Sustainable Footprints SDGs in Taiwan

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How a Rural School in Taiwan Is Rethinking Sustainable Education-Sustainable Footprints Ep. 3

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Sustainable education and holistic learning take center stage in this episode of Sustainable Footprints, filmed at Junyi School of Innovation in Taitung, on Taiwan’s southeastern coast. Principal Pai Pei-hsuan explains how her school builds education around lived experience rather than abstract theory. At Junyi, outdoor education, creative studies, and dormitory life form a single learning ecosystem, where students row across open waters, cycle along coastal highways, and turn historical memory into contemporary performance. Learning here does not stop at the classroom door, but unfolds through teamwork, creativity, physical challenge, and daily life on campus. Beyond the school grounds, education is seen as a shared effort: teachers collaborate across disciplines, parents volunteer in outdoor programs, and local communities engage directly with students’ projects. This episode offers a closer look at how rural Taiwan is shaping a new model of education for the next generation.

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