Forest hope for retired teacher

A native of Dacheng Township in Changhua, retired teacher Hong Chun-jing (洪春景) studied in the bustling city of Taipei. After spending more than ten years working in education in the city, Chun-jing’s longing for the natural environment motivated him to apply for a transfer to other elementary schools in the countryside several times. After he retired in July 2008, he began actively participating in planning reforestation activities. In January 2009, Chun-jing began dedicating all of his efforts into three hectares of woodland, where he could transform his aspiration to care for the planet into a practical reality. 

Chun-jing fell in love Taitung’s bucolic natural environment and recorded a wealth of images from the area, especially the magnificent scenery from the Southern Cross-Island Highway. He personally witnessed the devastation Typhoon Morakot wrought on the area in August 2009 as well as the plight of residents in local villages, who sustained great losses. Seeing the destruction to this beautiful landscape he realized that people’s concept of the environment had to change. From teacher to afforestation activist, Hong Chun-jing uses concrete actions to express his deep-held concern for changes to the natural environment.

Forest hope for retired teacher 

URL：https://www.peopo.org/news/316709

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一個退休老師的希望森林

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退休教師洪春景是彰化縣大城鄉人，在繁華的大台北讀書、與從事教育工作十餘年後，因嚮往大自然的環境，數度申請調派鄉下的小學任教，他在2008年7月退休後積極規劃造林救地球活動，2009年1月起更將全部心力投入3公頃的林地，用實際行動來關心大自然的深呼吸。

洪春景愛上台東渾然天成的自然環境，做了很多的影像紀錄，尤其是南橫的風景。當2009年8月莫拉克颱風來襲時，他親睹了南橫公路沿途村落，居民們的損失和困境，以及美麗的地貌遭天災破壞後的情形，認為人們看待環境的觀念，應該要有所改變了。一個從教師變身為造林的農夫，他用具體的行動來表達，對自然環境變遷的關心。