Realizing Environmental Education for Sustainability: Promoting a Net-Zero New Lifestyle Project

1 · Background and Need

In the face of global climate change and the government's net-zero policy, communities need to strengthen residents' understanding of low-carbon living, environmental education, and sustainable action. The Sakura community has continued to promote environmental education over the past three years, including building sustainable ecosystems, advocating for low-carbon living, and offering courses on the circular reuse of materials, earning recognition from the Environmental Protection Bureau on multiple occasions. Building on this foundation, the project integrates classroom education, hands-on courses, and volunteer empowerment to help citizens put the SDGs and ESG into action, advancing an environmentally friendly and sustainable way of life.

2 · Project Goals and Implementation Methods

Project Goals

• Raise citizens' net-zero awareness and low-carbon living skills
• Cultivate environmental education volunteers and seed instructors
• Build local ecological demonstration sites
• Comprehensively advance sustainable living through advocacy, hands-on practice, and training

Implementation Methods (20 sessions in 4 categories)

3 · Beneficiaries and Potential Lasting Impact

Direct Beneficiaries

• General Taipei City residents
• Community residents, volunteers, and new immigrants
• Learners interested in environmental sustainability
• Co-organizing units and local community organizations

Qualitative Indicators

• Raising citizens' understanding and practice of climate change, carbon reduction, and circular reuse
• Ecological ponds and greening becoming long-term environmental education bases
• Cultivating volunteers and instructors to form a "core sustainability workforce" in the community
• The community being able to independently and continuously promote sustainability courses, green tourism, and environmental preparation activities
• Strengthening the community's resilience and self-management capacity in the face of environmental change

4 · Performance Evaluation Methods

Quantitative Indicators

Qualitative Indicators

• Learners demonstrate green-living practice and environmental improvement abilities
• Volunteers can serve as docents, maintainers, and activity leaders
• Course feedback and satisfaction
• Environmental improvement outcomes for ecological ponds and greening areas
• The degree to which courses are integrated into daily life (circular reuse, low-carbon behavior, etc.)

5 · Alignment with Rotary's Four Priorities

Increase Our Impact

• Systematic courses give citizens a deep understanding of net-zero, the SDGs, and ESG.
• Ecological ponds and greening areas become sustainable environmental education demonstration sites.

Expand Our Reach

• The audience covers the general public, volunteers, and community groups.
• Partnering with Rotary clubs, community federations, and social enterprises makes the project's reach more comprehensive.

Enhance Participant Engagement

• Training environmental education volunteers to participate in site maintenance and course support.
• Encouraging citizens to build ecological ponds and greening hands-on, raising self-driven participation.

Increase Our Ability to Adapt

• Ecological ponds, native species, and greening enhance the community's environmental resilience against extreme weather.
• Recycled floral art and circular reuse courses strengthen residents' low-carbon living skills.

6 · Media and Public Relations Plan

• Promote through community platforms, co-organizers' social media, and event photos.
• Use course outcomes, demonstration sites, and volunteer stories to enhance the community's sustainability image.
• Compile activity records into results reports for city government review and future proposal promotion.
• The high visibility of the ecological sites, combined with volunteer-led tours, increases public relations exposure opportunities.