Mammoth Fossil Model Resides in NCKU Magic School of Green Technology
Tainan, Taiwan, December 6th, 2010
As it’s been reported globally by Discovery Channel, the near-complete Magic School of Green Technology of National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan, a green building which can save the highest energy in the world, welcomes a Siberian mammoth fossil model to reside in its first floor lobby.
The renowned Siberian mammoth fossil model, which has been displayed in National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, is 3m in height and 5m in length, thus becoming a permanent collection of the NCKU Magic School of Green Technology.
Prof. Hsien-Te Lin of NCKU Department of Architecture expressed, “The significance of introducing the mammoth fossil model into the Magic School of Green Technology is to provide evidence of past damage to the Earth’s environment, remind human beings of the crisis of human civilization at stake, and allow National Cheng Kung University to become the major site of earth environmental education.”
Prof. Hsien-Te Lin added, “The Magic School of Green Technology is recognized as Noah’s Ark which can save the Earth. The inside is like a big cabin, which hangs a large mural of Noah’s Ark donated by Tree Valley Foundation. The mural is three-floor high and is decorated with pairs of animals, including lions, tigers, giraffes, rhinos and osriches. Now, the Ark welcomes a rare visitor, the mammoth, hoping that it can remind human beings of the lessons and encourage them to participate in the activities of saving earth to survive through future flood.”
About 400 million years ago, mammoths appeared in Africa and they gradually spread to Europe and Asia, and about 180 million years ago, they crossed Bering Strait and migrated to North America.
An academic paper published in 2008 has pointed out that because of global warming and glaciers melting, tundra which is suitable for the survival of mammoths has significantly decreased and thus their habitat has reduced 90%, and the climate zone which is suitable for the living of mammoths has become so vulnerable that it can no longer withstand the increased human hunting pressure.
NCKU Magic School of Green Technology, located in Li-Hsing Campus, is established under the NT$100,000,000 fund donated by Chairman Bruce C. H. Cheng of Delta Electronics Foundation to promote earth environmental education, the NT$60,000,000 fund from NCKU Research and Development Foundation, and also the most advanced green technologies, which worth approximately NT$40,000,000, donated by more than 20 enterprises.
Not only has it been widely reported by domestic media, the NCKU Magic School of Green Technology, which can save 65% of energy according to the analysis done by NCKU research team, has been globally reported by Discovery Channel, fully recording and widely reporting the construction process.
In addition, the NCKU Magic School of Green Technology has successfully acquired the certificate of diamond-class green architecture from Architecture and Building Research Institute, Ministry of the Interior, Taiwan, and the certificate of platinum-class green building from Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, a green building rating system, of Green Building Council, United States.
As it’s been reported globally by Discovery Channel, the near-complete Magic School of Green Technology of National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan, a green building which can save the highest energy in the world, welcomes a Siberian mammoth fossil model to reside in its first floor lobby.
The renowned Siberian mammoth fossil model, which has been displayed in National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, is 3m in height and 5m in length, thus becoming a permanent collection of the NCKU Magic School of Green Technology.
Prof. Hsien-Te Lin of NCKU Department of Architecture expressed, “The significance of introducing the mammoth fossil model into the Magic School of Green Technology is to provide evidence of past damage to the Earth’s environment, remind human beings of the crisis of human civilization at stake, and allow National Cheng Kung University to become the major site of earth environmental education.”
Prof. Hsien-Te Lin added, “The Magic School of Green Technology is recognized as Noah’s Ark which can save the Earth. The inside is like a big cabin, which hangs a large mural of Noah’s Ark donated by Tree Valley Foundation. The mural is three-floor high and is decorated with pairs of animals, including lions, tigers, giraffes, rhinos and osriches. Now, the Ark welcomes a rare visitor, the mammoth, hoping that it can remind human beings of the lessons and encourage them to participate in the activities of saving earth to survive through future flood.”
About 400 million years ago, mammoths appeared in Africa and they gradually spread to Europe and Asia, and about 180 million years ago, they crossed Bering Strait and migrated to North America.
An academic paper published in 2008 has pointed out that because of global warming and glaciers melting, tundra which is suitable for the survival of mammoths has significantly decreased and thus their habitat has reduced 90%, and the climate zone which is suitable for the living of mammoths has become so vulnerable that it can no longer withstand the increased human hunting pressure.
NCKU Magic School of Green Technology, located in Li-Hsing Campus, is established under the NT$100,000,000 fund donated by Chairman Bruce C. H. Cheng of Delta Electronics Foundation to promote earth environmental education, the NT$60,000,000 fund from NCKU Research and Development Foundation, and also the most advanced green technologies, which worth approximately NT$40,000,000, donated by more than 20 enterprises.
Not only has it been widely reported by domestic media, the NCKU Magic School of Green Technology, which can save 65% of energy according to the analysis done by NCKU research team, has been globally reported by Discovery Channel, fully recording and widely reporting the construction process.
In addition, the NCKU Magic School of Green Technology has successfully acquired the certificate of diamond-class green architecture from Architecture and Building Research Institute, Ministry of the Interior, Taiwan, and the certificate of platinum-class green building from Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, a green building rating system, of Green Building Council, United States.
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