as the countdown continued withjust over 1200 days left to save the planet, the supreme master ching haiinternational association members in taichung, formosa (taiwan) collaborated with29 other co-organizers to host the climate changeconference entitled “protect our home with l.o.v.e.â€on october 11. the letters l.o.v.e. signify“l†for lohas, which stands for “lifestyles ofhealth and sustainabilityâ€;
“o†for organic; “v†for vegan; and “e†for eco dimensionsto save the planet. thousands of participantsattended the event to stay informed aboutthe latest facts on global warming, ways to live sustainably, and the single mosteffective solution – the plant-based, animal-free diet. the conference was co-hosted bythelmo luis “buddy†cunanan,
the famous philippinetv host of nbn television. discussions on the themes of l.o.v.e.were conducted by distinguished panelists,including environmental scientists dr. liu shaw-chenand professor liu chung-ming; famous formosan (taiwanese)film and television personality ms. tan ai-chen; president of the formosa’s firstveg-promoting website, mr. lin hong-jui; chief editor of persimmoncultural enterprise co., ltd.,
mr. linshu wen-er; and former pig farmer turned vegan,mr. luo hon-xian. other dignitaries includedguest speaker, the honorable mayor amelita navarroof santiago, the philippines and mr. chen tien-wen, deputy speaker oftaichung city council. graciously accepting an invitationto attend via videoconference as the event’s guest of honor wassupreme master ching hai. we now invite you to join usfor the videoconference
with supreme master ching hai,entitled “protect our home with l.o.v.e.,†held on october 11, 2009taichung, formosa (taiwan). climate changeinternational conference protect our home with l.o.v.e. october 11, 2009taichung formosa part i greetings honorable guests,ladies and gentlemen! and welcome tothe climate change conference,
which stands for lohas, organic,vegan, and eco-friendly. greetings tooto our worldwide viewers who are joining us today live through supreme master tv’s14 satellite platforms, iptvs, cable tvs, and internet tv via let’s care for this planet and protect the environment todaythrough this conference. i’m your host, buddy cunanan. global warming and climate change
have become seriousworldwide concerns. the issue of climate is no longerjust a one-day news event but now has a serious impacton everyone’s daily life. yes, very true. you know, there are so many terrible,terrible disasters that have happened. from the 2003 european heat wave to the 2004 south asian tsunami, to the 2005 hurricane katrina,
the 2008 cyclone nargis in myanmar, to the recurring wild firesin california and australia, the terrible typhoons pepengand undoy that devastated metro manilaand many parts of northern luzon. and, of course, the disastercaused by typhoon morakot in formosa (taiwan) this august,and lately as well - typhoon parma, which did not landin formosa (taiwan) but caused a lot of disaster in yi lan, which made us feel likewe are facing the climate change.
indeed. you know, disaster relief; making arrangements for refugees; victims of energy and food crises; collapsing ecological stability; international, regional,and local cooperation – all of these are happening around us. today, we are extremely honored to be able to invitemany researchers and experts
to join our conference. and through panel discussions,they will thoroughly explain the main causes and effectsof climate change and make concrete suggestions,in four dimensions – lohas, organic, vegan, and eco -to address this global crisis. yes. this conference is a product ofso many groups and people coming together to protect the earthand protect the environment. and so we have 29 co-organizers
who have helped makethis conference happen. at this juncture,i’d like to say a special thanks to chung-hsing universityfor providing hui-sun hall, this beautiful place wherewe can come and meet and talk about this very pressing issue ofclimate change and global warming. yes, it’s reallysuch a beautiful place. now, we would like to invitedr. shaw jie-fu, the president ofchung-hsing university for his opening remarks.
greetings toall the distinguished guests! first of all, i representchung hsing university in welcoming everyoneto this very meaningful conference. although this conference is calledan academic forum, it’s been carefully designed so that everyone in the audiencecan clearly understand and accept the very important messageof this conference regarding climate change. i think everyone understandsvery well
that climate change caused byglobal warming has started to impactthe entire world. it has also become a focus of many importantinternational conferences. the nonstop droughts, floods and food shortage problemsin recent years are closely connectedwith global climate change in one way or another. formosa (taiwan), in particular,had a record rainfall this august.
typhoon morakot causedvery serious damage. this is a very obvious example. in our conference today, we have invited severalprominent scholars including professor liu shaw-chenand professor liu chong-ming. they will give usexcellent explanations on the topic of climate change. chung hsing universityhas been established for 90 years. it is the oldest establisheduniversity in formosa (taiwan).
currently, chung hsing universityconsists of including the college ofagricultural and natural resources, college of life science, college of veterinary medicine, college of science, college of engineering, college of liberal arts, and college of social science& management. we are one of the topresearch universities
funded by the initiative ofthe ministry of education, “five-year fifty billion ntd.†and we’ve madeoutstanding accomplishments, especially in the areas ofagricultural science and engineering. in the area of agricultural science, we’ve reachedthe top one hundred list in the world on whichwe rank the 85th. therefore, in the agricultural field, we have outstandingscientific personnel and resources.
for a long time, we have beenmaking every effort in agricultural researchand education. in the meantime,we apply our research to real life. that’s why we’ve created the firstorganic and eco-friendly campus. we have also set upan organic farmers’ market so we can serve asan excellent bridge to reach the consumers. our hope is to makemajor contributions to sustainable development.
lastly, i’d like to thank the organizers,as well as other co-organizers. they have worked hardto make this event happen. lastly, i wish everyone good health,all wishes fulfilled, and a successful conference.thank you! thank you.thank you, dr. shaw. chung-hsing universityis a “green†university in formosa (taiwan). and its campus is so eco-friendlyand pleasant.
