This project assisted the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) in following up the work from 2019 on the US-Taiwan Eco-Campus program and the Global Environmental Education Partnership (GEEP). Moreover, this project also conducted warm-up activities for the third Environmental Youth Leader selection and organized relevant training workshops.
Continuous work on the US-Taiwan Eco-Campus program includes guiding and assisting eco-campuses in certification application and reviewing the green flag level application processes. From August 1st, 2022 to June 30th, 2023, this project has completed registration procedures for 62 new schools, as well as certification procedures for 36 Bronze awards, 17 Silver awards, and 12 Green Flag evaluations. Currently, there are 20 schools certified with the Green Flag, 147 with Silver awards, and 256 with Bronze awards. In terms of guidance, 8 schools of on-site counseling sessions have been conducted, and 59 schools have been tracked and assisted through Line communication software, telephone, or email. This year, the last four e-handbooks on "Water," "School Habitat," "Healthy Campus," and "Forest" has been completed, with additional revisions made to the "Climate Change" section to include "2050 Net Zero Emissions" content.
As for the event organizations, five Eco-Campus promotional seminars, one media exchange seminar, and two Eco-Campus Action Team workshops have been completed. As for the website of Taiwan-US Eco-Campus Partnership, continuous operation and enhancing cybersecurity protection and system upgrades have been done, and also two online website briefings have been conducted. A new section for sharing Green Flag achievements has been added, including the filming of videos and the preparation of special reports for four Green Flag schools.
In terms of international conferences and interchanges, this projects provided assistances for the EPA to organize 21 GEEP meetings through both online conferencing and physical attendance. From October 10th to October 15th, 2022, a visit to Tucson, Arizona, USA was made to participate in the "2022 Annual Conference of North American Association for Environmental Education", and this project assisted EPA to showcas recent achievements and highlights in environmental education of Taiwan. Additionally, this projects also helped to hold two online GEEP workshops. Three workshops on environmental leadership for youth with the theme "From my heart, Be the Change" have been held to continue discovering and nurturing outstanding environmental youth under the age of 30 in Taiwan.
