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The profile of the recipients of the 15th Kyobo Award for Environment
Category : Environmental Education
Daechu Guimal Nature School

Deachu Guimal Nature School, which is located in Youngkwang, south Jeola province and came out naturally, have taught ecology and agriculture. The school has proposed alternatives for sustainable development for last 10 years. It also has run various eco-friendly and environmental programs with a mission, "The young is our nation's future". More than three thousands students join the programs such as Weekend Ecology School for the Youth, Bicycle Trip to Find Self, Vision Trip every year.

It is deemed that agriculture which gives life to us is closely interconnected with environmental education. Daechu Guimal Nature School has creative programs for environmental education based on natural resources and rural amenity of Youngkwang area. It also runs a urban-rural exchange program and environmental education program connected with the school curriculum. In addition, there are research on nature and filed activity taken place in rivers, mountains, islands and foreshore in the area of Youngkwang.

It is very hard for a local environmental organization to survive. Daechu Guimal School, however, has steadily and persistently worked with a mission to protect beautiful nature in Youngkwang for more than 10 years. The small but strong activity of the school will be a good example for community activity.

Category : Culture of Life
Ji Seung Shin(Director)

Director Ji Seung Shin has put community, life and nature on film screen unlike commercial film productions. His film making process is different from that of the commercial film which usually is produced by a few experts of the field. His film is a creature of villagers who involves in the whole process of the film making with experts.

His film sticks to the subject such as life, nature and community which are the roots of our life. To him, film making is a movement in his own way. He has invigorated urban-rural exchange and made village festivals such as "Goodun Village Film Festival" and "Moonlight Film Festival" for 10 years. He carved out a new concept, "village film". He visited more than 80 villages and made films there with the villagers for the last 10 years.

He has fulfilled his role as an art film director who needs to concern about social, environmental and ecological issues of our time. He strongly believes that the film is a good medium to link up human beings and nature. We can imagine ecologically sustainable future through his camera.

Category : Ecological Alternative
Wetlands and Birds Korea
¡®Wetlands and Birds Korea¡¯, which is located in the City of Pusan, is a unique civic organization working to protect wetlands. It had a pivot role to make a domestic and international network and has worked to protect wetlands nationally and internationally.

Its systematic research conducted by volunteers helps people better understand wetlands and birds. It also conducted the mark investigation, survey on endangered species and census of swan population to provide critical materials necessary to protect wetlands and endangered species.

Starting as a small local environmental organization in the mouth of Nakdong River, Wetlands and Bird Korean has expanded its membership to Han River, Bay of Cheonsoo and other areas. Now it plays a main role in the network to protect wetlands. Its has worked truthfully almost for 10 years as a local organization despite limelight only given to big organizations.

Category : International Division
CNIC(Citizens' Nuclear Information Center)

It is CNIC which has played the most significant role since the Fukushima crisis. CNIC was established in 1975 to collect and analyze data related to nuclear energy.

CNIC has published "TWO SCENE", which helps people easily understand nuclear power and related issue. "TOW SCENE" is freely distributed in subway stations. CNIC has also published a bimonthly, English language newsletter, "Nuke Info" and annual report. CNIC not only joins anti-nuclear movement by making a network such as No-Nuke Asia Forum in Asia, but also has made close exchange with the U.S., U.K., Germany and France. CNIC's data is used as an important reference not only by activists but also by scholars.

CNIC has suggested a vision not only for denuclearization but also alternative energy. It also has supported farmers who struggle with contaminated soils and have consistently measured the radioactive level since Fukushima crisis. It is widely and highly acknowledged that CNIC has worked to make a nuke free society for the last 38 years.