i think this is the environmentthat we should have on this planet. yes, i agree. going green these daysis something considered special. however, years and years ago, it was a normal thingfor our ancestors. unfortunately, about 200 years ago, man started living more luxuriously,started expanding his life, creating more pollutionand exhausting more resources, and making climate changemore serious.
in fact, scientific studies showthat the pace of climate change today is faster than what they hadoriginally assessed or predicted. that’s right.before we start the conference, we would like to introduce to youa video about climate change. now please watch“practice the way of l.o.v.e.†to halt climate change. if you knew our home could becompletely destroyed or our lives are seriouslythreatened, would you let it continue going on?
as a result of climate change, disasters like morakotare not that unusual now. so we have to be preparedfor the worst. and we are drafting a pieceof legislation called homeland planning act, which will divide the countryinto different regions. some may have to be evacuated. but this is very difficultin this country; we attach a lot of importanceto the factor of global warming.
you don’t notice thatthere’s a crisis but, in fact, we areat a crisis point now because we are very closeto passing tipping points in the climate system that would have veryundesirable consequences. there are a couple of individuals -very significant people - who have been making this report, and looking very carefullyat the numbers. and their conclusion now
is that the contributionof livestock production to global warming is more than 60%. it's not 18% which was firstsuggested three or four years ago, it's not even the 50 - some percent suggesteda short while ago. for the past years, the livestock industry continuesto expand. where are the expanding lands and huge amount of graincoming from?
amazon deforestation increased 69%due to the demand for meat during august 2007and august 2008. the livestock sector is by farthe single largest anthropogenic user of land. deforestation is playing a major rolein climate change. more than 300 experts stated, “if we lose the forests, we lose the fightagainst climate change.†a more urgent crisis is happeningin the permafrost.
gases like methane are beingreleased from the permafrost and the sea floor. as the gases will be releasedin huge quantities, the situation will be out of control. the permafrost layer is meltingeach day. and the methane gas,or other gases even, is releasing into the atmosphere. methane and nitrous oxideare made by livestock raising, livestock keeping.
they are far more poisonous,far more dangerous than co2. another gas implicated inseveral mass extinctions in the earth’s historyis hydrogen sulfide. this colorless and highly toxic gasdeadens our sense of smell, and at higher concentration, causes blindnessand eventually death. livestock and chemical fertilizersseriously pollute the water. people use targetlessfishing trawlers, promptly destroyingthe ocean ecology.
the ocean area lacking oxygen grows. hydrogen sulfide thenresults in a dead zone. in the past, according topaleontologist peter ward, “hydrogen sulfide in the oceansand atmosphere turned the sky green and choked off oxygen for plants,animals and marine life.†he further warned that global warming causedby human activities “could reproduce the samehydrogen sulfide situation that killed more than 90% of lifeduring the permian period.â€
our home is being destroyed and our lives are facingserious threats. we need to curb climate change. the point of no return iswhen you get to a place where the dynamics of the systemtakes over, and then you can’t do anythingabout it. it’s too late. there are many thingsthat people can do to reduce their carbon emissions,
but changing your light bulband many of the things are much less effectivethan changing your diet. meat production and consumption, it’s hugely intensive in terms ofcarbon dioxide emissions. unless we change our food choices,nothing else matters, because it is meat that isdestroying most of our forests, it is meat that pollutes the waters, it is meat that is creating disease which leads to all our moneybeing diverted to hospitals.
so it is the first choice for any body who wantsto save the earth. and if you eat less meat, you will be healthier,and so would the planet. there’s where the climate problem is:our meat consumption! earth, our one and only home. earth nurses all of life with love. it’s time for us to be guardianof our mother earth. to protect our homeand all the coinhabitants with love.
the lifestyle of loving the earthis called lohas. lohas: lifestyle ofhealth and sustainability. but you don't have to have a farmto do organic plants. you can plant tomatoesin pots on your balcony. you can put potatoes in them. you can have these shelf pots thatyou can plant all your herbs in. you can plant your lettuces. try something. just experiment.
in one of the longest studies ever conducted on organic farmingpractices, research by the us-based rodale institutehas found that organic soil managementnot only minimizes fossil fuel use, it can also reduceatmospheric carbon dioxide by removing it from the airand storing it as carbon in the soil. scientists at the institute estimatethat if organic practices such asplanting cover crops, composting and crop rotation were implemented
on the planet’s 3.5 billiontillable acres, nearly 40 percent of currentco2 emissions could be absorbed. we've realized thatit is good to plant trees that we can absorb some ofthe carbon dioxide. we have learned enough to know that the breeding of hundredsand thousands of animals for food is terribly damaging tothe environment. so more and more peopleare eating less meat or no meat. i do what i do todayas a hard-core vegan
for the love of the animals. i know that no animalhas to die for me to live. just connect to the earth,feel the earth, feel the vibration of the sun,the sky, the clouds, everything around us,run all the way through us, and go right in through our feetto the heart of the earth. please, for the sake ofall the animals, be veg, go green, look at the flowersand save the planet.
ladies and gentlemen,this video is a reminder for all of us to respectand cherish lives and to halt climate change in order to preserve the beautyand the harmony of this planet. yes, let’s work together with love and change our daily livingand attitudes so that we can end the crisis ofglobal warming. now, we have special video greetings from important peoplearound the world for this conference.
yes, first, we havedr. rajendra k. pachauri, the chairman of ipcc, and the joint laureate ofthe nobel peace prize 2007. let me, at the outset, convey my greetingsto all you participants of this extremelyimportant conference in taichung, formosa (taiwan). i’m deeply grieved atthe terrible disaster that took place in formosa (taiwan)as a result of typhoon morakot.
