Shih Ann Community Cooperatives in Houbi District, Tainan City, does set up an excellent model. Local people plant organic rice the surplus would allocate 20% to reinvest the Community, which brings co-living for the elderly. They make allies with Taiwan Housewife Union Living Consumption Cooperative to continue promoting the idea of shared prosperity. They'd like to distribute the information of happiness in Shih Ann to more people.

With assistance from EEP, the Association was able to develop new industries and witness splendid growth on community welfare and vulnerable group care in addition to community empowerment, public education, and art sites.

This is the story of a young man that moved back to his hometown. Now he is using his personal experience to encourage more young people to head back home.

With a vibrant ecosystem, wildlife, and Bunun culture, the Danda area is a diamond in the rough waiting for its moment to shine.

Is encouraging forestation the way out for the timber industry in Taiwan? Is it genuinely eco-friendly to avoid cutting down trees? Forester Chan Yi-Chou and seven like-minded partners founded the Nantou County Yunglung Forestry Cooperative to find an answer for forestry in Taiwan through environmental education.

“We often envision the ideal of young people coming home, but have we ever questioned:What will make young people go home ? Is there any industry that can support them? What kind of economic guarantee is there? What kind of industry can allow young people to come home and start a family?”, reflected Chien Chia-Yu, Chairperson of The Tree of Music Environment Education Association of Taiwan. The association has spent years working in the Bayan community of Jinshan District, New Taipei City at a grassroots level.