From Shennong Hillside to ESG

2024-11-07

 University Social Responsibility Environmental Education CourseFrom Shennong Hillside to ES

  1. Course Overview
    “Shennong Hillside” reflects the core spirit of our Yangming Campus’s founding principles, embodying “Shennong Culture,” an invaluable legacy of humanity’s pursuit of sustainable living. This year’s campus tree health assessment and carbon stock inventory reveal traces of ancient Taipei Lake’s environmental changes, highlighting critical future issues tied to rising CO₂ levels. Through this environmental education activity, we aim to deepen participants’ understanding of campus biodiversity spanning past to future from ecological perspectives, positioning our university as a responsible ESG-oriented institution.
  2. Course Schedule
    • Date: November 21 (Thursday), 2024
    • Time: 14:00–16:00 (1-hour indoor lecture, 1-hour outdoor exploration)
  3. Location
    • Conference Room 2, Activity Center, 1st Floor, Yangming Campus, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
  4. Participants
    • Faculty, staff, and students. Maximum of 40 attendees.
  5. Course Agenda
    • 13:40–14:00 Check-in
    • 14:00–14:50 Indoor Lecture: “A University Campus Witnessing Early Taipei Lake’s Environmental Changes”
    • 15:00–16:00 Outdoor Exploration (Starting Point: Administrative Building Parking Lot): “University Social Responsibility and ESG in Practice: Campus Biodiversity Tour and Monitoring”
      (If the weather is unfavorable, this will be replaced by an indoor lecture.)

           Instructors:

    • Lee Yu (Manager, Dept. of Ecological Resources, Formosan Wild Sound Conservation Science Center)
    • Yen Chen-Hui (Animal Ecology Specialist)
    • Tsai Chih-Chung (Plant Ecology Specialist)

       6.Registration Details

    • Registration Period: Now until 17:00 on November 20 (Wednesday), 2024, or until full capacity.
    • Registration Linkhttps://forms.gle/W7hcLto36itMtRpM8
    • Participants will earn 2 hours of lifelong environmental education credit.
  1. Contact person: Ms. Liu , Affairs Group1, National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University 02-28267000 ext.62054

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