this obviously affected the livesand property of so many people and my deepest sympathiesfor those who lost their loved ones and who have lostall their belongings and possessions. now, i really don’t want tolink any single incident, any weather-related eventto human-induced climate change, because that would bescientifically wrong. but i do want to emphasize thatas a result of climate change, events like this are likelyto increase, not only in number and frequency,
but also in magnitude and intensity. so i would like to appeal toall of you to spread the messageacross the world that we have to bring about major changesby which we can reduce the emissionsof greenhouse gasses. there is, of course, a lot that we can do in industry,in transport, and in every economic activity thathuman beings carry out, but what is going to becritically important
is for us to change our value systemsand to change our lifestyles. an important elementof changes in lifestyles is to be able to alter our diet. unfortunately, the worldhas gone into a pattern of excessive consumptionof meat protein. and you’ll find thatwherever incomes go up, people start consumingmore and more meat, more and more animal protein. just to give you an example,
the first time i went to china wasin 1981 and at that stage about the only meat thatpeople ate was pork or some amount of poultry products. but today, with the increasein prosperity of china, you’ll find a lot of people eatingmore and more meat. and china is not alone. this is happening in other partsof the world also. i find that even in india, which is essentiallya vegetarian society,
a great move towardseating much more meat, much more poultry productsand so on. so, we know that the emissionsof greenhouse gases associated with the cycleof meat production, poultry productionand all forms of animal food that we consume, is extremely high. and one means by which we can reducethe emissions of greenhouse gasses is to see that we cut downon meat consumption. and the result would be thatnot only would we be healthier,
but so would the planet. it’s now proved beyond doubt,medically as well, that those who liveon a vegetarian diet certainly avoid some ofthe worst diseases that are now associated,and are known to be associated, with consumption of animal products,with poultry and so on. so, my submission would be thatwe should eat much less meat, and if possible, we should eliminate the consumptionof red meat completely,
because red meat, that’s beef,lamb, mutton - is associated with the highest levelsof emissions of greenhouse gases of all forms of food. so, if we really want tosave the planet, if we want to live a healthyand contented life, i would like to submit that moving towardsmuch lower consumption of meat would be in the interestsof human beings and it certainly would bein the interests of the planet.
so i would like to appeal to youto consider this carefully, and you would find thatwhen you make such a move that you’d actually feel much better. and my slogan is: “if you eat less meat,you would be healthier, and so would the planet.†i hope all of you will deliberateon all aspects of climate change and particularly on the importanceof bringing about lifestyle changes. so i hope you have a productiveand very pleasant conference.
thank you. thank you, dr. pachauri, for your loving concernfor formosa (taiwan) and your dedicationin saving this planet. next, we have mr. philippe roch,the former director of the federal environmental officein switzerland. i am philippe roch,former director of the swiss federal officefor the environment, secretary of state,
who participated inall international negotiations on the environment during 13 years. we have tackled some questionson climate change and human rights, which is an extremelyinteresting issue. allow me to remind you also that if we want to ensureeveryone’s development and human rights for all, we must of course share what we have, we must also stop wasting.
however, we must not forget the onewho gives us all our resources. that’s nature herself,the ecosystems, who nowadays suffersextreme damages from over-exploitation, destruction of the forests,the sea, etc., and that, obviously, in order to sharewith one another, we must have something to share and it’s really nature whogives us all we need, and we must absolutelyrespect her as our mother.
therefore, i am of coursedelighted to know that you will be havinga videoconference on the environment, the theme of which is toprotect our own home with love, and i think that this isthe fundamental element. once we understand thatwe live in a big “house,†all together in one big family - all the humans,and with all the living beings, the animals, the plants - then our relationship withthe planet will change,
and we will respect her, and we can no longer destroy her. thank you.thank you, mr. philippe roch, for your encouraging words. next we will havemr. gilberto natalini, the city councilmanof sã£o paulo city, brazil. my name is gilberto natalini, i am a doctorand also the councilman for the city of sã£o paulo for psdb.
i am currently in my third termas councilman. it is very important that conferences like theseare organized throughout the world since the situation now isvery tough, very complicated. planet earth is suffering extremelyserious changes in relation to its climate issues and i would like to wishthe participants of this conference great success, a fruitful discussion,
and many positive proposed result for the improvementof earth’s conditions. the brazilian governmentowes the world a firm position in respect to fightingthe deforestation of the amazon and of our forests. the increase in our deforestationis due to, among other things, the advancement of animalagriculture’s frontier in brazil. this means the destruction of forestfor livestock raising,
livestock to supply the market. what happens in brazil iswasted land and wasted water by the livestock industry. this is as much to supplythe national market as the foreign market. i believe thatsustainability measures are needed and are fundamentalin the world today. and we work very hard so that they are passedin our city and country.
