received PCGG Chairman's Award
Developed dehumidifier/air freshener by recycling coffee powder, earned opportunity for overseas studies worth 10 million won
Another achievement following first team's first place, second team's encouragement prize
[January 10, 2013]
3rd Green Leader Awarding Ceremony (from left to right: 'Saeparandae' Team Kim, Nam-ju, Lee, Chan-hee, Secretary of Presidential Committee on Green Growth(PCGG) Lee, Won-hee, Kim, Byung-soo, Jung, Hyun-ji, Korean Association for Green Campus Initiative chairman Shin, Ui-soon - photo source: HKBS) YU students were awarded 'first place' in the '3rd Green Leader Fostering Program' hosted by the Korean Association for
Green Campus Initiative (KAGCI, chairman Shin, Ui-soon). Thus, YU was awarded grand prize in the first program and encouragement prize in the second program, and again first place this time around, establishing itself as a cradle of 'Green Leaders'.
The 'Green Leader Fostering Program' is a project for selecting and training university students to become green leaders at their campus. It is in its third year and is sponsored by the Korea Petroleum Association and 4 oil companies (SK Energy, GS Caltex, S-Oil, Hyundai Oil Bank). The third team of 100 green leaders selected from universities around the nation in July last year led green campus activities in their universities for the past semester, and recently, the final presentation and awards ceremony was held at the Yonsei University Samsung Academic Center.
In result, the 'Saeparandae' Team made up of 4 students in the School of Business such as sophomores Kim, Byung-soo and Lee, Chan-hee and juniors Kim, Nam-ju and Jung, Hyun-ji won first place receiving the 'PCGG Chairman's Award'. They also were given the opportunity for overseas education worth 10 million won.
The 'Saeparandae' Team placed dehumidifiers/air fresheners made by recycling coffee powder thrown away in the school cafe and placed them all around the campus to control the indoor humidity. In addition, they placed garbage bins for paper inside of the campus and made notebooks using the collected paper and gave them away to students for free. Also, through the cooperation with the university, they took the initiative to establish the 'Campus Public Bicycle system Construction project' and the designation of smoking areas. Moreover, they publicized the smartphone application 'Tree Planet' in which trees are planted in desert areas around the world when users plant trees in the game, and was thus recognized for their campaign activities for environment-friendly, low carbon green campus.
On this, Kim, Byung-soo (24, sophomore in School of Business), the leader of the 'Saeparan' Team, stated, "I am happy to be able to continue the legacy of our first and second green leader seniors and I would like to help to make the fourth green leaders be born from YU as well." He also added, "I hope that the achievements of green campus within the university will expand to the entire society in order to contribute to the establishment of a green community'.
