This convinced Hsu that to solve the environment problem the best approach was education, and the creation of the Society of Wilderness embodied this idea, "to nurture people who in the future will cherish 'Formosa,' the beautiful island, and not those who will destroy it."
這也讓徐仁修堅信，解決環境問題最好的方式是透過教育，而成立「荒野」就是落實生態教育，「為未來的福爾摩沙培養會愛護它的人，而不是去破壞它的人。」