Planting trees along the riverbank – Be a citizen scientist!

In order to foster active citizen scientists, Little Taijiang Reading Club (小台江讀書會) has turned Chianan Canal (嘉南大圳) – which lies adjacent to the school and community – into a “river classroom”, designing a series of programs along the Mountain-to-Sea Canal Greenway Bike Path (山海圳綠道) entitled “Forest Trail Learning”(林徑學習). This course not only familiarizes students with native plants and trees, but also guides them in sprouting, planting saplings and transplanting etc. After tending more than 600 small saplings over the course of three semesters, the students finally planted them out next to Zengwun River watershed (曾文溪排水線). The youngsters are now looking forward to seeing the trees in ten years time, when they will provide a shady green corridoor.         

This year Taijiang Branch of Tainan Community University (台南社大台江分校) has been actively promoting the concept of “citizen scientist,” inviting lecturer Shen Jie-wen (沈介文) to lead school volunteers on ecology courses – “Take a Stroll Along the River” and “Getting to Know West Windbreak” – along the Mountain-to-Sea Canal Greenway Bike Path. The community university has also encouraged teachers and students to regularly walk or cycle along the Mountain-to-Sea Canal Greenway Bike Path throughout the year as a way to guard the river.

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(以下是中文對照)

跟著河流去種樹，做一位公民科學家

小台江讀書會為了培育積極公民科學家，以學校、社區旁的嘉南大圳為河流教室，設計了一系列的台江山海圳綠道「林徑學習」課程。這門課程不只是學習認識家鄉的植物和樹木，也帶領水手進行育種、掘苗、移苗等工作，六百多棵的小樹苗，在水手經過三個學期的輪流照顧下，終於要移植到曾文溪排水線的馬路旁，水手親手種下小樹苗，期待十年後，小樹苗長成一棵棵可以遮蔭的行道樹。
        
台南社大台江分校近年也推動積極「公民科學家」，邀請講師沈介文帶領台江流域學校志工進行台江山海圳綠道「跟著河流散步小旅行」，以及「認識城西防風林」等環境生態課程，也鼓勵班級師生在台江四季裡，以走路或是騎單車走讀山海圳綠道，守護河川。