Circles and Squares

This add on the bus suggests that with sufficient energy conservation the city of Seoul can reduce electric usage sufficiently to justify reducing the number of nuclear power plants by one.

Reduce one nuclear power plant

Seoul is torn between a vision of the city as large apartment buildings and the more conventional buildings of the last fifty years. Here is a stark contrast.

This advertisement for a program run by the city of Seoul to help ordinary citizens deal with debt struck me a truly original.

Take a look:

If there is one thing that is truly amazing, it is how well maintained and clean the public  lavatories in the Seoul Metro are. There is an inspiring dedication to service here that I do not think I have seen elsewhere. I took the liberty of photographing this text which aims to inspire worker and user alike to take pride in daily experience.

The Big Issue is a journal that is sold by the unemployed in the city of Seoul. I purchased one the other day and read it  with great interest. The writing was quite good and the design good as well.

Seoul Metropolitan Government has launched an ambitious program to encourage citizens to share tools, space, services and other aspects of their lives as a means of creating a healthier society. The program proposes broad ranging efforts to encourage citizens to share their possessions as a way of creating a common society.

Seoul’s Share Hub Program announced: “the more we share the more our shared Seoul will grow! Find what you need at Share Hub”

chart explaining how sharing works: The three poles are “a better environment”  “smart consumption” & “a common community that works together”

Details about this program are available at sharehub.kr.