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The Effect of Environmental Campaign on the Recognition of Environmental Problem and the Execution of Environmental Protection in Foodservice (단체급식소에서의 환경운동이 환경문제 인식도와 환경보호 실천도에 미치는 영향)

  • Jeon, Mu-Yeong;Min, Hye-Seon
    • Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.71-78
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    • 2000
  • Environmental pollution induced by food wastes is considered as one of very serious problems in the world, and it is the most important to reduce the production of food wastes. In this study, environmental campaign for reducing food waste was conducted by applying various campaign methods using such as a bulletin board, intra-network, slogans & posters and news letters, as well as some systems such as penalty and prize in a business & industry foodservice. We investigated customers' recognition and execution degree before and after environmental campaign for the purpose of analyzing the changes of customers' attitude by the campaign. The subjects of this study had generally high level of recognition of environmental problem(3.09 point) compared to the execution degree(1.88 point)(Max. 5 points), implying necessity for the induction of actual execution of food wastes reduction by continuous environmental campaign. After environmental campaign, the recognition of environmental problem related to food wastes was significantly increased from 3.09 point to 3.29 point (p<0.001), and the execution degree for food wastes reduction was also greatly increased from 1.88 to 2.70 point (p<0.001). These changes indicated that campaign for food wastes reduction has raised customers' recognition and execution for environmental protection.

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Middle School Environmental Education of the 7th National Curriculum and Application to Teen-agers Practice of Environmental Education (제7차 중학교 ‘환경’ 교육과정과 청소년 환경교육)

  • 이민부;박승규
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.14-25
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    • 1998
  • The Quality of human living depends on the environmental quality of the region sustaining the life. The environmental deterioration of the modern society is due to mechanical environmentalism. For the better quality of the life, The changes of recognition and attitude on the environments are required. These changes of mind are also important in environmental education for teenagers. The 7th national curriculum, officially anounced December 1998, focuses on the change of attitude to environments and practical behavior in real life for “Environments”, the environmental education curriculum in middle school. Basic elements of the curriculum are cultivation of the pro-environmental thinking, multi-levelling of teaching materials and methods, and encouraging of student participating activity. Actually, the curriculum construction is composed of stepped-levelling of teaching and learning, reasonable contents volume, encouraging of student practice, and suggesting of evaluation standards of textbook writing. Three main subjects of environmental education for middle school consist of (1) man and environment, (2) recognition of environmental problem, and (3) protection activity for environment. Methodology of environmental education can include multi-disciplinary approaches, variable teaching methods, and continuing evaluation of student practice and participation attitude. Environmental education for teenagers relating to the 7th national curriculum focuses on recognition of the environmental problems and practice activity in daily life. The recognition includes considering relationship of human life to environment, solving environmental problems in regional context, and development of comprehensive understanding concept of the environments. For the practice education, variable teaching methods, such as field survey and application of multi-media, are needed.

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Changes of Enzyme Activities and Compositions of Abnormal Fruiting Bodies Grown under Artificial Environmental Conditions in Pleurotus ostreatus

  • Jang, Kab-Yeul;Cho, Soo-Muk;June, Chang-Sung;Weon, Hang-Yeon;Park, Jeong-Sik;Choi, Sun-Gyu;Cheong, Jong-Chun;Sung, Jae-Mo
    • Mycobiology
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.30-34
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    • 2005
  • This study investigated the biochemical changes of abnormal fruiting bodies grown under artificial environmental conditions in P. ostreatus. Abnormal mushroom growth during cultivation damages the production of good quality mushroom. This study showed that different environmental conditions produced morphological changes in the fruiting bodies of P. ostreatus. The fruiting bodies with morphological changes were collected and examined for differences in biochemical properties, enzyme activities, and carbohydrates composition. The enzyme activities assay showed that glucanase and chitinase activities decreased when the temperature was below or above the optimum cultivation temperature for P. ostreatus. The biochemical compositions of the abnormal mushroom were significantly different from the normal fruiting bodies. It was suggested that the changes in the biochemical composition of abnormal mushroom were caused by the unfavorable environmental conditions during mushroom cultivation.

