SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Jungle gym-shaped ‘Media Art Trees’ will be installed at different locations in Seoul’s popular Myeongdong shopping neighborhood, according to local authorities. The ‘Media Art Trees’, which will also serve as Christmas trees, will be displayed in three locations — in front of Myeongdong Cathedral, in front of Myeongdong Arts [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The retail industry is implementing environmental protection activities through a “Paperless Campaign” that reduces the use of paper receipts. 7-Eleven and BGF Retail Co. recently volunteered to plant trees in the Kubuqi Desert in Inner Mongolia, China. Employees of the two companies have been visiting China and Mongolia’s deserts [...]
GWANGMYEONG, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Residents of Cheolsan 2-dong in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi Province are participating in a special program to knit sweaters for street trees. The Cheolsan 2-dong Community Service Center, in tandem with the residents’ autonomy committee, began the Tree-Hug project in December of last year. The project involves participants knitting sweaters in [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — On Thursday, KBS1TV’s upcoming documentary program, KBS Special, will feature the broad gap between trees in Seoul and trees in Paris. Trees in Seoul are often ugly and withering or deformed, but trees in cities in advanced countries such as Paris and London are healthy and beautiful. Why do [...]
CHUNCHEON, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Chuncheon in Gangwon Province will be hiring ‘tree doctors’ to provide consultation on disease and insect pest control. Consultation services will include diagnosing and treating trees and plants in apartment complexes, school gardens, and welfare facilities free of charge. Tree doctors will also educate local farmers [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government will plant an additional 15 million trees in various parts of the city by 2022, part of a plan that is aimed at making the city’s urban environment greener while also reducing air pollution and improving air quality. The details of the new plan were [...]
JEONJU, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Cities and counties in North Jeolla Province are scrambling to plant more trees this year with the aim to reduce fine dust and offset the urban heat island effect. According to the National Institute for Forest Science, planting a single tree can result in the absorption of 35.7 grams [...]
UIJEONGBU, Mar. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Gyeonggi Province announced on Wednesday that it will plant 275,000 trees in the desert in Inner Mongolia over the next five years, in order to reduce fine dust coming from China. Gyeonggi Province signed an agreement confirming the specifics of the project with the Korea-China Youth Association and the [...]
BUSAN, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Busan has announced plans to plant 225,000 trees in a neighborhood with poor air quality, the district of Saha-gu, by 2027. The municipality of Saha-gu announced Saturday that it would be pushing forth a “forest belt project” in order to reduce fine dust levels and alleviate [...]
SUWON, South Korea, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Will “domestic plants” become a growth industry of the future? In Korea, an increasing number of households have come to adopt domestic plants, like succulents or cactus plants, as their choice of home companion, flora that serve various purposes from simple home decoration to freshening the atmosphere [...]