District (GO)!"

On October 18, when the main festival takes place, vehicles will be completely restricted from the approximately 400-meter road section between the Urban Atrium in Naseong-dong and the department store site from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Due to the road closure, congestion is expected on surrounding roads, the Urban Atrium shopping mall parking lot, and the temporary parking lot (department store site) entrances, so the use of public transportation is recommended.

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