| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 成人教育研究所 === 99 === Takaohill Association was founded in 2001. It is the only society of ecological theme dedicated to the preservation of Takaohill’s (also known as Shou Shan) natural environment. Starting from its precedent, Takaohill Park promotion committee, its main aim is persist in adopting the route of social movement, overseeing the environmental policy of Kaohsiung city government, lest Takaohill be destroyed. Later, for the sake of the organization’s operation, the Association had begun to seek donation and to actively engage in Takaohill’s ecological education and social activities such as Takaohill Worship, etc., and to apply for financial aid from the government. Finally the organization was on its way to steady operation. Hereafter Takaohill Association joined with various ecological groups of Kaohsiung city to ask Kaohsiung city government and the central government to incorporate Takaohill to be administered under the National Park Law, a hill which had never been protected by any special unit. After many years of efforts, the law was passed in the Legislative Yuan in 2011 and Takaohill formally became the first national ecological park in this country. At last it gives a ray of hope to Takaohill’s natural environmental preservation.
Qualitative methods such as in-depth interview, field observation, and documents analysis were used in the study. The aim of this study is to explore what kind of spirit had moved Takaohill Association and had brought together people’s power to safe guard this city people’s back garden and safe guard forest, what kind of methods had helped Takaohill Association of Kaohsiung city manage this environmental protection and non-profit organization, and how Takaohill Association had learned and expanded environmental education through the organization.
There are three conclusions of this study: 1) Takaohill Association’s purpose of safe-guarding Takaohill is let the land make its voice, that is, Takaohill Association’s ToFa(land voicing) spirit is make efforts for environmental justice, using action to feedback Takaohill ‘s contribution. 2) Takaohill Association is persist in adopting the route of social movement, overseeing the environmental policy of the government, and by safe-guarding methods of alternating hard one with soft one to achieve the result of protecting Takaohill. 3) Takaohill Association has various learning types such as master-disciple system type, issue type, mission-guiding critical type of environmental education to safe guard Takaohill. Takaohill Association’s organization and the environmental education of the organization have their advantages and disadvantages. Their advantages are that their internal learning mechanism can fully feedback the association members’ contribution and the learning atmosphere is good. However, their disadvantage is that the organization’s members are different in levels or background. Thus no matter whether taking environmental movement route or in internal learning methods, it often takes a great deal of time to integrate and convince them internally.
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