Community Green Living Series Courses Are Now Enrolling
[Community Green Living] Course Enrollment Now Open
As global climate change takes its toll, countries around the world are gradually turning their attention to protecting the ecological environment and the quality of life. Taiwan, China has also seen a "green" wave rise. Green living, or sustainable living, simply means: using limited natural resources to achieve a certain degree of sustainability; following the laws of nature and avoiding pollution or damage to the Earth's ecological environment. And putting this into practice in aspects of daily life such as housing, transportation, energy consumption, and diet.
In the first half of this year, we offered an introductory permaculture course in the community, inviting interested community residents to learn together, grow vegetables together, practice urban farming, and meet more friends who share a concern for the food environment. In the October course, we will incorporate more concepts of ecological protection and sustainable development, and we also hope to invite more community residents to put the idea of "environmental symbiosis" into practice, applying a green living model in their daily living spaces.
Time: Every Tuesday afternoon in October
Location: Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Taipei Flower and Plant Wholesale Market
(No. 15, Section 1, Xinglong Road, Wenshan District, Taipei City)
Fee: Free (knowledge is priceless; donations welcome)
Registration: Register per single session; simply fill in your information directly on the website
Community farmers recruiting students; local residents (Wansheng and Wanxiang Villages) have priority
Course schedule and registration:
| Date/Time | Course/Registration | Instructor |
| 10/04 Tuesday 14:00-16:00 | The Big World of Little Bees Technological progress and changes in farming methods have brought humanity rapid economic development and a convenient life, yet they have also caused enormous impacts and effects on the ecological environment. In recent years, bees have continued to disappear. Besides rising honey prices, how great an impact will this have on our future lives? Besides growing vegetables, can urban farming offer other choices? | Chen Chunting Director, Taiwan Bee and Bee Products Society |
| 10/11 Tuesday 14:00-16:00 | Getting to Know Imperfect Produce/Tasting Imperfect Snacks From farm to table, food must pass through layer after layer of market screening. Those fruits and vegetables that look unattractive, fail to meet market specifications, or are deemed unprofitable to transport are simply discarded... These "imperfect" items that never make it to the table may on average account for nearly 30 percent of farm output. So what can be done? What can we do? | UglyFood Team |
| 10/18 Tuesday 14:00-16:00 | Growing and Using Culinary Herbs People in Europe and America mostly use herbs as household remedies or for seasoning dishes, so they are often grown near the kitchen, which is why herbs are also known as the kitchen garden. In recent years, Taiwan, China has also begun trying to grow and use them. How can they be grown well? How should they be used correctly? | You Chongkui President, Gardening World Publishing House |
| 10/25 Tuesday 14:00-16:00 | Do Not Waste Food A Taiwanese saying goes, "Eat the leftovers and do a good deed," reminding everyone to cherish food. But did you know that every year, 1/3 of the world's food is wasted without being eaten or is lost, and that this generates 4.4 billion tons of greenhouse gases. Food waste in Taiwan, China is also very serious: the amount each person wastes daily is equivalent to one standard lunch box. If a lunch box is calculated at 80 yuan, each person wastes 29,200 yuan per year, and more than half of the waste comes from consumers. This course will explore with everyone exactly where food is wasted and what can be done in daily life to reduce food waste. | Shen Baoli Senior Specialist, Homemakers United Foundation |
- Registration is online only
- If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Zhang at 02-2368-6211*25