The governmental facilities in Taiwan used to promote environmental education according to "Keys to Environmental Education" resolved by Executive Yuan in 1992. Yet environmental education covers a wide and deep range. It is necessary to combine effectively with environmental protection matters concerned by each individual in terms of all walks of life and people of all ages from business, school, community, family, to citizens so that environmental education can be deepened through the reinforcement of environmental protection consciousness and movements. Since environmental protection is an issue highly concerned by the world, in order to pursue sustainable development of Taiwan, connect with the world, and promote The United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014), many developed countries have resolved special laws to cope with the trends. Therefore, to promote the citizens' environmental ethics, integrate resources of environmental education, and provide legal basis for environmental education funds and trainings, Taiwan formally announced "Environmental Education Law" in June 2010 and began the implementation of the Law on June 5 2011, which established a milestone for the sustainable development of environmental education in Taiwan.
Before the Environmental Education Law was implemented, when promoting environmental education, the relevant departments used to make environmental education promotion plans dependently. Due to the scarcity of horizontal communication between each other, the united integration, comprehensive guideline for certification facility, equipment, location, and environmental protection personnel cannot be specifically established. As a result, causing inconvenience for the general public. It is difficult for circulation and application because the system for the lesson plans and teaching materials of environmental education is different from that for other departments.
This project integrates the existing three sub-systems in Department of Environmental Protection, including " Environmental Education Information Management System (EEIS)", "e-School of the environment", and "Elearn"; establishing a comprehensive, diverse, affluent, convenient, and effective resource sharing platform on the auxiliary website for "digital learning" and "personal lifelong learning" in 2014 according to the requirements of environmental education industry. Besides, the citizens' concept of lifelong leaning passport is promoted and gradually established through the holding of events such as " Individual Passport for Environmental Education", "Election of Creative Lesson Plans for 'Beyond Beauty--Taiwan from above'", "Having Fun for Outdoor Learning in Summer". By means of these events, a sustainable homeland is expected to be created by all citizens in Taiwan.
