Environmental Consciousness Evolves as Social Trend
Jangheung, South Jeolla Province, was recently designated as ``Slow City,’’ an environment-friendly city. The land has eco-experience farms and is rich with natural insects. / Courtesy of Janheung County OfficeBy Bae Ji-sook Staff Reporter The keywords of the year were definitely ``climate change and the environment.'' Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the Nobel Peace Prize, while all domestic and international media selected climate change as the keywords of the year. Working for the environment has been a long tradition in some parts of the world. Green Peace, one of the largest environment civic groups in the world, was established in the 1970s and has run various campaigns to save the earth. In Korea, it wasn't until the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games that the government and people became aware of environmental issues. As air quality in Seoul was reported as poor, questions arose internationally whether it would be okay to hold certain events here, the Hankyoreh newspaper reported at the time. Environment Barely Recognized The environment
Dec 31, 2007