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The Environmental Education Act along with the Environmental Education Facilities Certification and Management Approach in Taiwan have been implemented for more than 6 years since they were first announced on June 5, 2011. There have been 145 sites in total obtaining certifications of environmental education facilities throughout Taiwan up till now (2017). However, the valid period for facility certification is five years and needs postponing for another five years. Currently, it falls on the stage of applying for the certification postponement. Before the application of certification postponement, each certified facility must submit the report for previous 5-year management situation, the effect of implementing environmental education, and the government’s future target and direction so as to judge whether it needs to apply for postponing the certification. More specifically, it must include work contents, numbers of activities, numbers of participants of each activity, results and surveys, reviews and future plans. This study quotes these basic data to evaluate the efficiency of functional performance of environmental education facilities in Taoyuan City. The methodology adopted in this study covers three aspects: firstly, in terms of qualitative analysis, three environmental education facilities in Taoyuan City were chosen to make case studies of business model. This study uses Osterwalder and Pigneur′s business model to make cross analyses regarding to products, finance, customers, and infrastructures. This study designates the self-sufficient facilities and facilities with the largest and smallest number of annual visitors recommended by EPA. Secondly, a questionnaire survey on environmental literacy after visiting the three facilities was conducted for further analyses by using SPSS statistics. 420 questionnaires were sent, and 267 of the 290 acquired questionnaires were determined as valid questionnaires. It is found out that there were no significant difference in the three connotations of environmental literacy -- attitude, behavior, and environmental knowledge among the groups of elementary students, junior high school students, and the general public. For college students, the results showed differences in the behavior and environmental knowledge. This study speculates that the learning of new knowledge leads to the production of different cognition. Finally, the interviews of enterprises, government officials, and academics were made. Recommendations from the interviews include intensification of media exposure, development of new programs, and improvement of hardware and software of the facilities. The interviewers also expect the government to establish specialized counseling units, integrate activities among facilities, promote distinctive environmental education programs, set up the platform for visitors, and help some environmental education facilities find other customer resources to get rid of current dilemma and reduce administrative consumption. | en_US |