Korea National Park Service recruiting 1,000 members for 'Climate Action Youth Volunteer Corps' — applications open Friday
The Korea National Park Service, an agency under the Ministry of Climate, Environment and Energy, said Friday it is recruiting participants for its "Climate Action Youth Volunteer Corps," targeting people in their 20s and 30s to help advance carbon neutrality practices and climate crisis response across the country's national parks.
Any person between the ages of 20 and 39 is eligible to apply. The corps will take 250 volunteers from each of four regional zones — eastern, western, central and northern — for a total of 1,000 members nationwide.
Applications open Friday and run through June 21, a 17-day window. Prospective volunteers can submit an application form through the Korea National Park Service website.
Selected volunteers will carry out online and offline activities at least once a month from July through December to promote the value of national parks and reduce carbon emissions.
Online activities will include proposing energy-saving ideas for national parks and producing promotional materials related to climate action. Offline, volunteers will take part in tree-planting drives, carbon neutrality awareness campaigns aimed at park visitors, and environmental cleanup efforts.
All participating volunteers will receive credited volunteer hours. Those who produce outstanding promotional materials or complete activities above a set threshold will receive commemorative gifts, including the national parks' mascot plush toy "Bandali." Top performers will also receive a separate cash award.
"The participation of the younger generation — skilled at social media communication and open to behavioral change — will be a powerful force in protecting the future of our national parks," Korea National Park Service Director General Ju Dae-young said. "We hope that young people's actions to address the climate crisis will spread beyond national parks and take root as a culture of carbon neutrality across our society as a whole."
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