From "unknown" to the spread of ecological civilization in buzzwords in South Korea

The online lecture on "Ecological Civilization in South Korea" held recently has attracted more than 12,000 people to watch online. This is the 21st issue of the Ecological Civilization Series Lecture of Sanshenggu Ecological Academy. Because the topic belongs to a country with the path of ecological civilization under the global field of vision, it has attracted great attention from netizens.

The two speakers were Dr. Han Yunzheng, co -director of the Institute of Ecological Civilization, South Korea's Hanxin University, and Zheng Jianhe, a professor of economics at Hanxin University.

According to Dr. Wang Zhihe, the host, both scholars came into contact with the concept of "ecological civilization" in 2015. At that time, almost all Koreans felt that this was a concept of "unknown". Today, the fire of ecological civilization has been taken to South Korea, becoming a buzzword for South Korean newspapers. A group of insightful people are working hard to build a South Korean ecological civilization.

Dr. Han Yunzheng realized the "ecological steering" of life in the year of Zhitian's destiny, and actively devoted himself to the spread and construction of the concept of ecological civilization in South Korea. She is a member of the United Nations "harmony with nature" project, planning and organizing large international activities such as "green transformation to ecological civilization" in South Korea. She said that the purpose of promoting ecological civilization in South Korea is to promote the development of global ecological civilization, and to promote the harmonious symbiosis of all things in the world under the guidance of ecological civilization.

Dr. Han Yunzheng said that the concept of ecological civilization has spread around the world and has caused a huge response. She admires the construction of ecological civilization in China. Because China's ecological civilization practice has paid attention to the aspects that other countries and regions are not concerned. China's ecological policy and philosophical thoughts are admirable. South Korea follows the footsteps of China and connects with modern development from the level of philosophy. South Korea expects to achieve four mission: First, to establish ecological thinking, that is, to establish a world view with ecological values, making the world's cognition longer and sustainable. The second is the circular economy and vigorously develop the economic model of the local area. The third is to use education to help transform thinking and economic models. The fourth is global unity and cooperate with ecological civilization people from all over the world.

Dr. Han Yunzheng proposed a new paradigm of ecological transformation: it takes ecological civilization as the core concept, and realizes the transformation of thinking through education, thereby reaching a new paradigm transformation at the philosophical level, and eventually improved policies. This will make the road of ecological civilization stable.

According to Dr. Han Yunzheng, in recent years, South Korea has held some activities that spread ecological civilization, such as the World Ecological Transformation Conference. Relevant departments cooperate to jointly promote the government's formulation of relevant policies to promote ecological transformation. People from all walks of life have gradually attached great importance to ecological civilization. Some artists add ecological and environmental factors to the creation, affecting the general public to pay attention to ecological civilization.

At the education level, ecological issues are added to the curriculum reform. Through cooperation with the Education Department of Seoul, many public primary and secondary schools in South Korea arranged ecological theme activities. For example, using solar facilities in schools, teach students how to produce organic fertilizers of the garden, organize ecological knowledge lectures, and participate in practical activities outside the school. This not only helped students to establish an ecological value concept from the level of consciousness, but also implemented the construction of ecological civilization into practical actions, and achieved good results.

Dr. Han Yunzheng said that he should continue to change people's ideas at the level of culture and education. In this way, it can affect policy and economy in the long run. We must adhere to the local economy, actively seek cooperation, call for and mobilize more people of insight to join in the construction of ecological civilization, fundamentally resolve environmental crises and improve inequality.

Professor Zheng Jianhe gave a speech. From the perspective of economics, he shared his understanding of ecological civilization and emphasized that ecological civilization urgently needs the transformation of economic models.

Professor Zheng Jianhe said that the most important thing in economic transformation is to change the thinking mode. Humans should pay attention to the operating model of the natural economy, and use all wastes in nature to produce more new products. Industrial civilization pays attention to production and ignores the ecology, pays attention to the present rather than the future, and pays more attention to the ecology than the emphasis on the economy. This kind of thought that only pursuits GDP is wrong. The current ecology is on the edge of collapse, and the carrying is close to the limit. He agrees that the green "donut" that controls economic growth in the inside and outside is to ensure that economic growth meets the basic needs of people, but does not cause breakthroughs in ecological ceiling and damage the earth's environment. He believes that this is a new development direction and road.

Professor Zheng Jianhe emphasized the importance of the development of the local economy. The local economy must rely on the support of the local community to ensure the market. It must develop a new economic community model and constitute a new economic relationship network. Sharing and coexistence through the Internet, establish a new economic model.

In the realization of economic transformation, he believes that we must pay attention to rural, agriculture, and farmers. Pay attention to the changes of the people. Through the integration of various aspects in the local community, promote the small economic models dominated by grassroots and the public, let more small communities develop and activate, establish a circular economy system in rural and cities and towns, and create more employment opportunities.

Source | China Green Times

Author | Tieyu Yiyu Zhang Di

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