LSIS Chairman Koo Ja-kyun. (Photos: LSIS)

LSIS said its executives and staff, together with members of the Environment Action Association, and 30 local residents, all chipped in to clean the Anyang Stream, flowing through Seoksu-dong, Anyang, Gyeonggi Province. The group cleared out all kinds of debris from the stream under a program called, “Let’s Make Green with LSIS.”

The LG affiliate said on June 20 that they traveled to the Seoksu-dong to work on a number of events, such as those related to keeping the stream clean by removing all kinds of debris, plants that undermine the growth of native plants growing in and around the stream and releasing “balls” made with effective microorganisms.

The LSIS Social Service Team placed some 600 EM balls in a 5-km section of the stream in Seoksu-dong to keep the stream, known as a “treasure trove” of ecology, protected from all kinds of detrimental elements, LSIS said. They threw in some 80 EM balls, which are not harmful to humans, to remove odors, prevent oxidization and keep water clean. The balls are expected to improve the quality of the water in the steam in the long run. LSIS officials said the work they put in has been a very significant for the communities along the stream. The LSIS officials have made contributions to a number of important matters related to the stream and the communities, such as keeping the environment clean and the preservation of ecology in and around the stream.

The “Keeping Anyang Stream Clean” event was the first project of the “Let’s Make Green with LSIS Project,” which was introduced to solve various problems related to keeping the environment clean in cities by preserving the ecology of the area in cooperation with local communities and civil organizations. LSIS will continue to work on the project amid rising concern for fine dust and other environmental problems by coming up with answers to those issues.

In the second half of the year, LSIS will return to Anyang Stream to work on sanitizing the stream further and secure ecological diversity, with efforts to diversify the social service program. LSIS will also strengthen its other social service programs related to welfare, such as providing warm clothes for the poor and socially isolated families during the winter, provisions of gifts on holidays including Chuseok, and heaters and coolers on a timely fashion.

LSIS officials and civic volunteers participate in a campaign to make the Anyang Stream a clean one.

During the drive, they throw balls made with effective microorganisms, considered to be beneficial to the environment, into the river.