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c. Green Schools
Regarding green talent human resources in the elementary and secondary
school system, we should pay attention to making school environments go green.
Recently, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology is selecting green
schools in order to change old schools to environment friendly schools, however, the
projects have been limited to the ones that aim for environmental improvement. In
this aspect, we need to observe the “Green School” accredit system run by the
Green School Initiative, a U.S. NGO (www.greenschool.net). In order to be certified
as a Green School, a school needs to meet four standards: use toxic free materials,
use resources sustainably, make a green schoolyard and teach stewardship related
to environment.
We also need to support and facilitate newly built schools or schools that are in
the process of remodeling to use environment friendly materials and build green
schools. Watching their schools turning into a green school may be very effective for
students as it provides an opportunity for experiential learning and thereby improves
green competencies. Consdering that waste disposal and saving resources in schools
can be necessary for building green competencies, schools need to strengthen green
education.
4. Green Jobs and Educating Green Technology Human Resources
In order to generate new growth power through green technology, green
technology human resources that develop and use green technology is necessary.
Traditionally green technology meant technology that uses environment friendly
resources such as renewable energy and clean energy, however, recently the
concept has extended to convergent green technology that is oriented toward
convergence between technologies such as IT, BT and NT. That is, the recent green
technology analyzes the features of convergent technology ranging in traditional
green technology centered on purpose, function, use and extending the areas of
green technology (Hwang Kyu-hee et al., 2009). The National Science and
Technology Council and Presidential Council for Future & Vision proposes 27 core
green technology in four areas: climate prediction technology, energy resources
technology, technology for high efficiency, waste disposal technolgy and
nonpolluting industry technology. Various core green technologies also include a
mixture of technologies based on high technology. Nurturing green technology
human resources is not much different from nurturing high convergent technology
human resources, except that the fields are different. Therefore, the issue of
nurturing green technology human resources is concluded as “how to develop
talents in convergent knowledge and technology.”