Department of Environmental Engineering ‘Eco Challengers’ win the Campus Eco Leader ‘Grand Prize’
Micro-dust reduction PR, campus purification campaigns, environmental debates, etc.
Traveled around Daegu and Busan to promote ‘eco-friendly living’ as well as online PR
[January 14, 2020]
<YU Department of Environmental Engineering Students who won the grand prize at the 9th Campus Eco Leader>
(from left to right: Kang Gwang-gyu, Yoon Chae-jung, Kim Seung-hyeon, Park Sung-eun, Lee Changw-oo, Jang Jae-wan, Cho Yoon-hee, Kim Byung-joon)
YU students won the grand prize at the ‘9th Campus Eco Leader’.
The Daegu Regional Environmental Office selected and has been supporting the activities of the ‘Campus Eco Leader’ for spreading eco-friendly lifestyle movements within the college campus. The 9th Campus Leaders were selected with 91 people from 12 teams at seven universities in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions in 2019, and it has been engaged in approximately eight months of activities since holding their launching ceremony in May.
During this period, the Eco Leaders pursued PR, campaigns and projects for reducing micro-dusts, conserving energy and resource circulation in everyday life. The ‘Eco Challengers’ team comprised of YU Departmetn of Engineering junios Kim Seung-hyeon (24), Lee Chang-woo (24), Jang Jae-wan (23), Kang Gwang-gyu (23), Cho Yoon-hee (23), Park Sung-eun (22), Kim Byung-joon (22), Cheon Min-gi (22) and Yoon Chae-jung (20) took first place and received the Minister of Environment Award.
<Plastic Reduction Project (left) and Citizen Awareness Survey (right)>
The Eco Challengers Team engaged in not only street PR such as quiz events on the hazards of micro-dusts and how to prevent it, as well as a variety of other participation-type programs such as environmental debates, campus purification campaigns, fire prevention projects, plastic-free challenge, and micro-dust reduction projects. Furthermore, the children’s center environment-friendly education was also carried out to enhance the environmental issue awareness of youths. They produced project and campaign contents as card news as well to engage in online PR activities via social media to maximize PR effects.
Their activities were not limited to the campus. They also conducted environmental issue awareness surveys on general citizens in Daegu and Busan and decided the direction of the project for practicing eco-friendly lifestyles. They carried out their campaign by going to the YU Central Library that many students visit and Dongseong-ro of Daegu with a large floating population.
The Eco Challengers team said, “We held environmental debates to form consensus on environmental issues with other students, while also visiting expert agencies to talk about the status, issues and response measures for micro-plastics and held interviews with experts and met with fishers. We also made and installed pickets with the message of preventing forest fires at the Biseulsan (Mt.) hiking trail and also took part in other activities to gather materials and pursue the project.” They added, “We reflected trends on environmental issues for each project and we were recognized four expertise, thus making it possible to receive good evaluations.”
Team Leader Park Sung-eun of the Eco Challengers Team said, “As a student majoring in environmental engineering, I believe that it is possible to play the role of a middle-man between the general public and experts.” She added, “I will continue to stay interested in environmental issues and continue activities as an Eco Leader to help more people gain awareness on such issues and participate in environmental preservation activities in everyday life.”