i also believe that organic agriculture isa very important way, very healthy for the protectionof human health as well as the protectionof the ecosystem. since pesticides aregreat destroyers. i will give you here an example: huge groups of widgeonsin lake feia in the region of northernrio de janeiro state were decimated bythe use of pesticides
and plantations around the lake. and finally, the issue of eating a diethigh in vegetables, the vegetarian lifestyle - this can also bean extremely important measure. but then we face the cultural issuesof humanity, people from many countries ofthe world who have been consuming animal fleshfor millennia. there must be a whole processof education,
a process of discussion so that peoplecan change their habits. i want to ask dr. pachauriand supreme master to dedicate themselves, and i am sure they will dedicateall their efforts so that this meetingcan be successful. i also want to ask all participantsof the conference to support the sustainability cause, to defend the planet and help us,particularly
in developing countriesand the poorer countries so that people over therecan overcome the misery, end poverty, and defend the planet. this is our sincere wishon behalf of the city of sã£o paulo and all its citizens. thank you very much. thank you, mr. gilberto nataliniand all the speakers again for your time and sincere effortsto halt climate change. many thanks to
all our esteemed guestsof this conference for sharing with ustheir great and exciting viewpoints. we are extremely fortunate todayto have so many experts who will thoroughly explain to usthe main causes and effects of climate change and make concrete suggestionsof actions that can be taken. yes, action now is very important. our esteemed expertshave put lots of effort to study climate change
and are appealing to the peopleof the world to recognize the very real threatof global warming. first, we would liketo introduce dr. liu shaw-chen. yes, dr. liu is currentlythe director of the research center for environmental changes,academia sinica. he is also the co-chairmanof the laboratory of atmospheric chemistryand climate change, chinese academy ofmeteorological sciences. he used to be the director
of the laboratoryof atmospheric physics, national oceanic and atmosphericadministration (noaa). join us in welcomingdr. liu shaw-chen. supreme master ching hai, president shaw jie-fu, honorable vips, ladies and gentleman,good afternoon. thank you for inviting meto share with you this afternoon about one important subject,
that is global changeand the august 8 flooding, by typhoon morakot. global change or global warmingis going to give us the kind of environment to make the august 8 disastermore often and worse. i think that messageis extremely important. global temperature increase is, over last century,about 0.6 degrees centigrade. and also the global ocean surfacerise is above 15 centimeters.
and the third is the snow coverhas been decreasing. the increase of the global temperature and also the sea surface riseis relatively small over the last century. and most people, i think,would have the perception that the increase is gradualand long term. but what they forgot to think is,together with global warming, we actually also havevery urgent change – that’s the change toour extreme weather events.
significant increase invery heavy precipitation, and also decrease in very light rain, has been occurring all over the world. we’ll show you some examples. even over the oceans,the same thing has been happening. and with the increaseof very heavy precipitation comes the increased risk of floodingand also mudslides, just like the august 8 floodingin southern formosa (taiwan). and also with the decreaseof light rain…
we all know that light rainis very beneficial to the soil because it’s a very critical sourceof soil moisture. and by losing light precipitation, we are increasing the risk of drought. despite the disaster of floodingonly two months ago, the drought situationin formosa (taiwan) in the last few years have beenvery severe and very frequent and that has to do withthe decrease of light rain this figure shows the change ofprecipitation intensity
showing to the right,these are very heavy precipitation. here are very light precipitation, and different color meansthe average of every 10 years, except the blue oneis the last five years, 2001-2005. and the years 1961-1970 is on top. you see light precipitationhas been decreasing and heavy rains are increasing. this is the whole united states. you can see the same thing
- the heavy precipitation increasing. the light one, the united states is differentfrom formosa (taiwan). the light one actuallydidn’t show much change - that’s mostly because in the usin the last 50 years or so the entire precipitationhas been increasing, while in formosa (taiwan), the total precipitationhas been rather constant. this one is for china,
of course you see,this shows the linear trend of number of daysof very light rain, 0.1 millimeter per day – that’s chinese drizzle, what chinese call “maomaoyu.†and blue means decrease,and you can see, over most of chinahas been decreasing. there are some exceptions. and over formosa (taiwan),we had the same thing –
our light drizzle, our “maomaoyu†decreasedin the last 40, 45 to 50 years. our maomaoyu 50 years agowas 70 days per year, and now we got only 35 days - a factor of 2 decrease in drizzle,in maomaoyu. that’s a big loss of precipitation, particularly for placeslike taichung and further south. in the spring we needthe light drizzle to give us the precipitationfor the spring planting.
researchers in academia sinicain the last two years have been finding somevery alarming changes in heavy precipitation. essentially, in the last 50 years we found that the top ten percentof very heavy precipitation increased by almost a factor of two. so that’s a large increasein 50 years. and corresponding to that, the light precipitationdecreased by a factor of two,
by 50% also, and that’s a very large changefor formosa (taiwan). there are only four typhoons,on average, each year landed onformosa (taiwan). and formosa (taiwan)has about 40% of precipitation from typhoons. that means most ofthe heavy precipitation is coming from typhoonsin formosa (taiwan). in other words,
the very heavy typhoon precipitationin the last 50 years has increased by a factor of two. and you can imagine, that really increases the floodingand the mudslides. we are predicting there’ll be morestrong precipitation associated with typhoonsto formosa (taiwan) in future years. in fact, we are predictingthe next increase by another fold instead ofby a factor of 2 – the next one will beby a factor of 3.
and the increase by another foldwill take, not 50 years, only about 20-25 years. because the increasein global temperature is going to speed upin the next century, essentially almost doubling, in fact, near the end, tripling the rate ofglobal temperature increase. actually, we try to quantifythe change in the precipitation intensitywith the global temperature.
we divide the intensityinto 10 equal parts. so this is the top 10% precipitation - very strong precipitation,typhoons - and this is the light drizzle,the maomaoyu. and you can seethe strong heavy precipitation, for each degree increasein global temperature, would increase by a factorof 1.4, or 140%, and the light one would decreaseby 70%. now, this is the ipcc’s predictionof temperature increase
in this century, the 21st century, and the often mentioned c1 caseis the case that the temperature would increaseby a factor of 2 by the end of the 21st century. and thus, when we try very hard to decreasethe greenhouse gas emission, we increase temperatureonly by 2 degrees. if we don’t try to limitthe greenhouse gas emission, we would get the a2 case
- that’s the pink one, or this one. and a2 case, the temperature increaseis very close to 4 degrees. with b2 case, because it’s increased by 2 degrees and each degree is 140% - 2 degrees means a 280% increasein heavy precipitation – and a2 case is 4 degrees - 4 times 140 is 560%increase in precipitation,
heavy precipitation,and that’s really alarming. i can’t believe living inthat kind of environment. and that meansthat typhoons in formosa (taiwan) would bring 3-5 timesmore heavy precipitation, and imagine, that would mean at least3-5 times more floods and more mudslides. and here, i want to mention that we should not forgetthe decrease of light precipitation,
because it’s in a different seasonin formosa (taiwan). in winter and spring, the decrease of light precipitationwill continue to increase the risk and the frequencyof drought in formosa (taiwan). this shows, for southern china, it’s the similar thing – the heavy one is not as much, it’s 63% for each degree, and that’s about half offormosa (taiwan).
