Eco Health Activism
The Common Pulse
Founder & President
The Common Pulse is a student-led club that explores how environmental issues affect human health and turns research into practical community action. The club focuses on topics such as extreme heat, climate-related health risks, and eco-grief, helping students understand that environmental change can have both physical and psychological effects.
Through The Common Pulse, we created educational pamphlets on heat safety and shared practical ways to prevent heat-related illness. We also led awareness efforts on eco-grief and the emotional impact of climate change and environmental loss.
To move beyond awareness, the club organized a fundraising campaign featuring a student-designed cooling handkerchief. The campaign raised over $500, with proceeds donated to support street-tree planting and shade installations in Seoul.
Good Neighbors: Eco Archive
Activist & Volunteer
I participated in Good Neighbors’ Eco Archive, a sustainability program that combines environmental education with everyday action. After learning about current climate and environmental issues, I completed a series of practical missions and documented my actions through social media.
For example, I replaced disposable plastic cups with a reusable tumbler, chose walking over driving for short distances, and practiced other environmentally friendly habits in my daily life. Through these activities, I learned how small choices such as reducing single-use plastics and choosing low-carbon transportation can contribute to reducing waste and carbon emissions.
The program encouraged me to move beyond simply learning about environmental problems and to apply sustainable practices in my own routine. Building on this experience, I became more interested in how climate change affects people, particularly children and young people, and began exploring climate-related risks and possible solutions through further research and policy-focused work.
Nudge Club
President
Nudge Club is a student-led sustainability club that uses behavioral psychology and visual design to encourage environmentally responsible habits at school. Rather than simply telling students what they should do, the club applies the Nudge Effect to make sustainable choices easier and more noticeable in everyday life.
I designed an awareness poster showing how extreme heat can affect mental health, using the symbolic image of a human head transforming into a thermostat that shifts from hot red to cool blue. I also created nudge stickers for light switches to remind students to turn off unnecessary lights and conserve electricity.
To understand whether these interventions actually influenced behavior, I wrote a Nudge Impact Report reviewing the effects of the posters and stickers on students. Through the club, I explored how small changes in design and the surrounding environment can encourage more sustainable behaviors without relying only on rules or instructions.
Solar Crew
Student Ambassador
As a member of Solar Crew for the 9th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC-9), I helped bring conversations about solar energy beyond the conference and into everyday life. I created social media content and campaign materials that introduced practical applications of solar technology and encouraged greater awareness of renewable energy.
Through this experience, I became interested not only in how clean-energy technologies develop, but also in how they are communicated to the public. Solar Crew allowed me to explore environmental action as a bridge between scientific innovation, public understanding, and the everyday choices that shape a more sustainable future.
Seoul Forest Insect & Botanical Garden
Preservation Volunteer
I volunteered at the Seoul Forest Butterfly Garden and Insect Botanical Garden, helping visitors explore the different butterflies, insects, and plants on display.
I answered questions, helped visitors find specific species, and explained the rules for safely interacting with the butterflies and their environment. Spending time in both gardens gave me the chance to share my interest in nature with visitors while learning more about biodiversity myself.
