4th Eco-Quartier Seminar by Korean-French Ensemble in Suwon, Korea

The Korean-French collaborative team Ensemble ("together") hosted its 4th Eco-Quartier ("eco-neighborhood") Seminar in  Suwon, South Korea, on October 4th, 2018. 

The seminar took place at the Korea Farmers Center and included two presentations:

1. Gardening together with life! by Ms. Hyunmi KIM, Chairperson of Suwon Master Gardener, introducing community garden practices and experiences in Suwon;  
2. Co-creating Sustainable Smart Tourism Experiences in Cities by Ms. Catherine GERMIER-HAMEL, Founder & CEO of Millennium Destinations, focused on fostering meaningful and valuable relations between visitors and host communities. 

During her presentation, Catherine introduced the global campaign “Fair Travel Living Together” led by Seoul Tourism Organization, aimed at raising awareness of fair and sustainable urban tourism, as well as the eight measure taken to deal with overtourism in Bukchon village, Seoul. 
Also read Seoul Spearheads Global Efforts to Promote Fair and Sustainable Urban Tourism.   

The seminar was concluded by a visit of the "Romadic" micro-compact house, specially designed for romantic urban nomads by Architect Seong-Hun KIM. 

"Ensemble" is a French-Korean team of professionals involved in eco-architecture, green urban development, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable smart urban tourism. It was established in 2017 with the purpose to build and implement collaborative and participative solutions and projects aimed at promoting sustainable development strategies, business models and lifestyles in urban environments. 

Ensemble team is currently composed of: 

• Taeyeon KIM, Founder & CEO of Novelgen
• Seong-Hun KIM, Architect at Geeum +
• Catherine GERMIER-HAMEL, Founder & CEO of Millennium Destinations
• Hortense SERRET, Post-Doctoral Researcher in Ecology and Participatory Sciences at Ehwa University, Seoul

Magali DESCHAMPS, Tourism Consultante, and Catherine GERMIER-HAMEL, Founder & CEO of Millennium Destinations

Catherine GERMIER-HAMEL, Seong-Hun KIM, and Magali DESCHAMPS

Romadic home