1. Synopsis:
In April, 2018 Ocean Affairs Council was established in Executive Yuan and Ocean Basic Act was encoded in 2019. The National Marine Policy White Paper was enacted on 8th, June, 2020 which stipulates marine education policies should encourage general publics to engage in building a society which cherishes the understanding of proper usage and conservation of marine resources. The aims could be achieved via three major approaches: proper dissemination of marine-related scientific knowledge, intertwined relationship between marine and culture and interactions of marine literatures and mental appreciation. These approaches should enable the general publics to comprehend the overall feelings of ocean in terms of understanding, feeling and cherishing the importance of oceans.
2. Ways and means of the program:
The program starts on Jan. 7, 2021. A total of 28 episodes are to be aired and each episode contains three sections.
Unit 1. Conservations with scientists on ocean-related topics.
Unit 2. The interconnections between ocean and daily lives.
Unit 3. The citation of poems by poets on ocean related themes.
The program is intended to invite marine scientists, local artists and historians, ocean explorers, educators and writers to participate in this program with aims to promote the understanding of general publics to appreciate the understanding of seas around Taiwan and to learn and protect the environments.
3. Airing time: 11:05-12:00 on 2nd, 4th and 5th Thursday.
4.Contents:
Unit 1:「 Understanding of ocean」. Exerts of various disciplines of marine sciences are interviewed.
Unit 2: 「Comprehending of ocean」. Historians, writers and professionals are invited to share their understandings of the lives related to marine environments.
Unit 3. 「Reading of the ocean」Reading of the ocean. Young poets are invited to recite the work related to marines.
Each episode starts with the introduction of a specific scientific topic related to marine to bring out the essence of literature which is associated with culture and literatures. It ends with a poem to entice the audiences with knowledge and appreciation of ocean.