the pink one,you see, the global average, the heavy precipitationwould increase by 110% - a little bit less thanformosa (taiwan) but very large. and these increasesare going to be larger in the tropical region and that means, where there’sa lot of precipitation already, it’s going to increase more. and also in places like india, in the summer monsoon,
they have very heavy precipitation – those are going to getmore and more frequent. so, the places witha lot of flooding, it’s going to have an increase, but where there’svery little precipitation, actually, the droughtis going to get worse. what we are saying is that, globally, we are seeingthe same thing – very alarming changein heavy precipitation
and light precipitation. and the only way to stopthese kinds of disastrous changes is to stop increasinggreenhouse gas emissions. thank you for your attention. thank you, dr. liu,for your insightful speech. thank you very much , sir. we need more scientists like youto awaken people and make people understandthe seriousness of climate change. let’s give him another roundof applause please.
the next guest speaker isalso an expert on climate change and another highly esteemedindividual – he is dr. liu chung-ming. dr. liu is the professor of the departmentof atmospheric sciences and the director of the global changeresearch center of national taiwan university. let’s now warmly greetand welcome dr. liu chung-ming. ladies and gentlemen,i’m really honored to be here.
in the past 10-15 years, i’ve been attending manydifferent kinds of seminars, conferences, lectures, and so on. but today, there’s more than a thousandaudience members and i understandthrough broadcasting, it’s probably like a 100 million. i’m really honoredto have this opportunity to talk about what i have been doingin the past few years.
climate change is ongoing, the global temperature keeps warming. it’s actually like typhoon morakot, people in formosa (taiwan)think it’s very serious, then probably next yearor the year after, we will have another typhoon, probably breaking this year’s record. so what we need is, we need to adaptto the climate change.
we have to live with it, we have to dance with it, we have to stay alivewith the coming disasters. and to pave the way to do it, it’s not just personal, everyone,what we can do about it. we actually need the government, we need people working together, so we need the law.
we need to establish thisnational climate security act. what i want to talk about is adaptation -to decrease climate vulnerability and to increase adaptation capacity. this is the general temperatureincreasing trend in formosa (taiwan) and this is the global trend. so this is just saying that we are inthe same warming trend as the world. this shows that the central partis climate change.
this means thatthe ongoing climate change is composed of a lot of eventslike temperature increase, heavy rainfall, and sea level rise –everything. so we will havemore hazards, disasters, and will affectall primary industries, like agriculture and so on, and certainly will affectour ecosystem and human health. and we need all people concernedto be involved. we just saw the video showing thatour president ma has mentioned about
we will establishthe national protection law. this is all included. so, under the united nationsclimate change framework, we usually talk about this mitigation, so we have the kyoto protocol which talks about reducingthe greenhouse gas emissions, including the theme of todaywhich actually is how to reduce the emissions. but the other thing is adaptation,
which means we have to live withthe climate change. so we have to dothe impact assessment, we have to have a certain strategyfor the coming 100 years. we need to know how to live with it. so, under the unfccc, they actually havethis nairobi work program for these developed countries and certainly forthe least developed countries; they all need to work on this subject.
first of all, you need scientiststo work together to project the future climate changeand to assess sea level rise; so formosa (taiwan) will probablylose how much land. so we’ll probably have tojust protect ourselves and we’ll probably have to liveinward. and also, about these heavy rains, if we can estimate how much frequencythis heavy rain will increase and how much amountof water will come in,
then we’ll probablyhave to figure out, like, for the mountain area, could we have more peopleliving there? i mean, all these landslides, more serious events will come out, so what we should do with that? so that’s actuallya very difficult task. and this is underthe un development program, they also have a strategy to do this,a similar concept.
and definitely forthis coming disaster, we always have loss, so to talk about adaptation isjust to minimize the loss. so, in simple words, this year we haverecord-breaking rainfall, we also have record-breaking loss. but later, for the coming years, we’ll probably have another record-breaking rainfalland typhoon and so on.
but we don’t want tohave another record-breaking loss. how much we can benefitfrom doing this adaptation task? and this is talking aboutworldwide, besides un, each country, what do they do? are they working on this subject, like the eu, canada, australia, the netherlands,and the united kingdom? the uk actually passedthe climate bill to tackle this issue.
and for developing countrieslike china, like india, they have set up the initial programto work on this and certainly for theseleast developed countries or small island developing states, they are working on these subjectsunder un guidance. and currently in formosa (taiwan), last year, i have been workingon this project, so we did certain surveys. and it seems that most peoplein formosa (taiwan),
they understand the current statusof climate change. they know the threatto these small islands, and the issue ishow can we tackle this? for instance,if another typhoon morakot comes, do we construct more,like, a high wall so we can protect ourselveswithin it? i mean, the engineering approachprobably will not work, so we need something else. we need a non-engineering approach.
