When Taiwan's Nature magazine was launched in 1983, Han Han and Ma Yi-kung electrified us with their flagship statement: "We only have one Earth." The 1980s were a decade of tremendous social activism in Taiwan. Numerous environmental groups were established, and the news media gave extensive coverage to environmental issues. The non-governmental sector gradually gained power.
當年，大自然雜誌創刊，馬以工、韓韓等環保人士、作家的呼聲曾讓我們心驚，充滿社會力的八○年代以各種形式呼應，生態環保團體紛紛成立，媒體以大篇幅的版面報導活動、座談，眼看著社會動員力量逐漸凝聚。