The 15th Kyobo Award for Environment Video clip
Environmental Education
Daechu Guimal Nature School
Ecological Alternative
Wetlands and Birds Korea
Culture of Life
Ji Seung Shin(Director)
International Division
CNIC
Past recipients of the Kyobo Life Award for Environment (from the 1st to 14th)
The 14th recipients
Grand Award Environmental Education : Lim Jong-gil
Culture of Life : Lee Yun-ha(Architect)
International Division : Border Green Energy Team(BGET)
Excellent Award
Ecological Alternative : Energy Justice Actions
The 13th recipients
Grand Award Environmental Education : Korea Environmental Education Center (President, Dae-Hyung Lee)
Culture of Life : Jin-Song Kim(woodcrafter, art critic)
Ecological Alternative : Jeju Olle (President, Myung-Sook Seo)
The 12th recipients
Grand Award Environmental Education : Korean Ecoclub (President, Jin-Goo Yeo)
Environmental Movement : Sang-Hwa Kim (Head, Nakdong-gang(river) community)
Environmental Art : Nam-Ho Cho (Architect)
The 11th recipients
Grand Award Environmental Education : Geosan Elementary School (Principal, Jang-Jin Park)
Environmental Movement : Women Opening Green Tomorrow (Co-chairperson, Eun-Ryung Kim, Jeon-Hye Park)
Environmental Media : Soo-Taek Park (Professional journalist on environmental issues of SBS)
Environmental Art : Bong-Joon Kim (Artist)
The 10th recipients
Grand Award Environmental Education : Ganghwa Citizen's Coalition (Standing representative : Ho-Sam Namgoong)
Environmental Movement : Boyung-Seong Choi(Pastor)
Environmental Media : Gang-Kil Lee (Indepedent film director)
Environmental Art : Joon-Ki Nam (Reporter, Naeil Daily Newspaper)
Special Award Kyung-Sun Won (Chairperson, Environmental Justice)
Yung-Hee Roh(Emeritus Professor, Seoul National Univ.)
Young-Sook Park(Co-chairperson, Eco-Feminist Solidarity)
Jae-Il Kim (President, Citizen's Coalition, Doore)
The 9th recipients
Grand Award Environmental Education : Ecological Education Research Institution 'TER' (Head, Je-In Shin)
Environmental Movement : Geu-Rim Park (Chairperson, Seorak Green Korea)
Environmental Media : Jae-Woon Jin (Reporter, KNN)
Environmental Art : Ho-Seop Yoon (Emeritus professor, Dept. of Visual Design, Kookmin Univ.)
The 8th recipients
Grand Award Environmental Education : Jeju Solidarity for Participatory Self-government and Environmental Preservation (Co-presidents, Nam-Choo Heo, An-Na Ko, Jin-Young Heo)
Environmental Movement : The Korea Headquarters of Returning to Farm (Standing representative,Byung-Chul Lee)
Environmental Media : Environment and Life (Chairman, Hyun-Jae Kim)
Environmental Art : (the late) Young-Shik Shin (Cartoonist)
The 7th recipients
Grand Award Environmental Education : jung-Lok Park (Teacher, Pusan Daemyung Girl's High School/ Executive Director, Friends of Wetlands and Birds)
Environmental Media : Hong-Seop Cho (Professional journalist on environmental issues of the Hankyoreh)
Environmental Art : Yoon Hwang (Independent film director)
Excellent Award Environmental Movement : Jeju Federation for Eco-friendly School Meals (Co-head, Priest Byung-Soo Ko)
The 6th recipients
Grand Award Environmental Education : Bundang Citizen's Organization for Environment (Co-heads, Byung-Jun Jeong, Bong-Ja Cho)
Environmental Movement : 'Three Steps, One Bow Pilgrimage (Catholic priest Kyu-Hyun Moon, Buddhist priest Soo-Kyung, Won Buddhist priest Kyung-Il Kim, Pastor Hee-Woon Lee)
Environmental Media : Yeon-Soo Kim (Head of photo department, Moonhwa Daily Newspaper)
Environmental Art : Seung-Ha Ko (Musician)
The 5th recipients
Grand Award Environmental Education : Chang-Hee Ryu (Head, 'Madang,'Reaserch Insititution on Nature Ecology)
Environmental Movement : Boddhist Priest, Do-Beop (Head, Shilsang Temple and Indramang Community for Life)
Environmental Art : Byung-Soo Choi (Site artist)
Excellent Award Environmental Media : Hae-Chang Kim (Professional journalist on environmental issues of the Kukje Newspaper)
The 4th recipients
Grand Award Environmental Media : Green Riveiew (Publisher, Jong-Chul Kim)
First Award Environmental Research : Eung_Bae Shin (Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang Univ.)
Environmental Education : Gyu-Chul Chae (Principal, Doomilli Nautre School)
Environmental Movement : Green Korea United (Chairperson,Young-Shin Park)
Environmental Art : Seon-Kwan Lee (Poet)
The 3rd recipients
Grand Award Environmental Movement : Special Committee for Dong-gang(river) in Korea Federation for Environmental Movement (Chairperson, Yeol Choi) & Action Committee against Yongwol Dam (Chairperson, Dong-Soo Jeong)
First Award Environmental Education : Korea Federation for Environmental Movement in Changnyung (President, Jong-Hyuk Bae)
Environmental Media : Producing team KBS 'Environment Special' (Team leader, Byung-Chan Choi)
Environmental Art : Ki-Yong Jeong (President, Jeongkiyong architectural firm)
The 2nd recipients
Grand Award Environmental Research : Soo-Hyun Park (Reseach fellowship, Korea National Arboretum)
First Award Environmental Education: Korean Teacher's Organization For Ecological Education And Activity(President, Sang-Hoon Han)
Environmental Movement: East Jeonnam Community Research Institution (President, Yong-Jeon Kim)
Excellence Award Environmental Research : Soon-Hong Moon (Former head, Research Institution on Wind and Water)
Environmental Media : Wan-Ho Yim(Documentary producer)
Environmental Art : Seong-Kak Choi(Novelist/Head of Nature Peace)
The 1st recipients
Grand Award Environmental Movement : Han-Tae Seo (Executive chairman, The Association of Green Jeonnam 21)
Excellence Award Water Quality Examination: Eui-So Choi (Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Korea Univ.)
School Environmental Education : Yong-Gae Cho(Publisher, 'All we are friends¡¹)
Social Education : Environmental Education Center of Korean Buddhism (Chairman, Beob-Run)
Environmental News: EBS documentary team (Team leader, Sang-Beom Lee)
Photography : Dong-Il Seok(Photojournalist, specializing on caves)