In the future, students in Seoul will be able to select'vegetarian' from meals.

The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education announced the'Mid-to-Earth Development Plan for Ecological Transition Education (2020~2024)' today (18th), and selected schools with high agreement among students, parents, and faculty as a pilot-operated school. He said he would introduce an option. 

Last year, environmental groups'Youth Climate Action' activists and students asked the City Department of Education to ensure their choice of environmental classes and vegetarian choices in meals. In addition, various environmental groups have voiced, which is understood to have been accepted by the city office of education.

The city office of education also announced plans to build a'zero carbon emission school'. The goal is to increase the energy efficiency of school buildings and create solar power plants to be a place to experiment and practice sustainable life.

In addition, △Support an experimental classroom (living lab) where students can grow their own gardens △Support club activities such as youth ecological transformation support group He said he would proceed with the establishment of the Education Park. 

Hee-yeon Cho, Superintendent of Seoul, said, “Education needs to be changed in order to maintain a better quality of life while producing and consuming within the capacity of the earth. "Start."

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