本研究主要目的在於：(1)探究影響台灣地區環境行動者養成之重要生命經驗，並探討各生命經驗間彼此的相關程度；(2)比較都會地區與鄉鎮地區環境行動者之重要生命經驗差異；(3)比較不同世代的環境行動者之重要生命經驗差異。本研究採郵寄問卷來收集環境行動者的「自傳式回憶」，共得到198份有效問卷。結果發現，有六項生命經驗有城鄉差異，分別是：「自然經驗（幼年、小學階段）」、「學生團體」、「社會正義」、「心愛地方/自然棲地的消失」、「書籍」、與「其他環境行動者」；至於世代間的差異，分別是：「自然經驗（大專階段）」、「心愛地方/自然棲地的消失」、「對污染/環境問題的憂慮與厭惡」、「環保團體」、「生命信念」、「高等教育」、與「學生團體」。最後，根據研究結果，對於台灣環境教育的發展，與後續的重要生命經驗研究，提出建議。

The major purposes of this study are (1) to determine the significant life experiences affecting the cultivation of environmental activists in Taiwan, and to identify the correlations among those life experiences; (2) to identify the differences in significant life experiences between urban and rural environmental activists; and (3) to identify the intergenerational differences in significant life experiences of the environmental activists. A questionnaire was mailed to the environmental activists to collect their autobiographical memories. One hundred and ninety-eight questionnaires were analyzed. The results indicated that rural-urban differences were found in 'experiences of natural areas (childhood)' 'student organizations', 'social justice', 'beloved place/habitat destruction', 'books', and 'other environmental activists'. The intergenerational differences were found in 'experiences of natural areas (tertiary education)', 'beloved place/habitat destruction', 'concern about pollution', 'environmental organizations', 'life principles', 'tertiary education', and 'student organizations'. Implications for environmental education development and recommendations for further research are provided.

環境行動 ； 環境教育 ； 重要生命經驗

Environmental Action ； Environmental Education ； Significant Life Experiences