Effects of atmospheric environmental changes on annual ring growth of Cryptomeria japonica in Southern Korea

  • Luong, Thi-Hoan;Jang, Kyoung-Soo;Choi, Woo-Jung;Lee, Kye-Han
    • Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.36 no.1
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    • pp.31-38
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    • 2013
  • Annual ring formation is considered a source of information to investigate the effects of environmental changes caused by temperature, air pollution, and acid rain on tree growth. A comparative investigation of annual ring growth of Cryptomeria japonica in relation to environmental changes was conducted at two sites in southern Korea (Haenam and Jangseong). Three wood disks from each site were collected from stems at breast height and annual ring growth was analyzed. Annual ring area at two sites increased over time (p > 0.05). Tree ring growth rate in Jangseong was higher than that in Haenam. Annual ring area increment in Jangseong was more strongly correlated with environmental variables than that in Haenam; annual ring growth increased with increasing temperature (p < 0.01) and a positive effect of $NO_2$ concentration on annual ring area (p < 0.05) could be attributed to nitrogen deposition in Jangseong. The correlation of annual ring growth increased with decreasing $SO_2$ and $CO_2$ concentrations (p < 0.01) in Jangseong. Variation in annual growth rings in Jangseong could be associated with temperature changes and N deposition. In Haenam, annual ring growth was correlated with $SO_2$ concentration (p < 0.01), and there was a negative relationship between precipitation pH and annual ring area (p < 0.01) which may reflect changes in nutrient cycles due to the acid rain. Therefore, the combined effects of increased $CO_2$, N deposition, and temperature on tree ring growth in Jangseong may be linked to soil acidification in this forest ecosystem. The interactions between air pollution ($SO_2$) and precipitation pH in Haenam may affect tree growth and may change nutrient cycles in this site. These results suggested that annual tree ring growth in Jangseong was more correlated with environmental variables than that in Haenam. However, the further growth of C. japonica forest at two sites is at risk from the long-term effects of acid deposition from fossil fuel combustion.

Trend of temporal change in moth communities in forests of the agricultural landscape of southwestern South Korea (한국 서남부 농촌 경관 내 숲에 서식하는 나방 군집의 시간적 변화 양상)

  • Choi, Sei-Woong;Kim, Nang-Hee;Shin, Bora;Lee, Jae-Young;Jang, Beom-Jun
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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    • v.37 no.3
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    • pp.426-432
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    • 2019
  • The aim of the present study was to investigate the temporal changes of moth communities in two forest types of the agroecosystem in the southwestern part of Korea, an isolated hillock forest and a continuous mountain forest. Temporal changes in the numbers of moth species and individuals at both forests showed no significant difference, although the numbers of individuals in the isolated hillock forest were decreased. The relationship between changes in moths and body size based on wingspan revealed that the larger moths decreased more in the isolated hillock forest, whereas no effect of body size on change of moths was observed in continuous mountain forest samples. Non-metric multidimensional scaling resulted in the grouping of moth communities by forest types and 10-year time intervals. In the future, long-term monitoring is needed to track the changes in moth communities in agroecosystems. Additionally, we need to investigate the effect of other ecological variables on changes in moth diversity.

A Basic Study on the Utilization of Kitchen and Bathroom Exhaust Wind Velocity in High-Rise Apartment (초고층 공동주택의 주방.욕실 배기풍속 활용을 위한 기초연구)

  • Kim, Seong-Yong;Lee, Yong-Ho;Park, Jin-Chul;Hwang, Jung-Ha
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.11a
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    • pp.226-231
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    • 2011
  • This study set out to review the air current fluidity in exhaust common ducts by installing an inlet pipe at a leisure space in the PS(Pipe Shaft)room for the sake of wind power generation with kitchen and bathroom exhaust common ducts of all the equipment and air conditioning shafts in high-rise apartment. The air current functionality of kitchen and bathroom exhaust common ducts was reviewed by analyzing wind velocity changes according to changes to the area of exhaust common ducts through a simulation, changes to the wind velocity of the kitchen hood by applying an external inlet pipe, changes to the usage factor of exhaust common ducts, and changes to wind velocity by altering the form of the ventilator at the bottom of the old exhaust common duct. It was a basic study on the utilization of exhaust wind velocity in exhaust common ducts.

