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🌿 ECOLOGICAL DEMOCRACY IN PRACTICE｜Exploring Ecological Democracy at ICI

By 11/25/2025November 28th, 2025No Comments

The International College of Innovation (ICI) and the Centre for Innovative Democracy and Sustainability (CIDS) were honored to welcome Professor Randolph T. Hester, a leading scholar in Ecological Democracy, for an in-depth exchange with our faculty and students. we would like to share this meaningful dialogue—highlighting ICI and CIDS’s continued commitment to sustainability, social design, and democratic innovation.

🌎 About Professor Randolph T. Hester

🔸Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning University of California, Berkeley
🔸B.A. Landscape Architecture and Sociology, North Carolina State University
• Research focuses on how citizens participate in spatial design and environmental planning
• Author of Design for Ecological Democracy (MIT Press), a landmark work in the field
Professor Hester is widely recognized as a pioneer in integrating sociology into environmental design and as a leading figure advancing Citizen Science, Environmental Justice, and Stewardship.

🎤 Event Host

👤 Dean Wen-Ling Tu
International College of Innovation, National Chengchi University

🏛 Organizers
🔸 Centre for Innovative Democracy and Sustainability (CIDS)
🔸 International College of Innovation (ICI), NCCU

🔍 Cross-Disciplinary Dialogue for Future Possibilities

In this closed-door exchange, ICI and CIDS engaged with Professor Hester on:
• How can ecological democracy be applied in local contexts?
• In what ways can citizens shape their environment through community design?
• What role can Taiwan play in the global sustainability movement?

This focused conversation on Ecological Democracy in Practice broadened our perspectives and inspired new possibilities for Taiwan’s sustainable governance.