Helping to ween the island's agriculture off of its dependence on imported (hybrid) seeds.
How we introduced the island to this little-known type of honeybee house and a fresh philosophy of "apicentric" bee-keeping.
As most of you probably know, we (Serena and Jared) have a history with Taiwan. Serena spent the majority of her time there during the formative years between the ages of 13 and 19, living there full-time, independently of her family, starting at age 16. And Jared lived there in the years from 2012-2015. It was in Taiwan where we first met and began making music together, and it was directly from there that we came to Germany.
But our love for this big-little island didn't dwindle after we arrived in Europe and put down roots here, neither did our active relationship with her people, her nature, and her culture come to an end with our departure. Indeed, on the contrary, in the last 10 years our connection with Taiwan has grown more profound, as we have continued to establish and develop relationships with groups and individuals on many important levels both during our (nearly) annual, intensely-packed, multi-week, winter-time travels there, and also even while we are here, through hosting many young Taiwanese for long-term work experience stays on the Helenenhof, and through maintaining active, long-distance communication with our friends and colleagues there.
When we established AUI, it was clear that the activities and aspirations of the Association would harmonise beautifully with our continued mutual journey with this island and her open-hearted people. And so, by exploring the links below, you can read about two of the more structured projects which we have undertaken in Taiwan in the past few years.
