Supported by the Ministry of Education, NCCU’s “Urban-Adjacent Satoyama Project” and the “Indigenous Collective-Rights Socio-Economic Sustainability Network” offer the general-education course Intro to Local Revitalization, open to students from every department as an entry point to local-revitalization and spatial-planning concepts.
In the first semester of Academic Year 111 the course hosted seven field trips. Students visited Gongliao, Pinglin, Jianshi, Shiding, and other sites with local partners, using lectures, site walks, and hands-on work to understand current conditions, analyze local issues, and exchange ideas—gaining a realistic view of revitalization in each area.

1. Gongliao Terraced-Paddy Issues & Revitalization
(25 Sep 2022)

Participants visited Gongliao’s terraced paddies with staff and farmers from the Environmental Ethics Foundation of Taiwan. The tour combined ecological observation, farm tasks, and a closing forum where students asked about daily operations and challenges facing the terraces.

2. Space & Industry in Pinglin, New Taipei
(15 Oct 2022)

In renowned tea town Pinglin, local revitalizers, teahouse owners, and growers guided students through natural and cultural sites. Activities included tea-picking, processing, tasting, and DIY workshops, plus discussion of water use, urban-planning impacts, and the tea industry’s future.

3. Space & Industry in Shiding, New Taipei
(19 Nov 2022)

The Shiding trip covered three zones: northern Shiding and Shiba-Chong Creek, the old-street district, and areas around Feitsui Reservoir. Topics ranged from Yong-an Community’s ecology tea gardens and wastewater system to old-street heritage and current industry. Hands-on tasks matched each zone’s economy. Before leaving, groups debated water use, sewage treatment, waste management, tourism, and broader revitalization issues.