In this project, we executed environmental education events in Taichung city.Throughout these events we let the participants evoke their responsibility andawareness of environmental protection and advocate the concept of sustainable development. The results are as followings: I. The Serial Activities for Earth Day and World Environmental Day. Throughout 25 sessions of activities, we brought the concepts of environmental protection into citizen’s daily lives. Hence, we encouraged the citizens taking actions to protect the environment in everyday lives. There were 756 participants in total. In addition, there were two special events “50 anniversary of Earth Day – Go for Green actions!” and “World Environment Day – Easy steps to protect our environment” for celebrating the Earth Day and World Environment Day. 795 people joined these events. By these events, we hope to evoke the citizens in Taichung City to protect the earth together with the government. II. The Environmental Education Activities in Heping Districts in Taichung City. To enhance the rural environmental education in Taichung City, 9 sessions of environmental education activities were designed and accomplished in Heping district. 227 participants in total attended these activities. Giving the correct ideals of environmental protection to the citizens living in Heping district, we expect them to have the right attitude toward environmental protection and know how to be more environmentally friendly in daily lives. III. The Preliminary of Environmental Knowledge Hold the orientation of the preliminary of environmental knowledge in Taichung City, we encouraged the students and teachers in Taichung City to join this competition. After the orientation, we held the preliminary of environmental knowledge. There were 293 contestants joining in this preliminary. Then we assisted the top five contestants to attend the national finals of environmental knowledge. IV. Environmental Protection Drama Preliminary Before the contest, we held the regulation review meeting for Environmental Protection Drama Contest to make sure the regulation was just and appropriate for Taichung City. Then we held an environmental protection drama workshop online due to the CODVID 19 pandemic; made sure that every competition team had the thorough understand of every criterion in this contest. There were 10 plays passed the script review and attended the city finals. Big Belly Fish Troupe was the champion in Taichung City. After 2 sessions of expert’s coaching on 7th and 23th July, Big Belly Fish Troupe represented Taichung City to join the regional finals. We hope via this drama contests to let the contestants and the audiences to understand the importance of environmental protection. V. Taichung Environmental Education Drawing Book Selection and Promotion To enhance environmental education in Taichung City, we invited the citizens to create environmental protection related drawing book as a competition. Before the competition, we held the regulation review meeting for the Environmental Education Drawing Book Competition to make sure the regulation was appropriate for Taichung City. Then we held the workshop and made sure that every contestant had the proper ideas to create an environmental education drawing book that related to their experiences. There were 4 outstanding drawing books selected in this contest by drawing book and environmental education experts. We held the awards ceremony to praise these creators then used these awarded drawing books to promote the concepts of environmental protection to the public. 657 people have attended these promotions due to the storyteller’s interesting performance. Hopefully, we can develop another interesting and educational way to promote the importance of environmental education. VI. Environmental Magician in Community Environmental Magician in Community (EMC) is a circuit activity to promote the environmental protection concepts within the communities (focused on the elders). There were 21 sessions of EM were held in this project. 592 locals joined in these activities to learn the environmental protection concepts by creative DIY activities. Numerous environmental issues combined with home life were displayed within communities, hence let the elders can learn the environmental protection knowledge without any distance.

environmental education, Environmental Protection Bureau, Taichung City Government