Your Shoot visits the model eco-community of Dingzhuang

On the 23rd of September, PeoPo’ Your Shoot rallied the CJ troops for a visit to Dingzhuang Community in Chiayi City. The community has not only designed a layered pond system to filter household grey water for use on crops in its urban farm but also makes efficient use of kitchen waste and spent tea leaves via a novel composting system. On top of all this, the community’s work in restoring the local rhinoceros beetle population and ecology has won it countless awards as a model eco-community.

This latest Your Shoot event led over 70 citizen journalists into Dingzhuang to share its community building success through the lens. One citizen journalist said that witnessing such a selfless group of volunteers dedicated to the community had left a deep impression. Another commented on the excellent joint collaboration between the community and the local elementary and junior high schools, through which local kids are trained as community tour guides. In addition to encouraging local youth to participate in and show concern for the community, the program also ensures that the kids are familiar with local ecology issues and have the courage to express themselves in front of large crowds.

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嘉義踹拍 探訪生態模範頂庄社區

PeoPo公民新聞平台的踹拍活動，九月23日帶領公民記者探訪位在嘉義市的頂庄社區。頂庄社區民眾設計層層濾水池，將家庭汙水濾淨後，用來種菜，打造市民農園。還利用廚餘堆肥以及茶葉堆肥，將廢棄物有效利用，並且復育獨角仙等生態，將頂庄打造為屢屢獲獎的環保模範社區。

   PeoPo踹拍活動帶領70多位民眾，用鏡頭記錄報導頂庄社區，並分享當地之所以成功社區營造的關鍵。參與的公民記者表示，頂庄社區有一群志工無私地投入奉獻，讓人印象深刻。另一位參與的民眾也表示，頂庄社區和國中小合作，培育小小解說員，讓小朋友也可以投入關心社區、認識生態，並勇於在人群前表達，是非常棒的解說。