Archive for the ‘Published Articles’ Category
KMPL President Pens Workbook
KMPL president, Shawn Morrissey, has released a workbook designed to encourage free thinking and curious discovery of the natural world. The workbook is a companion text to Ura’s Dream, a storybook written by John Walker and illustrated by Sohn Hee-jung. Read more →
Grand Canal is a Grand Mistake
This article was originally published in the Korea Times, March 28, 2008. All the fresh water on our planet comes from the same source. High on mountains, clouds release as rain their burden of moisture evaporated from the sea. This rain collects in pools and streams and begins the long journey from the highlands, racing down the slopes to form waterways and waterfalls, eventually slowing and widening into great rivers and lakes before returning to the sea. It is a process of immense power, a movement of Nature upon which we depend like no other. All life on land depends on fresh water, and yet presently in South Korea this elemental process is at a crossroads. Read more →
In Search of Quietude
This article was published in the April, 2007 edition of The Compass Magazine, published by Hyundai Merchant Marine. The Japanese say that if one can climb the summit of Mount Fuji at night, and then observe the sunrise, one will be given a second chance at life, to right all wrongs, and start again. In this regard, Fuji is as important to the Japanese as Chomolungma is to the Sherpa, or Mount Kailash to the Hindu. Although not as world renowned as the three aforementioned mountains, there is at least one South Korean mountain, when taken slowly, that offers more than a fresh start. Read more →