however, talking about adaptation, people will say that once you adaptto the climate change, it probably means that we will not be facinganother serious typhoon. actually, no. we will still have serious typhoons,because of the temperature warming. we have higher temperature seawater and it will help to intensifythe intensity of these typhoons
and also widenthe typhoon’s influence area. the natural disasters stillcannot be avoided, but we can hope to reduce the damage. that’s the general expectation,we hope. under this general idea,last year we proposed a framework on the national climate change impactsassessment adaptation strategy. we need legislation adaption,industry and land use adaption. so, our president mentioned aboutnational land protection law, it’s actually one of them;
it’s just a part ofthis general framework. this is for the coastal,that’s the low lying area, like this year in pintung,this land-subsidence area. the total population, i think it’s close to 50,000 people, so we cannot just move them. we cannot just say, “you are not suitable tolive in these subsidence areas with the sea level riseand land subsidence.â€
this area is definitelythe most vulnerable area in formosa (taiwan), but we cannot just move them. we have to have a plan. we have to have a strategyto work on this issue and it probably takes 30 yearsto thoroughly move them. that is a long termand a difficult task. so we need legislation to pavethe foundation for all the tasks. one simple act i proposeis this climate security act.
under this, the greenhouse gas emissionis right here. with this greenhouse gas emission, we have a lot of interaction going on. so, actually, there is a lot money going throughthis greenhouse gas emissions. for instance, carbon tax or maybethese carbon trade activities, like emissions trade and so on. it will probably get tothe general reduction of
greenhouse emissionsfrom this country. from all this money flow, we can take out some of itand put into these three funds. one is called climate security fund, which is for each disaster. like this year, our governmenthas to put out a lot of money just for rebuilding the areas. and the other is for minority fund – for those most disadvantagedminority welfare.
another is for adaptation fund. so my general conclusion, based on the evidence ofclimate change impacts, proper adaptation strategies areneeded to sustain the future developmentof human existence. a proposal for national climate changeadaptation framework is addressed to facilitate adaptation capacitybuilding in formosa (taiwan). the climate security act
is waiting for positive responsefrom legislation. thank you. thank you, dr. liu chung-ming,for your excellent speech. thank you, sir. ladies and gentlemen, we will be discussing otherimportant issues later. but before that, let’s watch a beautiful aboriginaldance performance to remind us about the naturewith harmony. yes, here in formosa (taiwan),
there are over one dozendifferent aboriginal tribes and this performance isa very beautiful one. it’s by the ming taiaboriginal dance club, composed of high schoolboys and girls, who practiced very long and very hard to presenta very special dance number. have you ever seen this before? no, no, but in the philippines we also have many aboriginal tribes
and they are very similarto the ones you have so this is somethingthe people of the philippines and formosan (taiwanese) share,the aboriginal links, and today’s dance is actuallythree special dances that are now merged into one called “the mountain forestshaking dance.†so, let’s all extend a hand offriendship to our aboriginal brothers and sisters by giving thema warm round of applause.
fantastic! what a wonderfuland beautiful dance! yes, what a wonderful performance! i almost wanted to join them. now, this is a beautiful exampleof the beauty of ancient traditions and the need for all of usto preserve these for generations to come. now, many thanks tothe ming tai aboriginal dance club, whose members are actually members
of formosa’s (taiwan)indigenous tribes as well. yes. do you know eagle isthe holy bird of aboriginals? no, no. i saw some of them dancingkind of like an eagle dance. every boy has been taughtto learn the spirituality of the male eagle. how interesting. and it is one of the three themesof the dance, the first one was “harvest,â€
the second “youth,†and the third “power of nature.†we have a special video greetingfor all of you from ms. live kleveland. she is the information director of the norwegian animalprotection alliance, who will share with all of us the need for humankindto co-exist with nature. greetings to all of you whoare participating in the conference.
this is live kleveland. i work for the norwegian animalprotection alliance. as a lawyer, i’m workingto try to give animals the rights that they deservein our society. i’m a veganand that’s because of the animals and also because of the environment. in our society,animals are kept in factory farms where they haveno possibilities at all to live like what they are made for.
young babies are takenfrom their mothers. mutilations are common. the animals are fed intensively. many of them never see sunlight. they are kept indoors all their lives. and they are transported to slaughterin thousands, in millions. so the animals are forcedto live in a way that is detrimental totheir health and welfare and that is a major reason for menot to eat their meat.
also i don’t eat meatbecause of the environment. meat production is actuallyone important reason why our climate is changingso rapidly. to stop eating meat is somethingeveryone can do to help stop the changesin the climate. and a lot of the energyin that plant food is lost in the animalto keep the animal alive and as manure from the animal. so it’s much better toeat the plants directly
because then you use less energythan if you eat meat. so one way to fight world hungeris actually to eat less meat. animals are in many ways like us. stop eating meat. i think that everyone that has been so lucky as toget to know an animal as an individual knows that an animal like a dogor a cow, or a pig, or even a hen is a person.
i wish a lot of luck to the conference “protect our home with l.o.v.e.†in taichung, formosa and i hope that everyonewho participates will extend their love to animals too. be veg! go green! 2 save our planet! thanks, ms. live kleveland.
we are so touched by your lovefor this earth and animals. yes, it’s truly very inspiring and that is alsoone of our next topics; to live in harmony with nature. everyone knows our theme, love,or “l.o.v.e.,†and we hope that all of uscan live simple, healthy and of course vegan lives. our next speaker is someonemost of you are familiar with, ms. tan ai-chen.
