PeoPo “Your Shoot” witnesses transformation of Lao-Jie River

PeoPo “Your Shoot” witnesses transformation of Lao-Jie River 

On April 19, citizen journalists arrived at Lao-Jie River (老街溪) in Taoyuan’s Zhongli for the second PeoPo Citizen Journalism Platform “Your Shoot” event of 2015. Flowing through the four districts of Longtan (龍潭), Pingzhen (平鎮), Zhongli (中壢) and Dayuan (大園), Lao-Jie River is known as an important mother river in Southern Taoyuan. In 2011, the then county government implemented Lao-Jie River Renovation Project to address an ever-increasing pollution problem caused by development in the area. With the joint efforts of civic society and government, Lao-Jie River is once more an inviting green space attracting local residents. 

On the day, hundreds of Your Shoot friends and citizen journalists participated in the event and were given a guided tour of the area by volunteers. Participants also visited Lao-Jie River Education Center, the first center of its kind in Taiwan, which was opened in 2012. PeoPo citizen journalists recorded all the day’s happenings from start to finish, and have uploaded countless reports on Lao-Jie River. It is hoped that such reports will encourage people to place greater importance on issues of precious water resources and environmental protection. 

URL:https://www.peopo.org/news/274161

(以下是中文對照)

PeoPo踹拍 見證改變中的老街溪

PeoPo平台在2015年的第二場踹拍活動，4月19日與公民記者來到桃園中壢的老街溪，老街溪被稱為南桃園重要的母親河，流經龍潭、平鎮、中壢和大園四區，但是隨著開發，老街溪的汙染越來越嚴重，民國100年時，當時的桃園縣政府啟動老街溪整治計畫，透過民間和政府的共同努力，讓老街溪再度成為一條可以跟人親近的河川。

而踹拍活動當天，有近百位公民朋友與公民記者一起參與，在現場有志工進行導覽，並參訪了民國101年設立、全台灣第一座河川教育中心，公民記者全程記錄拍攝，也有多位公民記者製成公民新聞上傳，希望鼓勵更多公民朋友重視珍貴的水資源與環境保護議題。