Vlog #8: Cancer Kills, Department Store Anniversaries and Sugarcane Straws!
This is our new ICRT Vlog where we cover some of the fun aspects of news, lifestyle, happenings and entertainment in Taiwan. Now we get to kick back and relax and talk about some of the more trendy and hip things going on around the island! This week, we chat about major causes of death in...Continue reading
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Vlog #5: Biting Camels, Marathon Waste and Pokemon GO Safari Zone!!
This is our new ICRT Vlog where we cover some more interesting aspects of news, lifestyle, happenings and entertainment in Taiwan. Now we get to kick back and relax and talk about some of the more trendy and hip things going on around the island! This week, we chat about a camel that gets a mouthful,...Continue reading
ICRT Vlog #4: Microplastics, Farewell S.H.E., and a Giant Marble Ball on a Roll!
This is our new ICRT Vlog where we cover some more interesting aspects of news, lifestyle, happenings and entertainment in Taiwan. Now we get to kick back and relax and talk about some of the more trendy and hip things going on around the island! This week we chat about a microplastics in your drinking water,...Continue reading
Greenpeace Takes on Taiwan’s Biggest Environmental Problems
The international non-profit advocacy group Greenpeace (綠色和平) is spearheading several major environmental campaigns across Taiwan, working to issue in major systematic shifts that will reduce Taiwan’s carbon emissions and ecological pollution. Chih-An Lee, the project manager of Greenpeace’s energy team, says that human activity has already devastated Taiwan’s ecosystems. “We’ve see many ecological system collapse...Continue reading
EcoMobility: “One Neighborhood / One Month”
The Eco-Mobility Festival held every two years has a simple, clear mission statement: “One Month, One Neighborhood.” Continue reading
Kaohsiung Launches Driverless Electric Bus
Kaohsiung City Mayor Chen Chu is launching Taiwan’s first driverless electric bus. Imported from France with some components assembled here in Taiwan, the bus will ply city streets this October for the Eco-Mobility Festival, when all gas burning vehicles will be barred from Kaohsiung’s historic Hamaxing neighborhood. Kaohsiung Deputy mayor Hsu Li-ming says the mini...Continue reading
First Snow of Season May Fall on High Altitudes
First snow of the season may fall tonight or tomorrow morning on high altitudes. The Central Weather Bureau says a frontal system is approaching northern Taiwan, bringing plenty of moisture. The CWB has issued a heavy rain alert for the Yi-lan area. Forecasters say chances of rain are high in the north, northeast, and east...Continue reading
Children’s Book Featuring Siberian White Crane to be Published
A picture book and photo book featuring a young Siberian white crane that accidentally migrated to a northern Taiwan wetland last December will be launched next month to mark the first anniversary of the presence of the rare bird. The young white crane, about two years old, flew into the Qingshui Wetland in Jinshan, New...Continue reading
Birdwatching Event Held at Guandu Nature Park
The Wild Bird Society of Taipei held its 17th Taipei International Birdwatching Fair this weekend at Guandu Nature Park, in Taipei. The society says nearly 7 percent of the world’s bird species can be seen in Taiwan, as many of them are endemic and the country is central to East Asia’s main migratory routes. The...Continue reading
Divers Clear Nets from Coral in Penghu County
More than 20 hobby divers from Penghu, Taoyuan in northern Taiwan and Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan joined an operation initiated by eco-group “Island 77” Monday to clear fishing nets on the ocean bottom around the Penghu islands in order to save the habitat for coral reefs. Island 77 founder Yeh Sheng-hung said that bottom trawling...Continue reading
Endangered Taiwan Flying-Fox Pops Up In Hualien
The Taiwan Flying-Fox, a class-one protected species appeared for the first time in Hualien yesterday. The endangered animal, with a wingspan of up to 100-cm, is the biggest species of bat in Taiwan and was found among the trees in Hualien’s Cultural Creative Industries Park. The bat eats mainly fruits, flowers, and soft leaves, and...Continue reading
EPA Finds Violations at Factories
More industrial plants were added to the Environmental Protection Administration’s (EPA) list of controlled sites. A recently completed EPA investigation found nine industrial plants to be expelling excessive levels of toxic solvents into soil and groundwater, says the agency. According to the investigation report, nine facilities in Hsinchu, Miaoli and Changhua counties, as well as...Continue reading
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