Bliss English Club

Date: Sep 5., 2020

Host: BK

Topic: “Hope Blossoms-Way to Satoyama (In My Mind)”

Attendees: BK, Annie, Ellen, Uncle Ting, Katy, Sofi, Cathy, Angel, Willy

Meeting Link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/S5pH3RYgcDPkfxyd6

Meeting started…..

Our self-disciplined Senior Blisser, BK. He proceeded the meeting as punctually and pinpointed as usual. First, he led a: demo Introduction” for the attendees except for a new Blisser, Katy. Then he invited us to watch a video clip “Taiwan Satoyama”, and read an article, from which he provoked our answers out of his guided questions.

1.According to the article, what is the benefit of satoyama concept?

To keep it short, the benefit is to make the nature sustainable, so it is nature-based concept

2.What SEPLS means? Social-ecological production landscapes and seascapes

3.What is the Satoyama Initiative? It is a global effort to realize “societies in harmony with nature” through landscape approaches to biodiversity conservation and human well-being.

4.Current status: we have loss of nature balance-the preys and predators resulting in the great ecological changes! To slow down the worse and worse process, we need the convention on biological diversity. 

5.An ideal living environment is built through each one of us, the vote and voice of whom will make Select Candidates of Mayor and Congressmen do what we are dreaming of, thus, our landscapes and seascapes will become what everyone believes in.

6.Are there conflicts between ecological and economic developments? City mayors or legislators can make policies balancing between both. As a citizen, we can be alert to make the government do as we like, before that happen, most important of all, we need to have such ecological consciousness to take us there!

Host Feedbacks: BK:

I am so honored to have you all join this meeting because you make this meeting great.

I enjoy the friendship between us just like I enjoyed the satoyama lifestyle for the past years.

Bless all to live out a difference, make a change in the environment around you.

Welcome our new friend, Katy again! Thx for joining today Sofi! Thanks for great hosting and nice gathering! 👍👍👍

Attendee’s Feedback

1. Dear BK, I enjoyed your meeting so much. It reminds me my visits to those beautiful  satoyama in East Taiwan。Tonight, I found an English version of the video you provided for your reference. https://youtu.be/X6HUbQjtgIQ

wow, thanks to uncle Ting , you found the English one ❤️great to see you again, Cathy and your lovely little one , next time if you take her with you, please do let me know , I will invite my little one too

2.https://youtu.be/lKEDA-cz9vk

Dear BK, can’t express how much I love your meeting today ...and I mean it!!

From the subject you choose, environmentally friendly action you've took for     years and the way you hosted and guided Blissers into your scenario and engage Blissers into your guided questions discussion.... what a great meeting I've ever joined!!

I specially love the concept that you asked us the question, about if there's conflict between economic development and ecological protection, what will we choose and make our decision?

The answer lies in everyone's mind differently, so how we reach to a consensus in our society or community?

The answer comes in another question we all shall ask ourselves?

" What kind of environment you and your offspring would like to live after 30 years”?

Your meeting is a great inspiration to all of us, specially to me, you've planted a seed in our mind, surely will take further action to grow the seed into trees in our mother land, Taiwan!!

3.I also found recipe of the bottle of enzyme you made by the leftover, and thank you so much for sharing what everyone can TAKE ACTION from ourselves to preserve our vulnerable environment.

• Dear Katy, I hope you enjoy your very 1st meeting in Bliss and look forward to see you again next time 😉😉

• I also found the recipe of the bottle of enzyme you made by the leftover, and thank you so much for sharing what everyone can TAKE ACTION from ourselves to preserve our vulnerable environment.

• Here it is:https://www.huf.org.tw/essay/content/2993

4.  Yes, we can try to manage a small garden in the balcony and take  advantage of the leftover, everyone /family takes one step, friendly to our community/nature

5. Satoyama concept is only a beginning, the most important is citizenships,  higher quality citizens equal higher quality candidates/ authority. https://www.huf.org.tw/essay/content/2993

6.By the way, dear Blisses... Angel once posted this article with guided questions for Blissers on line input and discussion, the concept of Eternal Village is very close to the Satoyama project BK shared with us yesterday , here I urge and I invite all of you here to take look of this documentary and discuss together with us 😉😉

      https://m.facebook.com/groups/2335853206649952?view=permalink&id=2661555990746337

BK, as a living example, spent most of his leisure time, making his own fertilizer, which can clean the toilet, the sewage, and followingly the river and he also uses these to enrich his soils to plant tall trees and beautiful flowers. His love for the land touches all the participants’ heart! He has successfully planted the seed of “Satoyama” in each attendee today! Stay tune!

Remarks: Angel found another related info: https://e-info.org.tw/node/211004