The Mokdong Youth Center in Seoul is garnering attention as a new model for youth environmental education. The center announced that it will officially launch the Seoul Youth Specialization Project ‘Movement Green:D’ from the 26th of this month, focusing on environmental themes for a year.
Movement Green:D is a year-round program designed to allow youths to experience and practice environmental activities in their daily lives. This initiative consists of 62 sessions across six areas, aiming to enhance environmental sensitivity and encourage actionable practices through various approaches such as experience, volunteer work, travel, camps, festivals, and design competitions.
The continuous program ‘Fresh Lab’ offers a space for youth to directly experience resource circulation and eco-friendly activities. Here, young people can practice upcycling, create eco-friendly items, and engage in various experiments and production activities focused on environmental themes.
The environmental volunteer group ‘E.T. (Eco Together)’ made up of senior youths, engages in youth-led initiatives such as local environmental clean-up and campaign planning. Through volunteer experiences based on autonomy and responsibility, participants are encouraged to develop proactive awareness of environmental issues.
The environmental festival ‘O.M.G Festa’ is open to both youths and local residents, providing an opportunity to expand environmental consensus through experience booths, performances, and campaigns.
The travel program ‘Green Pin Road’ nurtures ecological sensitivity through interaction with nature. Youth participants leave the city to immerse themselves in natural settings, where they can understand the importance of the environment through their senses. In the fall, the camp ‘Eco Slovege’ focuses on environmental circulation, where participants experience community living while performing ecological missions that emphasize cooperation and practice.
The ‘All Together Level Up Cycling’ design competition, which is aimed at encouraging creativity among youths, is also part of the initiative. The contest promotes interest and practice in sustainable environmental design through innovative and practical upcycling projects.
Director Seong-Man Kim of the Mokdong Youth Center stated, “Environmental education should go beyond mere knowledge transfer to include practical actions in daily life. We will actively support youth to understand and take responsibility for the environment in solidarity with the community.”
