DATE: October 6, 2015
MEDIA CONTACT: Diana Guidry
Environmental Planning and Community Resilience Division
PHONE: 954-519-0317
EMAIL: dguidry@broward.org
BROWARD COUNTY, FL - As part of the US-Taiwan Eco-Campus Partnership Program, Broward recently hosted a delegation of educators, school administrators, and Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration officials. The Program is coordinated through the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) with its Eco-Schools USA program and has motivated 60 schools in the U.S. and 60 sister schools in Taiwan in the second year (2015) to implement sustainability measures within their school practices and curriculum while sharing experiences with one another. In Florida, NWF's partner on this project is NatureScape Broward, which is actively engaged in a partnership with the School Board of Broward County.
The delegation attended a NatureScape workshop and toured three local schools to meet and collaborate on common themes. Officials including School Board Member Lori Rich Levinson and Mayor Greg Ross of Cooper City welcomed the delegation at Griffin Elementary.
The U.S.-Taiwan Eco-Campus Partnership Program is one of the major projects of the International Environmental Partnership launched on April 14, 2014 by the Taiwan EPA. NWF, funded by Taiwan EPA, is conducting this three-year program with the aim to match 85 pairs of schools between U.S. and Taiwan, which brings the education communities in both countries together.
About Environmental Planning and Community Resilience
Broward County's Environmental Planning and Community Resilience Division protects, restores and enhances the quality, abundance and diversity of the County's natural resources through coordinated management efforts in five areas: water resource policy and planning, urban and natural lands management, beach and marine resources, energy and sustainability, and environmental monitoring. For more information, call 954-519-1270, visit our website or follow us on Twitter.
About the National Wildlife Federation
National Wildlife Federation (NWF) is America's largest conservation organization, inspiring Americans to protect wildlife for our children's future. For more information, please visit their website.
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