There are four books in the set, about four rural communities in Taiwan. First, The Spring on the Highland explains how two generations of farmers in Gonglaoping, Fengyuan District, Taichung enjoy the fruits of kinship with the land following the restoration of the spring on the highland. Second, Farming Village Co. Unlimited is about a Satoyama-inspired enterprise based on crop diversification and creative local produce marketing in Gongrong, Sanzhi District, New Taipei City. Third, Letters the Blue Sea Wrote to the Land of Coastal Terraces is about a Satoyama-style landscape in Fuxing and Xinshe, Fengbin Township, Hualien, where senior citizens are reinventing their traditional knitting culture and where their children are restoring the coastal terraces – ancient paddy fields. Fourth, Shining Herb Village is about nostalgic children of farmers who have come home to Shangde, Donghe Township, Taitung in search of childhood memories of fragrant shining herbs and in the hopes of helping silver-haired old-timers restore the local landscape.

作者簡介

種籽設計

以說故事設計出發，
自發性地看待尋找土地與歷史和人文之間的關係，
進而發展體驗設計的整合服務，
提供農林漁牧專業且全方位的解決方案。

專注於：
品牌創新研究與行銷
體驗設計
永續設計
故事行銷

擅長挖掘美學的時代精神，應用各種工具及媒材，透過體驗，述說一個故事，傳遞一個理念，使閱聽眾有更深的感動與幸福感。

The publisher invites Japanese readers and Satoyama supporters to spread these stories of harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature in rural communities in Taiwan, and to keep telling the story of the Satoyama Initiative. Let us keep learning from one another through exchange, strengthening the friendship between Taiwan and Japan on the road to landscape restoration, and contributing to global biodiversity. We are all in this together, and we can do it together.