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li-nong elementary school (2015 CyberFair Project ID 7924)
Taiwan,
Taipei
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 7. Environmental Awareness
We estimate 16 student(s) from 10 to 12 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: Taipei Municipal Linong Elementary School has been built in Guandu
Plain, Beitou District. Guandu Plain is on the edge of Taipei Basin. It’s
an open terrain and far from the populated down town area. Taipei
City Government has decided to locate one of incinerators in this
area (The other one is located in Neihu District). The government
hopes that this is a solution to the problems caused by burying waste
in landfills. At the same time, Locals who are interested in recycle
business begin to set up their collecting and distributing centers in
this area because that most of farms had already been abandoned.
Recently, it has been reported that sportswear made from recycled
plastic in Taiwan has won the international recognition and made a
lot of profit from exportation. As to this point, the recycling factories
in Beitou have made a certain contribution to the relevant industry.
Also, in this old neighborhood, residents tend to be more
conservative and frugal. That’s why there are quite a lot shops which
run the business of repairing clothes, clocks, watches, and electronic
appliances. Not only they have owned excellent skills to give new life
to those items, but also have successfully extended those items’
expiration date. Reuse is truly an issue we have to think about it
seriously. If we can continue using the existent resources, we don’t
need to overexploit our precious natural wealth. How to respect the
nature and our planet is an important subject for us.
Project Description: There is an Chinese old saying, “The nature was born to nourish the
life of human being, but human being was not born to pay back.”
According to the essence of Taoism, human being comes from
nature, and is always the part of nature. We cannot live without the
nature, how we can despise what the nature gives us. High
technology brings us a whole new life in 21 century; however, we
don’t really approach the nature but even farther. In most developed
countries, a large proportion of food has been dumped after
expiration date in supermarkets. Can you imagine that those dumped
food are able to feed people living in some other underdeveloped
countries? Apart from the problem above, a lot of articles for daily
use have been abandoned for the reasons of old-fashioned. These
two phenomena cause the overexploitation. People tend to use
brand new products, but our earth could not afford that anymore.
Our school aims to use the power of education to recall the old
Chinese custom of thrift. “Respect the nature and cherish what we
already have” is the main subject we will focus on. It not only can
reduce the economic burden of every family, but also can let us do
our best to protect our planet. To let students understand throwing
broken articles into incinerators is not the only way. Actually, “repair
and reuse” is another solution. As the locals in Beitou, we have
responsibility to do the research. We will discuss the local issues such
as, “incinerator, the business of recycle and repairs”. Our research
methods include interview, observation, questionnaires, and
documentation. In order to have experience-based learning, we will
design activities for students as well. In the end, we will set up a
website for sharing our research outcome. We hope that students
can understand the importance of the old saying, “Respect the
nature and cherish what we already have” through engaging students
in relevant activities and uniting with community resources.