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Structural Urban Landscape Changes over Time Series in Gangneung-Si (강릉시 도시 경관 구조의 시계열적 변화 연구)

  • Yeum, Jung-Hun
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.30 no.10
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    • pp.779-787
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    • 2021
  • This study analyzes structural landscape changes over a time-series for a small and medium-sized city, Gangneung-Si, based on area and distribution patterns, and according to the type of land cover. Among the types of land cover, the area ratio of urbanized areas increased by 2.02% in the late 2010s as compared to the late 1980s, while there was a decrease of 2.69% in farmland and 0.69% in grassland areas. On analyzing the changes in land cover use by applying the Fragstats program, it was confirmed that landscape changes in urban and management areas were relatively severe according to the Landscape Shape Index, Largest Patch Index, and Aggregation Index. A pattern of concentrated expansion was also found around certain areas. In particular, from the analysis, it was established that the proportion of urbanized area had considerably increased and that the extent of farmland damage to management areas, including planned management areas, was large. Additionally, the Total Core Area generally indicated a reduction in the core areas of farmland and forest within urban and management areas. A medium-sized city showed significant changes besides large cities in terms of landscape structure. The developmental pressure on management areas, in particular, was quite high.

The Effects on the Reduction of Food and Drink Waste and Environmental Literacy by the Program of Rasing Earthworm Flowpots (지렁이 화분을 가꾸는 프로그램이 음식물류 폐기물의 감량과 환경소양에 미치는 효과)

  • Choi Don-Hyung;Kim Byoung-Seob;Cho Seong-Hoa
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
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    • v.19 no.2 s.30
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    • pp.147-158
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this study is to closely examine the changes of food and drink waste amounts, and student's environmental literacy. By using creative methods, discretional activity classes, and programs to dispose of food and drink waste from students schoolmeals, and at the same time conduct and teach environmental education classes. To achieve this, students were given ten class lessons in creative discretional activities. Students were given flowerpots containing earthworms and were instructed to raise them, using food and drink waste from school meals. Four classes who were participating in project were examined for changes from March to July 2005. As a result the environmental education classes through creative discretional activities didn't have any significant influence on the students environmental literacy. However it did make a difference to the student's in-terms of their ecological knowledge. The project using earthworms to dispose of food and waste drink showed a decrease of 15% of the amount of waste food and drink from school meals. Moreover student's environmental literacy had been significantly influenced about environmental sensibility, value and causes. Through this study I found that the project using earthworms to dispose of waste food and drink, and creative discretional activities as a lesson decreased the amount of food and drink waste at the school, and the changes to students concerns and understanding about environmental sensibility, value and the various causes of waste food and drink.

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Comparison of Changes in Environmental Resource Perception and Residential Areas on Jeju Island (제주특별자치도의 환경자원 인식 변화와 거주지에 따른 비교)

  • Jung-Young Seo
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.32 no.6
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    • pp.441-451
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    • 2023
  • This study examines the changes in environmental resource perception and residential areas on Jeju Island. This study focuses on Jeju Island, which has prepared a legal framework for the total amount of environmental resources. The study identifies Jeju residents and non-provincial citizens, analyzes the differences between them, and suggests the future direction of the total amount system for environmental resources. This study aims to provide essential data necessary for successfully implementing the assigned environmental resources. This will contribute to sustainable growth and preserving valuable environmental resources in an era where environmental importance is increasing. The findings indicate that both Jeju residents and non-provincial citizens are satisfied with the current environmental resources on the island. However, when comparing past and current environmental resources, Jeju residents generally indicated lower satisfaction over time, whereas non-provincial citizens perceived an improvement over time. While overall satisfaction with the natural and local environment remains high, there is a notable increase in perception regarding the ecological value of plants, wildlife, wetlands, and Gotjawal areas compared to the past. These findings emphasize the importance of incorporating these high-priority components into the total environmental resource system for future consideration.