7.4.1) Local community outreach for energy efficiency
Provide programmes for local community to learn about importance of energy efficiency and clean energy.

The school actively assists the local community in understanding the importance of energy efficiency and clean energy. Related actions include：

◆Campus SDGs Environmental Sustainability Workshop
Jointly organized by the school and seven primary schools around Tamsui. After reaching a consensus, action plans concerning three different levels, the government, schools, and individuals were proposed.
a.The government should replace thermal power generation with green energy for species protection and hillside maintenance;
b.Institutes should implement environmental education and reduce resource consumption;
c.Individuals should reduce the use of plastic products, land-based garbage, and various wastes, and take inventory of personal carbon footprints.
◆Community video dissemination
Promoting the "Environmental Protection Journal" project, using "participatory documentary model" and "narrative communication" concepts, combined with the school's film and television project planning and production courses, to carry out "community video stories" recording the stories of influential people and institutions that have contributed to the development of a sustainable environment in Tamsui areas, including ecological environment, pollution prevention and control, resource recycling, and community environmental protection, and provide a back-end network platform as a collection to construct effective communication methods. 淡江大學淡水環保志
◆Teaching Practice Research Program
Faculty members from the Graduate Institute of China Studies of our university invited teachers from Jinshan High School to discuss issues related to nuclear waste and local revitalization in Jinshan. Through the Deep Plowing in Linmei & Glocalization project, they visited three elementary schools in Yilan with the theme of environmental protection and used DIY projects and games to teach students about the importance of environmental conservation and waste sorting.
◆Environmental Education and Propaganda
To support the school's energy and environmental, health and safety goals, the Department of Mass Communication collaborated with local photography studios to regularly handle and recycle the chemicals used for photo development and enlargement to reduce its environmental impact.