This movement began in the middle of Taiwan in Nantou County in the peaceful village of Luku. There Ch'ingshuikou creek, a small tributary of the Choshui River, passes a brief 13 kilometers through the villages of Yunglung, Hsiu-feng, Ch'ingshui, and Juit'ien. Farming is the people's livelihood and no industry exists, let alone the threat of industrial pollution.
它位於南投縣鹿谷鄉，是濁水溪的小支流，只有短短十三公里，流經的永隆、秀峰、清水、瑞田四個村莊，居民加起來不到八百戶人家，而且全部務農為生，毫無工業汙染之虞。