she is a true animal lover, who has rescued many stray catsand dogs and beleaguered animals. a famous movie and tv actress,ms. tan is also a vegetarian cooking showhost. let’s warmly welcomems. tan ai-chen. thank you, thank you. hallo, everyone! i thank the many peoplein the audience who
have been watching my “modern heartâ€vegetarian show every day. it’s on air daily at 5pm,11am, and 1:30am. i have been hosting this showfor 7 years. every day, we introduceone or two vegetarian dishes. so far we have introducedover 2,000 dishes. who can say that vegetarian foodlacks variety? right? i have been a vegetarian for 21 years. the vegetarian diet isreally wonderful.
it makes us healthy, and it gives us more staminaand, of course, we become younger. i’m 56 years old now, and thank heavensi don’t look like i’m 65. this is the biggest benefitthe vegetarian diet brings us. many people ask me,“how did you become a vegetarian?†in chinese tradition, vegetarianism is oftenassociated with religions,
because this compassionate actof non-killing has been advocated by buddhism. however, the reasoni am a vegetarian is that i don’t have the heartto eat small animals. it has nothing to do with religionat all. in fact, i grew upin a christian family. i’m a christian. my parents-in-law areboth devout christians. so, before i became a vegetarian,i had never heard of buddhism.
i started to learn about buddhismsince becoming a vegetarian. and because of buddhism, i got to know the phrase“sentient beings,†which means that animals,just like us humans, also have feelings and desires. we have our likes, we know fear,and so do the animals. similar to us humans, animals also have romantic love,family love, and friendships. they even have ethical concepts
and ranking among the youngand the old. i totally agree with whatsupreme master ching hai says, “many animalsare nobler than humans.†only when you have lived with animalswill you understand this. today, because of our time constraint, i will just share with youthe pictures of these little sentient animalsthat made me become a vegetarian. these are the stray dogs i adopted;there are more than 60 of them. it is very hard to get them togetherto take one picture,
so i only have photos of small groups. this also shows some of them. if you think they are all dogs,you are wrong. what’s the one in the middle? he likes to mingle with the dogsand he sees himself as a dog. why? you see, he is very affectionatetowards the dogs. he even kisses them. he thinks that this female dogis his mother.
he is very smart. i have about 60 dogs, many of them are stray dogs. this little piglet is called “philly.†upon his arrival, he attached himselfto this most beautiful dog called “queen†and he thinks “queen†ishis mother. once, he even screamedwhen he saw a pig,
because he had never seensuch an animal in the world. people told me that he is a mini-pig. he is very nice to the dogs. he is also very friendly to humans. as soon as i sit down, he is sure to come up to kiss me. he is very affectionate. in fact, it feels quite strange when a pig keeps kissing youwith his snout.
this pig is very smart. when i first adopted him, people told me he was a mini-pig. now the mini-pighas grown to this size. fortunately, the taipei zoo believeshe has educational value, so they adopted him. after he moved to the taipei zoo, he grew even bigger. he only lies there and eats.
but if you say pigs are stupid,i must restore their reputation. two years after he was sentto the taipei zoo, i had time to visit him. i stood next to himand said, “philly, mom is here. let mom touch your little face.†as soon as he heard me, he immediately stood up, because he loves metouching his big snout. he still thought he had a small face.
so when i touched him, he immediately stood up. people asked me,“how come he knows you?†i said, “of course!he is my son!†after two years he stillrecognizes my voice. if you think pigs are stupid, you are really doing theman injustice. if you think i’m onlyraising dogs and pigs, you are wrong.
all these dogs are raised by me. this is a mastiff. everyone knows thatmastiffs could bite people, right? they are fierce. but actually,this dog is proof that, after listening to the buddha’s chantsdaily for half a year, he will not bite people anymore. he even lets my neighbor,a child whom he doesn’t know, take him out for a walk.
so animals are just like humans. they can also improvetheir personalities through educationand good influences. all these animals have beenmiraculously influenced by buddhist teachings. these are also blind dogsthat i adopted at that time. okay, what do you see here?a squirrel! she was abandoned by her mother. when we found her in the grass,
she was less than10 centimeters long. her eyes were not yet open. so, i used syringesto feed her rice soup. little by little she grew up. i don’t confine animalswhen i raise them. i just raise them in the yard. by the 7th month, one daywhile i wasn’t home, she brought her boyfriendback to my yard. he was a big, handsome squirrel.
every day after she finished eating, she would carry a coupleof grapes in her mouth and sneak them out of the fence and give them to her boyfriend. then, i started to preparedouble portions so she could bring someto her boyfriend after she finished eating herself. it was like this every day. during the day, she would go outto stay with her love,
and at night, she wouldcome back to sleep. but gradually, she stoppedcoming back to sleep. but she would still come backevery day to get food for her boyfriend since i always prepared foodfor her. one day,when she was 8th months old, to our surprise, she didn’tcome back for food. i was very worried, so i called a veterinarianat the taipei zoo.
after i told him the situation,he asked me how old she was. i said she was 8 months old. he said to me frankly, “congratulations,you are now a grandma.†so do you thinkthey have romance? yes. i’m very happyfor her new family. let’s move on to the next picture. doesn’t she look like my baby? she looks so much like me.
twenty years ago, unfortunately, there was no animal protection law or wildlife sheltersin formosa (taiwan). in those days, people liked to keepwild animals as pets, but sometimes they abandoned them, perhaps becausethey couldn’t raise them anymore. i happened to have a husbandwho was a busybody. he would always say,
“my wife knows how to raise them,†so he would bring them home. that’s why i have such experienceswith these animals. of course, as long asyou live with them, the animals will treat youas their mother. let’s look at the next picture. okay, what’s this? it’s a flying squirrel. after she was born,
her mother was not willingto nurse her. her caretaker didn’t knowhow to raise her either, so she grew up littleby little under my care. eventually, i had toteach her how to fly. she thought she was a dog, and she liked to stand on her feetand walk on the ground. then we thought, what is a flying squirrelmost scared of in the forest? the eagles, right?
