Personal memory by Jaeyoon Sul
1992 • Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
I consider myself to be quite lucky because I was always surrounded by nature when I was in elementary school. I grew up in a big house with lots of mountains around it, so I used to play in the mountains. There I was feeding a cow on the ranch and I was eating honey from the wild flowers. Also, I often ascended the mountain with my father. So, those are just good memories for me now. But I was devastated when I got there recently. The mountain was bulldozed in the name of redevelopment of apartments. I felt my good memories brake and it was really sad. The best way to protect the environment is conservation. So, we should conserve forests and mountains for our environment.
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