關於主婦聯盟環境保護基金會

主婦聯盟環境保護基金會(以下簡稱本會)於1987年成立，參與環境保護與社會運動35年，我們組織、培力在地女性成為生活環保、友善農業、綠色飲食、非核節能、能源民主等願景的實踐者。

除由下而上地進行環境教育組織女性與青年成為新一代的「環境公民」，更透過政策倡議、法案遊說等途徑監督政府，將這些公民的聲音送入決策當中。近10年，我們進一步融合創會以來的飲食、能源兩大領域議題主張，回應全球性危機氣候變遷課題，期望能逐步落實低碳生活，實踐現代碳社會願景。

在飲食方面，我們多年來主張「農食一體」來建構綠色飲食生活圈，近年則因應氣候變遷全球課題，進一步推動食物不浪費的「惜食」運動。

能源方面，我們推動由公民發起的新能源運動；不論是建構友善能源、推動能源教育、發展公民電廠，我們打破對能源只有政府與財團才能參與的想像，讓創能、節能成為民間與社區的草根運動。

透過這些不同類型的公民倡議以及教育行動，我們也希望展現現代婦女在個人、家庭以及公民社會裡的角色，落實性別平權與充權。

The story of the Homemakers United Foundation

History, goals and missions of the Organization

At the end of 1986, the first five or six people launched the idea in a dialogue on "women should also participate in public affairs" in Taipei City. On January 6, 1987, more than 30 people gathered together and took on a commitment to "walking out of the kitchen and joining in the society”, and made a vow to become a Taiwanese citizen who "has the courage to speak up, acts swiftly, and is willing to take on responsibility" from now on. The "Homemakers United Foundation" was therefore established.

In the 1980s, the Taiwanese democracy movement was like the single spark that started the prairie fire, and economic development prevailed over everything else. Nevertheless, it seemed that as the society was in stricter control under the martial law, it ended up with being even "wilder". That was a turning point where people's minds were seeking changes and the form of government system was shifting.

This group of homemakers, who were neither social elites nor scholars and experts, simply lived a purely practical life on this land, realized profoundly the importance of the ecological environment. From actions of protests against the pollution of the LCY chemical plant in Hsinchu, the establishment of the DuPont plant in Lugang, the construction of the No. 4 nuclear power plant, and other incidents, they inspired the citizens’ awareness of caring for environmental and social issues, and made people understand that wrong policies would sacrifice land and people’s health. Thereafter, this group of homemakers more actively promoted garbage sorting, recycling, bringing their own tableware and shopping bags, kitchen waste composting, and rejection of synthetic cleaning solutions.

For the past 35 years, the "Homemakers United Foundation" has maintained its original intention, and advocated environmental protection in everyday life, green consumption, safe diet, and non-nuclear homes. Through organizational forces, we supervise the government to formulate policies; through social education, we call on people to protect the environment and sustain ecology. Although the resources have been limited along the way, our belief has been firm with unremitting efforts and the spirit of practicability and dependability. Even until recent years, this group of homemakers has not been absent all along in actions against incidents such as Kuokuang petrochemical project, improper farmland expropriation, and anti-nuclear, refusal to lift the ban on lean meat, as well