Source: Taiwan Review (January 2008)
Publication Date：01/01/2008
Byline：KELLY HER
Taiwan's second-largest city is at the vanguard of local-level action to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in Taiwan.
Kaohsiung, in southern Taiwan, emits three times as much carbon dioxide per capita as the national average. In raw numbers, nearly 35 tons of the greenhouse gas was emitted per person in Kaohsiung in 2004, compared with 11 tons per capita nationwide in 2003, according to a study conducted by Lin Tze-luen, a political science professor at National Taiwan University (NTU).
A Story of E-waste Pollution on the Erren River in Taiwan By Silicon Valley Toxic Colition, SVTC
The Erren River should saunter sweetly through Tainan and Kaohsiung counties, past the city of Tainan, and into the South China Sea on its 65 km journey across southern Taiwan. However, activities along its banks have degraded this river to a foul flow of pollutants bordered by eight-foot-high walls of stripped electronic circuit boards.dy of water.
Tean's Ichin Cheng discusses Taiwan's Greenhouse Gas emissions situation at the London School of Economics at the Campaign against Climate Change Conference.
Taiwan Environmental Action Network Secretary General Tu Wenling recently selected as one of Taiwan’s Top Ten Rising Stars in 2007.
Environmentalist Tu Wenling believes that without action there is no hope. (2007 Top Ten Rising Stars in Taiwan | Environmental Protection Award Winner)
(CNA reporter Wang Shu Fen Taipei) In the past, Taiwan's participation in international environmental affairs has been close to non-existent, however, this year’s award winner of CNA’s Top Ten Rising Stars Award Tu Wen Ling, wants this to change. In line with her love of Taiwan and firm belief that without action there is no hope, Tu Wenling with several others, founded Taiwan Environmental Action Network. TEAN works to combat Taiwan’s environmental problems through international exchange and advocacy.
Tu Wenling is currently an Assistant Professor in Public Policy and Management at Shih Hsin University. In the past, she studied Sociology at National Taiwan Normal University. During her time as an undergraduate she became student representative of the University’s environmental protection organization.
Join us on April 22, 2007 to fight for bicyclists rights to access the streets of Taipei.
Recreation, health, pedestrian rights, and global warming together will take front stage on April 22, 2007 in Taipei. Starting at 2:30 PM in the afternoon, “Right to the Road” invites everyone to come out to enjoy a Sunday afternoon bicycling Taipei’s streets, and to enjoy a movie afterwards.
The parade will start at Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall and go through Taipei City Government, National Taiwan University, Daan Forest Park ending at Cinema Park.
The March is intended to ask Taipei City Government for dedicated bike lanes, as well as for reform of the Public Road Law to include bicycles as a “traffic vehicle.” The changes would mandate that the Taiwanese government needs to consider bicyclists in road and city planning. Presently, bicycles are not considered “traffic vehicles” and so Taiwanese road design rarely take bicycles into account. The March is also intended as a protest against plans for Taipei City to ban bicycles from major roadways.
14：30 Collect at Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall (On Zhongxiao East Road close to Guangfu South Road entrance)
Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall－Zhongxiao East Road(East direction)─Songren Road－Songshou Road－Shifu Road－Renai Road－Renai Circle－Renai Road(East direction)－Left on Fuxing South Road－Keelong Road－Roosevelt Road－Xinsheng Road－Daan Forest Park(rest stop)－Renai Road－Jingfu men－Ketagalan Bridge－Gongyuan Road－Hsiangyang Road－Chongqing South Road－Hengyang Road－Boai Road－Wuchang Road－Kangding Road(Cinema Park)
17：00 Arrive at Cinema Park，Rest and Dinner， “My Bicycle Life” activity.
18：00-19：30 Showing “Bikes on the Road” movie (90 minutes, canceled in case of rain)
19：30-20：00 End of Film Screening.
20：00 Event Closed.
Video from Taiwan Environmental Action Network’s (TEAN) January 22, 2007 event “Global Governance and Local Action-The Environmental Challenge for Green Silicon Island“
