Before we begin, we want to make sure to thank the City of Pyeongtaek for donating the trash bags, PIEF for their consummate support, to PUB 210 for donating a prize and of course Sig Flips the Table who brought this idea to life and brought us all on board with her vision. We look forward to catching the video of the event from On Your Mark World in the near future. When Sig Flips the Table decided to head-up the First (hopefully annual) Earth Day Pyeongtaek we were really excited to support her efforts. We are big lovers of the earth and all it’s air and other cool stuff the keeps us alive. Plus, we love getting together with people and working. Nope, neither of these things are a joke. We love Earth and work. Since we are sort of in charge of documenting and sharing what’s happening around town, our Earth Day was a bit longer and more busy than most of the groups. We started in Paengseong and then moved over to Songtan. We were super excited to see a variety of different groups out picking up trash and bringing the communities together.  It was pretty inspiring to be honest. Here are few of the Earth loving folks who pitched in. Here you can see a before and after of the magic that we worked. It took four trash bags to clean up this particular lot. However, in Songtan (nearish Osan AF Base) we found a different story.  Despite the fact the SOS group seemed to be the only ones active in the area on Earth Day, the place was super clean. The residents do an amazing job. The business area needed some work, but the parks and residential areas were nearly spotless. Even the empty lots weren’t that neglected. We felt very proud of adopted neighborhood. It’s defiantly loved by it’s residents. In an hour we only managed to fillup two bags between three people. It was fabulous to get to meet people we’ve only seen online, give back to the community that’s given us so much support for the last seven years, and support the wonderful tradition that Earth Day as become over the years. Hopefully next year even more people will get out and celebrate together here in Pyeongtaek. You can download the South of Seoul App from:

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Our stretch of road. We are excited to announce that we are supporting the wonderful blogger Sig Flips the Table in presenting Pyeongtaek’s First Annual Earth Day on Saturday April 22nd. The City of Pyeongtaek has been fabulously supportive of this event and will be providing free trash bags to all participants. They can be collected at Pyeongtaek International Exchange Foundation in Paengseong or Songtan. Read Sig’s the full article HERE: http://sigflipsthetable.com/2017/04/10/earth-day-pyeongtaek/ to learn the details and then join a local Earth Day team or sponsor a team of your own. Team SOS will spend the afternoon cleaning a section of country road that runs between Songtan and Paengseong. This stretch of road is rural but also heavily trafficked by US military personnel and local fisherman. It’s a beautiful area with excellent pick-nick locations so it should be a lovely day. If you would like to join us we would love to have you. We will start from the public parking lot located across from the large power plant. Just send us a message at southofseoul(at)gmail.com so we know how much stuff to bring. Video blogger On Your Mark World will also be there to document this very cool event and make sure everyone knows that they missed. Looking forward to seeing all the photos and hashtags on the 22nd. Let’s get out there and clean!! When: 10am Where: 평택시 오성면 안화리 47-3 Lunch Plan: Let’s have a picnic together. Everyone bring something to share. What you need to bring: Work gloves Water Clothes that can get dirty Comfortable walking shoes A snack to share A food item to share for lunch What SOS will bring: We will pickup the bags from PIEF for the group We will bring extra water Items need for setting up the picnic (eating utensils, cups, plates, etc) Please share the posters below and the Sig Flips the Table’s Blog with as many people as you can. This is our chance to show Pyeongtaek residents “Thank you” for their warm and understanding hospitality by pitching in and helping make the area shine.

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