本研究的主要目的在於：（1）探究影響三位花蓮環保團體女性領袖其環境行動養成之重要生命經驗；（2）再利用這些重要的生命經驗建構出一個能影響花蓮環境公民形成的生命歷程，並探究這些生命經驗，如何在個人特質、政治、社會、與文化的背景下，被建構成「重要的」生命經驗。結果發現，影響環境行動養成之重要生命經驗有：「童年的自然經驗」、「成年的自然經驗」、「心愛地方的破壞」、「對環境問題的憂慮」、「離鄉後再返鄉的影響」、「父母」、「朋友」、「加入環保團體」、「大學社團」、「社會正義」、「生命信念」、與「文學」。最後，再根據研究結果，對於未來花蓮環境教育的發展與後續研究提出建議。

The major purposes of this study are (1) to examine the significant life experiences on the development of environmental action of three environmental organization female leaders in the Hualien area; and (2) to establish the life paths that those leaders have followed as they have developed environmental action; and to understand how various experiences are individually, socially, politically, and culturally constructed as ‘significant’. The results indicated that those significant life experiences were as follows: “experiences of natural areas (childhood)”, “experiences of natural areas (adulthood)”, “beloved place destruction ”, “worry about environmental problems”, “environmental organizations”, “returning to hometown”, “parents”, “friends”, “participating in environmental organization”, “college club”, “social justice”, “life principles”, and “literature”. Implications for environmental education development in the Hualien area are presented, and recommendations for further significant life experiences research are provided.