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Life Revitalisation Campaign of the Ecology Community Movement Center (ECMC) Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea (PROK)
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The campaign’s aims being aware of a global table community thinking of those facing empty bowls emptying our bowls in respect of those who filled them
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The campaigns projects study group on ecology and humanity learning and discussing about food issues, ethics, our responsibility and possibilities sharing food from own vegetable garden church gardening competition eco-travel to Korea’s rural areas organic food cooperative to foster rural urban direct transaction and producer-consumer interaction
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study group and table community
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gardening and awarding ceremony
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eco travel
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PROK solar cooperative cooperation of PROK, Hanshin University and local citizens members pay to become part of coop money used to establish 50kW solar panels on the rooftop of Hanshin Theological Seminary
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PROK food cooperative PROK cooperative initiated in 2013 by PROK rural ministers association (RMA) rural development institute (RDI) and PROK women’s association aim to establish direct links between rural producers and urban consumers production aims on organic, integrated, low or no pesticide farming first items were organic rice, sticky rice, brown rice and beef
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organisation of PROK cooperative members pay a fee to become part of coop money is used to set up urban-rural direct transaction system for food items cooperative establishes contact to rural producers, receives orders from urban consumers and distribute the products overcome producers’-consumers’ demands discrepancies: gross market system, distribution through churches, small scale packages for private consumers
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public relations activity “Table Community” event in production areas: meeting of producers and consumers to build relation and trust “Revive the Life” academy in Seoul: inform consumers about “table of life” issue and PROK cooperative advertising in local churches in Seoul and surrounding, at rural minsters and women’s association meetings and among ECMC members distributing gifts for Easter Sunday (eggs in 2013, rice in 2014) introduce each item to the consumers, develop “recipe of the month” with coop food items, publish a booklet with producers stories and best practice examples
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current situation (by July 2014) ECMC has role of incubator for two years 962 members and 47 producers 357 PROK churches (46 in Seoul) ordering by phone or text message, online shopping possibility in preparation (blog open: www.prokcoop.or.kr)
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PROK COOP market at Jeonju Ahn-di-ok church (July 2014)
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PROK COOP booth at PROK 99 th General Assembly (Sep. 23~26 th 2014)
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The 1 st PROK COOP producer-consumer consultation (July 14 th 2014/Duck-chon church)
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future plans plan to encourage ministers to tackle “revive the life” topic in the sermon every week in another church plan to sell products before production “my tree”, “my field” plan to offer rural life experiences consumers give a hand at harvest, in villages or in farm houses plan to open an offline store in Seoul (2015)
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