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Green Resonance: Environmental Education in the Port Area

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In order to promote the understanding of port culture and the environment among public, TIPC is committed to having four major commercial ports certified as environmental education centers by 2025. Currently, two major commercial ports, Taichung Port (2022) and Keelung Port (2023), have been certified as environmental education centers, and it is expected that the Ports of Hualien and Kaohsiung will be certified by 2024 and 2025 respectively. The achievements in 2023 are summarized as follows.

Keelung Port Environmental Education Park:

  • The park is the first environmental education facility in Northern Taiwan focusing on oil pollution emergency response. The park is rich in ecological port resources and distinctive history and cultures.In order to conserve the marine environment and ensure sustainable development, the park takes advantage of marine environmental education to raise public awareness of marine conservation, and to educate public on reducing marine waste generation at its source, so as to achieve the goal of protecting marine environment, realizing green port and promoting marine education.
  • In order to meet the needs of different target groups, the park has designed two sets of courses, namely " Reversing Oil Pollution - Getting Cleaner with the Port" for general public (adults) and "Keelung Port is Happening - The Secrets Behind the Containers" for elementary school Grades 5-6, which incorporate the emergency response to oil pollution, implementation of green port policy, and the tasks entrusted to international commercial ports into the course design, in order to educate people about the special operation mode in the port area and concept of sustainable operation of the green port policy by means of tutorials and hands-on activities. In 2023, a total of 10 environmental education activities were organized, with 334 participants.

Taichung Port Environmental Education Center:

  • The Port of Taichung, in line with the national policy of promoting offshore wind power generation, serves as an offshore wind power industrial park and operation base. Through revitalization of the existing space as teaching area, which can be operated in a sustainable manner, and by linking natural ecology, humanity history, port facilities and offshore wind power, the port has expanded the environmental education curriculum. In addition to providing public with fun and educational programs and knowledge, the programs also integrate the characteristics of site and environmental technology into the content of environmental learning, inspiring Taiwan citizens to attach importance to the environment, ecology and resource sustainability.
  • The Port of Taichung has uniquely develop three environmental education programs, including "Talking about the Port of Taichung" for elementary school Grade 5-6, " Wonders of the Green Port" for junior high school students, and "Offshore Wind Power Revealed" for tertiary students, which include the humanity history, EcoPort, and the development of offshore wind power industry, etc. In 2023, a total of 10 environmental education activities were held, with a total of 240 participants.
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Last Updated:2025-03-28
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