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Yu-Tsai Elementary School (2011 CyberFair Project ID 6549)
Taiwan,
New Taipei city
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 2. Community Groups and Special Populations
We estimate 12 student(s) from 11 to 12 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: Our school resides in Yonghe city, Taipei county. Located near the southeast part of theTaipei Basin, it is linked by three bridges over Xin-Diang River. Yonghe is as properous as Taipei city, and it is well known for its numerous small shops and attractions such as Korean Street, Weekend Farmers' markets, Yang San Lang's Museum and World Religions Museum.
Project Description: In 2002 a group of community volunteers from the Yonghe District of New Taipei City completed the construction of a 6000 ping wetland area under the Zhongzheng bridge. In April 2004 through further community involvement, a wetland ecology pond and public experimental farm were built under the Fuhe bridge. These volunteers are known as the Shiu Dang Dang Volunteers of the Yonghe Ecological Education Park and the Eco-Teacher Training Class. They are committed to the restoration of wetland areas and aquatic plants through the combining of community resources, organizing workshops and integrating the 11 neighborhoods on the banks of the Xindian river to form a management committee. In their conservation efforts, community members give up their weekends to go out and collect wild samples of aquatic plants, then transplant them to the experimental farm for restoration. Later the plants are transplanted to the wetlands on the banks of the Xindian river to be planted. Thus allowing endangered species of plants continue reproducing in their natural environment. The community volunteers have built the Yonghe Ecological Education Park single-handedly. From finding the land and preparing the site, to collecting the aquatic plants, the community volunteers have put their heart in to the project each step of the way. We hope that through the interviewing the volunteers, conducting our own field research and case studies, we can produce this topic website. We also hope to be able to gain a thorough understanding of the effort that the community volunteers have put into exploring the previous ecological resources in Yonghe, as well the involvement of schools, families, community groups to promote awareness of environmental and local issues. During the course of this project, through talking to to the volunteers and experiencing wetland conservation, we hope to learn how to become a good ecology guide in order to promote this area to school children and local residents. Then everyone can use this natural 'ecology classroom', and at the same time get closer to nature and understand the importance of ecological conservation.