The NPUST Forestry Department cooperated with the Daren Forest Farm and local businesses to hold a workshop during the summer holidays, running from August 21st to 23rd. The three-day and two-night training camp was designed with vocational high school students and teachers in mind. More than 30 teachers and students from 9 vocational high schools, 10 regular high schools, and non-school-affiliated experimental education groups from around Taiwan participated in the event.
The team instructing the training course was led by Yu-Ting Wu, the director of the Department of Forestry, and included of Professor Mei-hui Chen, an expert in Satoyama under-forest economics and community forestry; Assistant Professor Chih-Kai Yang, an expert in forest ecology and ethnobotany; and Assistant Professor Chung-I Chen, a carbon sink expert. The team also collaborated with industry experts to conduct the teaching activities and specially invited Jin-Yi Liao, founder of the NPUST-mentored start-up, Forest Originated Co., Ltd. and Micro Carbon Stone Sustainability Consulting Co., Ltd. CEO, Pei-Hsuan Shi to share their insights. The rich teaching contents include: introduction to forestry careers, forestry curriculum planning and goals, understanding under-forest beekeeping, introduction to the Daren Forest Farm environment, development and utilization of emerging under-forest economic plants, net zero emissions and natural carbon sinks, and much more.
