SDG 15.2.4
SDG 15.2.4 Educational programmes on ecosystems
NCUE implements a number of projects and activities, including the Environmental Education Center’s “24-, 33-, and 100-hour Environmental Education Personnel Certification Courses” and “Resilient Changbin: Climate Change and the Sustainability of Changhua's Coastal Environment and Industries” project, as well as the Department of Fine Arts’ “Ecological Healing and Green Sustainability: Changhua Ecological Art Project.” Department of Biology: "Survey, Conservation, and Restoration Promotion of Asaphis violascens Habitats along the Changhua Coast" A brief introduction to these initiatives is provided below.
| Project activities | Subsidized units |
|---|---|
| Resilient Changbin: Climate Change and the Sustainability of Changhua's Coastal Environment and Industries | Ministry of Education |
| Ecological Healing and Green Sustainability: Changhua Ecological Art Project | Ministry of Education |
| Changhua Coastal Hard Clam Habitat Survey, Conservation, and Restoration Promotion | Changhua Marine Food Research Production Cooperative |
1. 24-, 33-,100 Hour Courses for Environmental Education Personnel Certification
The Environmental Education Center nurtures relevant environmental education talents. In conjunction with the project “Resilient Changhua Coastal Area: Environmental and Industrial Sustainability in Changhua’s Coastal Region under Climate Change ‘’project, EEC provided relevant education courses for the local and nationwide communities from July to October 2025, with the details shown in Table 1 and the activities shown in Figure 1-4:
| Educational activities | Time | Number of students |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Educator 24-hour Certification -NCUE Class | July 2025 | 28 |
| Environmental Educator 33-hour Certification Class | July-August 2025 | 13 |
| Environmental Educator 100-hour Certification Class | July-October 2025 | 7 |
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2. Ecological Healing and Green Sustainability: Changhua Ecological Art Project
In response to the ecological crisis caused by global warming, the University’s Department of Fine Arts proposed the University Social Responsibility (USR) Project, “Ecological Healing and Green Sustainability: Changhua Ecological Art Project,” for the 2025–2027 period. With “local care” as its central theme, the project aims to contribute to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. In 2025, a series of free activities were organized, as summarized in Table 1, relevant photographs are shown in Figures 5–7.
| Activity Name | Date (2025) | Location | Target Participants | Number of Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siangshan Ecological Field Study Workshop | Mar. 31 | Siangshan Community, Changhua City | Siangshan Community residents | 23 |
| Dongfang Park Ecological Tour Guide Capacity-Building Training | Apr. 14 | Siangshan Trail and Dongfong Park, Changhua City | Siangshan Community residents; faculty and students from the Departments of Biology and Fine Arts at NCUE | 49 |
| Changhua Community Climate Change and Environmental Lecture | Apr. 21 | Fengshan Temple, Siangshan Community, Changhua City | Siangshan Community residents; Professor Tu Chien-Yi from Department of Geography at NCUE | 19 |
| “Breathe with the Forest” Ecological Outdoor Workshop: An Ecological Journey through Dongfang Park, Siangshan Park, Baguashan | May 3 | Dongfang Park, Siangshan area | Ecological Tour Guide Volunteer Team of Siangshan Community; healthcare personnel and family members of Changhua Christian Hospital; faculty and students of NCUE | 88 |
| A Touch of Green: My Little Garden (Siangshan Sessions 1 & 2)—Senior Gardening and Horticultural Therapy Workshop Series | May 5 | Fengshan Temple, Siangshan Community, Changhua City | Horticultural therapy instructor of the NCUE USR Project; faculty and students of the Department of Fine Arts; Siangshan Community residents | 35 |
| Ecological Restoration Project 2: Green Trail Workshop | Jun. 29 | Lawn behind the Yihui Hall, NCUE | Faculty and students of the Department of Fine Arts, NCUE; faculty and students of the Graduate Institute of Architecture and Art, Tainan National University of the Arts | 7 |
| Siangshan Nature Lecture: Understanding Everyday Local Ecology | Aug. 4 | Science Building I, NCUE | Faculty and students of the Departments of Fine Arts and Biology, NCUE; Siangshan Community residents | 25 |
| The Siangshan School of Nature: Capacity Building in Local Ecological Interpretation | Aug. 11 | Science Building I, NCUE | Faculty and students of the Departments of Fine Arts and Biology, NCUE; Siangshan Community residents | 25 |
| Following Leaves and Scents: Nature’s Conversations among Three Gardens | Aug. 18 | Siangshan Community, Changhua City | Faculty and students of the Departments of Fine Arts and Biology, NCUE; Siangshan Community residents | 26 |
| Siangshan Green Trail Learning: Observation, Interpretation, and Evaluation | Aug. 25 | Siangshan Community, Changhua City | Faculty and students of the Departments of Fine Arts and Biology, NCUE; Siangshan Community residents | 24 |
| Department of Fine Arts—Social, Cultural, and Media Green Survey and Soil Restoration Project: Let the Wildland Bloom—Cosmos Seed-Sowing Action Workshop | Oct. 1 | Lawn behind the Yihui Hall, NCUE | Faculty and students of the Department of Fine Arts, NCUE | 25 |
3. 2025 Marine Conservation Local Stewardship Project—Changhua Coastal Hard Clam Habitat Survey, Conservation, and Restoration Promotion Project.
Under the Ministry of Education Fourth-Phase USR Project, “Resilient Changhua Coastal Area: Climate Change and the Sustainability of Changhua's Coastal Environment and Industries,” NCUE worked with Caohu Junior High School, Hanbao Elementary School, Fangyuan Elementary School, and Houliao Elementary School to promote marine education, intertidal observation, clam identification, water-quality monitoring, blue carbon, environmentally friendly aquaculture, and fisheries-related food education. Caohu Junior High School received the Ministry of Education’s Marine Education Promotion Award in 2021 and 2025, and the Excellence Award in the junior-high category of the Marine Education Innovative Teaching Quality Team Selection.
In collaboration with the Changhua Marine Food Research Production Cooperative and local communities, the University conducted clam-habitat surveys, sediment improvement, and marine citizen-science training at Xinbao Wetland. In 2025, four clam-habitat surveys and volunteer-training activities reached 50 participants; five Little Marine Citizen Scientist activities reached 146 participants; and three outdoor ecological survey and field-operation activities reached 73 participants. Activities included water-quality and dissolved-oxygen testing, sediment analysis, bivalve identification, benthic-fauna surveys, intertidal biodiversity observation, and an oyster-shell sediment-improvement trial. Through a “big hand leading a small hand” model, Caohu Junior High School students led Hanbao Elementary School pupils in intertidal surveys, linking the University, schools, communities, and local industry. Relevant photographs are shown in Figure 8.
