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Do you love K-Pop and Sokcho?

Do you love K-Pop and Sokcho? We who love K-pop and Sokcho must also face the fact that attending K-pop concerts and various local festivals in Sokcho generates carbon emissions! So, what are some ways to keep enjoying and loving K-pop and Sokcho while minimizing our carbon footprint? Earlier this year, we researched and presented seven case studies together with young members of the climate action group Big Wave. Among them, we introduced a special case on the sustainability of K-pop and Sokcho through a YouTube video. In the video, Big Wave youth members Jeong Yeon-woo and Kim Eun-hyo share
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Inspiring resources for climate action

The Return of the Eco-Fans: A Green Future for K-POP

Keyword | K-Pop, Fandom, K4P, Plastic Album, Coal, Dead Planet, HYBE, SM, YG, JYP
Popular culture—through music, movies, dramas, and performances—brings us great joy. However, while enjoying this popular culture, we sometimes end up buying things we don’t really need. We may have simply wanted to support our favorite artists or works, but before we realize it, we find ourselves purchasing unnecessary merchandise or limited-edition items that are very similar to things we already own. Anyone who loves popular culture has probably experienced this at least once. Modern society constantly pursues “more, newer, and cooler,” and as a result, popular culture is shifting its focus from fulfilling people’s hearts to emphasizing material things.
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[Interview] Geunhye Lim, Director of ARKO Art Center

Keyword | Sustainable Museum, Manual, Resource Circulation
This text is based on an interview with Geunhye Lim, director of the ARKO Art Center.
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ARKO Art Center: Steps toward a Sustainable Public Art Museum

Keyword | Sustainable Museum, Manual, Resource Circulation
Recently, in the art world, people from various fields gathered at museums to share concerns and initiate discussions on what museums, facing climate change, should contemplate and practice. The International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art (CiMAM) has been encouraging global museums to participate since 2022 by developing a Museum Practice Toolkit
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