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[LaGringa]

I would like to shoot over to the west coast and help out with the oil clean up for a few days. Does anyone know how you would go about it? The only thing that the Koreans seem to know is that there is a disaster center in the town of Taen. Beyond that no one can tell me if there are places available in which to stay or if the clothing and boots are provided. Anyone out there have any info?

[Ilsanman]

Bobster offered me a spot in his car. Maybe Pm The Bobster.

[anjucat]

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[aaabank]

This Saturday, KFEM (Korea Federation for Environmental Movement) will be having another caravan of buses heading down to the oil spill site to clean up. I went with them last weekend and I was very impressed with the organization of their group (all supplies were provided, such as boots, gloves, respirator mask {a real filtering mask}, full-body suit to protect clothing (old clothes should still be worn however), including lunch, tea/coffee and assorted snacks).

The liason you should contact if you want to go is Ma Yong-In. I was email communications with him last week leading up to the event and he was very informative. His email address is: [email protected]

Last week we left from Sajik Park (near Gwanghamun station) at 7am and returned ~8pm and the buses we took were very comfortable as well. If you wanted to stay the night there on Saturday, I'm sure you could just hitch a ride with them down there and find another way to return on Sunday morning.

Good luck and remember to stay safe. If you feel any nausea, just take a break upwind from the fumes, but while I was there last weekend I wasn't bothered at all from any odors (besides the parking lot )

Any more questions, don't hesitate to PM me.

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[kiwiduncan]

Unfortunately all the KFEM positions appear to be taken, though you may want to check with Mr. Ma about this. They will have another weekend clean-up on the 29th however.

The other option is checking out the above website for expat helping hands.

[aaabank]

The expats helping hands website appears to have only held official cleaning days on dec. 15th & 16th from what info can be found on the site.

For people living in Seoul and wanting to volunteer for the oil spill cleanup efforts, please contact Mr. Ma Yong-In, international liason for KFEM for info on this weekend's schedule. I'm sure they can accomodate anyone wishing to go. If all buses filled up, they could find more very quickly. KFEM alone had 20-30 buses last weekend.

This is an experience you won't soon forget. I urge anyone who is on the fence about going to go and enjoy doing your part to improve our earth.

[kiwiduncan]

And if you can't come along on the day then you can help by simply pointing out to your students that the big SUVs they love driving demonstrate a really backwards mentality and are as ugly as shit