"Environmental education (EE) capacity" is used as the operational framework in this project. Six cities and counties are covered in this project: Chiayi, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung, and Penghu. The tasks including leadership academy, capacity building, technological support, research and evaluation, and dissemination partnership are planned according to the five programs of a US EE capacity project. This year, we integrated the environmental education resources and manpower of industries, governments, academic institutes, and NGOs in southern region to form partner networks, developed professional learning communities, summarized the features of local environmental resources to effectively promote environmental education, analyzed the current status of environmental education in terms of agencies, venues, and personnel to propose feasible measures. We also adopted industrialization as a theme for development and devised a tentative program to assess subsequent developmental possibilities.

Environmental Education Regional Center, Leadership Academy, Building Environmental Education Capacity, Technology to Support the Field, Research and Evaluation, Dissemination Partnerships