Origins

In 2006 the Yung Ho Community University turned the ecological education park into their base and helped local nature lovers become teachers who then entered the community to teach others about the ecological park. These teachers not only learned about nature and ecology, but they also underwent a series of teacher training classes and developed a variety of ecological research goals. They are Eco-Teacher Training Class (ETTC).

Goals

• To establish sensitivity and care towards the environment and the community's ecology.
• To be able to design a variety of activities and guide materials.
• To develop the ability to design activities.
• To create surveying techniques for the ecological park – The systemization of ecological surveying.
• To be able to actively work together with the park's partners.

Objectives

• To create the seeds of ecological teachers and to promote the importance of the wetlands and the environment.
• To think about ecological issues through various activities and opportunities.
• To enter the community and to lead the public to participate in environmental activities.
• To develop areas of study according to different interests (plants, animals, ecological environment, global warming, community development).
• To encourage the community to improve their living environment through their own actions.