簡介

「磺溪生活流域」是一個結合環境保育、社區行動與生態教育的在地專案。磺溪發源於陽明山國家公園，一路蜿蜒流經士林、天母、北投石牌等台北北區的住宅區域，最終匯入基隆河。這條全長約七公里的溪流是台北市內少數保有自然河道樣貌的都市溪流，沿岸孕育著白腹秧雞、斑龜、台灣藍鵲等多種生物，是一條穿越都市的生態廊道。

然而，磺溪也面臨都市發展帶來的壓力：部分居民擔心溪水暴漲、蚊蟲孳生，要求清除河岸植被與疏濬河道，這些工程往往破壞了溪流的生態棲地。

虛實整合的環境行動

計畫透過多元社區行動匯聚在地的環境意識——溪流導覽、生態觀察、河川清掃、社區座談——讓居民重新認識家門前這條溪流的生態價值。在此基礎上，計畫結合 Web3 工具探索「虛實整合」的可能性：用區塊鏈記錄參與者的環境行動、以數位憑證見證社區的生態守護，將分散的個人行動轉化為可追蹤、可累積的集體影響力。

面對生態保育與居民日常需求之間的張力，計畫不採取對立姿態，而是以環境教育與公私協力的方式，邀請居民成為溪流的守護者而非對手。當人們理解白腹秧雞需要河岸草叢築巢、斑龜需要自然河床產卵，「清除」與「保育」之間的對話才有可能展開。

基本資訊

  • 合作夥伴：磺溪在地社區
  • 日期：2023-04-17
  • 獲得方式：社區參與
  • 發行量：依計畫而定
  • 價格：Free

Introduction

“Sulphur Creek Living Watershed” is a local project combining environmental conservation, community action, and ecological education. Sulphur Creek originates in Yangmingshan National Park and winds through the residential neighborhoods of Shilin, Tianmu, and Beitou/Shihpai in northern Taipei before flowing into the Keelung River. At roughly seven kilometers long, it is one of the few urban streams in Taipei that retains a natural channel, nurturing diverse species along its banks — white-breasted waterhens, spotted turtles, and Taiwan blue magpies — forming an ecological corridor through the city.

Yet Sulphur Creek also faces pressures from urban development. Some residents, worried about flooding and mosquito breeding, have called for vegetation removal and dredging along the riverbanks — interventions that often destroy the creek’s ecological habitats.

Virtual-Physical Integration for Environmental Action

The project pools local environmental awareness through diverse community activities — stream tours, ecological observation walks, river cleanups, and neighborhood forums — helping residents rediscover the ecological value of the creek flowing past their front doors. Building on this foundation, the project explores “virtual-physical integration” using Web3 tools: recording participants’ environmental actions on blockchain, issuing digital certificates to witness the community’s ecological stewardship, and transforming scattered individual efforts into trackable, cumulative collective impact.

Rather than taking an adversarial stance on the tension between conservation and residents’ daily concerns, the project uses environmental education and public-private collaboration to invite residents to become guardians of the creek rather than its opponents. When people understand that white-breasted waterhens need riverside grasses for nesting and spotted turtles require natural riverbeds for laying eggs, a genuine dialogue between “clearing” and “conserving” becomes possible.

Basic Information

  • Partners: Sulphur Creek local community
  • Date: 2023-04-17
  • How to acquire: Community participation
  • Edition size: TBD
  • Price: Free