Importance of Looking at Things from Different Perspectives/從不同的角度看待事物的重要性
by Steve Wang
On 15 September, Mr.Cheng came to educate us about our point of view and perspective. He came from the Environmental Quality Protection Foundation (EQPF). The EQPF is the premier environmental non-governmental organization (NGO) in Taiwan and it has long focused its work on education, tree planting, climate change and international involvement. Mr.Chang came to talk to us about viewing environments from different kinds of views: history, nature and humanity.
First, he defined what an environment is and what kind of environments there are. He stated that according to Article 2 “Environment” as used in this law refers to the: The various natural resources and natural factors affected by man-made. Weighing, including sunlight, air, water, soil, land, minerals, forests, Wildlife, landscape and recreation, social economy, culture, human history Sites, natural relics and natural ecosystems, etc. Mr.Cheng expressed the importance of defining the meaning of environments because he planned on teaching us about viewing environments from different viewpoints
Second, Mr.Cheng put forth the idea of thinking from the three points of view: history, nature and humanity. He then explained when someone is looking at something from a specific kind of view they value it more than others. For example, someone is trying to make a natural reserve safer for visitors. They could choose to not allow visitors entrance or they could allow visitors to enter with cars. If they look at it from the perspective of humans, they would allow humans to enter with cars. However, if they looked at it from the nature point of view, they would not allow humans to enter.
Third, he expressed his concern over how humans are destroying the environment. In modern society humans build things to make their lives easier. For example, people have built boats and planes to import food. We have built factories to create electricity. He explained that some of the things humans have built are causing harm to the environment. One of the examples, he also informed us of a Sailing Yard on Bali District in New Taipei City. The industry was secretly discharging waste into the water causing it to be polluted. Another example he made was in Laotianliao, Touwu Township, Miaoli County. The stream there has been polluted and people are worried it will be an ecological catastrophe. He also mentioned that the nuclear plant in New Taipei City has been leaking warm drainage into the water.
In conclusion, Mr.Cheng wanted to express the importance of understanding the three different points of view: history, nature and humanity and the importance of looking at things from different viewpoints. If we do not, we might continue to destroy the environment we live in.
Chinese Version
9 月 15 日，Mr.Cheng來向他們介紹我們的觀點。他來自環境保護基金會（EQPF）。 EQPF 是台灣首屈一指的環境非政府組織 (NGO)，長期以來一直專注於教育、植樹、氣候變化和國際參與。 Mr.Cheng來和我們談論從不同的角度看環境：歷史、自然和人文。
首先，他定義了環境是什麼以及有什麼樣的環境。他表示，根據本法第二條的規定，“環境”是指：受人為影響的各種自然資源和自然因素，包括陽光、空氣、水、土壤、土地、礦產、森林、野生動物、景觀和遊憩、社會經濟、文化、人類歷史遺址、自然遺跡和自然生態系統等。鄭先生表達与定義了重要性環境，他教我們從不同的角度觀察環境
接着，Mr.Cheng提出了從歷史、自然、人文三個角度思考的思想。然後他解釋說，當有人從特定的角度看待某事時，代表他们看重的东西不同。例如，有人試圖使自然保護區對遊客更安全。如果從人類的角度來看，他們會允許人類乘車進入。但是，如果從自然的角度來看，他們不会让人进去。
第三，他對人類如何破壞環境表示擔憂。在現代社會，人類建造東西是為了讓生活更輕鬆。例如，人們建造了船隻和飛機進口食物。我們建了工廠發電。他解釋說，人類建造的一些東西正在對環境造成危害。其中一個例子，他還告訴我們新北市八里區的一個帆船廠。該行業秘密向水中排放廢物，導致其受到污染。他舉的另一個例子是苗栗縣頭屋鄉老田寮。那裡的溪流受到污染，人們擔心這將是一場生態災難。他還提到，新北市的核電站一直在向水中洩漏过于溫暖的排水。
最後，Mr.Cheng想表達的是理解歷史、自然、人文這三種不同觀點的重要性，以及從不同的角度看待事物的重要性。如果我們不這樣做，我們奖會繼續破壞我們生活的環境。