but in our home, the flying squirrel gets alongwith the eagle very well. at that time, i adopted a formosan (taiwanese)crested goshawk. this is an owli adopted at that time. in the forest,one would say to the other, “you are my food.†the other one would say,“please don’t eat me.†but in our home,they get along peacefully.
every day, they stand on the cabinetand watch us. their favorite pastime isto stand next to each other on the back of the chair and watch the dogsoutside the window. this is their everyday routine. this big eagle used to be an eagletwhen i just adopted him. do you know why he islooking at my mouth? it is because birds feedtheir nestlings with their beak, right?
he treats me as his mom. every time when i wasabout to enter the house, he would start to squeal as soon as he heard meopen the door. every day he would check to seeif i had food in my mouth. so sometimes i put some foodin my mouth and feed him with my mouth, so he can enjoythe affection of a mother. these are a pair of geese.
in the mother and father goose,i see a kind of indescribable love and also the affectionbetween parents and young ones. they really touch my heart deeply. i hope in the futurei’ll have the opportunity to share with everyonethe stories of these animals. do you think a snakecan recognize people? let me tell you, even cold-blooded animalscan recognize people. when we approach the fish tank,
do the fish you feed every dayswim towards you? do they swim away from strangers?right? so cold-blooded animalsalso recognize people. of course, he recognizes me because he always feelsvery comfortable when he sits on me. okay, here,i was interviewing a gorilla. he was locked in a cage. i went into interview him.
there used to bean animal program called “the funny family,†right? they said i was risking my lifeto film the show; but i was very sad. it is because fromthe eyes of this gorilla, i see the extreme sadnessof a mother. we all know that wild animalsare locked in the zoos, away from their family. but do they have emotions?
yes, like we humans,they also love their family, so i can never forgetthe sad expression in her eyes. that’s why we shouldlove and protect animals. as humans, the most direct wayto love them is to protect them. yesterday someone said to me, “many people say thatthey are animal lovers while they are holdingtheir dog or cat. but if they say they love animals, how do they have the heartto keep eating animal flesh?†right?
so we should put ourselvesin the animals’ shoes. like us, animals also have emotions. so don’t afflict what we fearon the animals and make them suffer. this is why i’m a vegetarian. thank you for the opportunityto share my story. thank you, ms. tan ai-chen, for your very heart-warmingand moving stories. very inspiring. thank you.
have you watchedms. tan’s movies? yes. since i was a little girl. you know, i think it’s great that celebritiesget involved in good causes because they are ableto influence other people to do good deeds as well - for nature, for the animals,and for the environment. don’t you think so? yes, i totally agree.
and i love mini-pigs because of her and many peopleand most friends of mine are paying more attention to animalsand stray cats and dogs. that’s great to know. our next speaker is mr. lin hung-ruiwho is the president of suiis, the first website promotingvegetarianism in formosa (taiwan). so let’s all welcome mr. lin. good afternoon, friends. today i’m very honored to be here
to share with you how to bea care-free vegetarian. first, i’ll share with youmy vegetarian experience. it has been 13 years sincei became a vegetarian. the reason i became a vegetarianwas because i learned that animalswere just like us humans. because of this,when i was in high school, i started to learn to be a vegetarian. although i look very young, i am already close to 40.
many people say,“mr. lin looks very young.†actually, it is becauseof my vegetarian diet. from the very beginning until now, i have experienced the evolutionof the vegetarian environment in our society. in the early days, it was very difficultto be a vegetarian. i remember when i hadmy vegetarian meals, my best companywas a can of mushrooms,
or a can of soy proteinplus a bowl of white rice. this was my lunch or even my dinner. of course, thanksto my dietary habit, i weighed only 59 kilograms. in the past few years,vegetarian food has evolved, and i find being a vegetarianin formosa (taiwan) now is a big blessing. our vegetarian foodcan be simple and basic, or it can be very fancy.
it’s also available in cuisinesfrom around the world. our fellow practitionershave opened quite a few loving huts they are really great blessingsto our vegetarian friends. let’s give them a warm roundof applause. from the previous talks,we know that global warming has alreadymade a huge impact on our environment. the august 8 typhoon disaster and the typhoons some days priorcaused tremendous damage.
so we made up our minds toswitch to the vegetarian diet. we will start with reducingthe proportion of meat in our meals. everyone asks us,“why eat vegetarian?†“what’s the benefit ofeating vegetarian?†right? everyone has an ultimate goal. we should try to deal with otherswith a non-judgmental mind. for the time being, they may not be ableto understand our good intention, but we don’t have to provoke them.
we just need to show themsome facts now and then. we can say to them, for example, “three days ago, i hearda lecture from a professor.†we also learn some informationfrom supreme master tv, so once in a while we can sendthe information to them. slowly, they will start to understand. let me give you a simple example. my father used to be very opposedto my being a vegetarian. the approach i took wasnot to argue with him.
i kept on being a vegetarian. whenever he was criticizing me, i would always prove to him thathis arguments were wrong. for example, he said thatvegetarian food was not nutritious. so i showed him how bigand strong i had become. he said vegetarianswouldn’t get married, but i did get married. i kept resolving his confusions. slowly, in our family meals,
we started to have vegetarian dishes, one dish at a time, and slowly it got to the point that half of the disheswere vegetarian. in recent years, most of our disheshave become vegetarian. each time my father’s friendsmake fun of him, saying, “how come this sonof yours eats vegetarian? it’s not very manly,†etc.
my father recently startedto reason back to his friends, saying, “what are you talking about? look, he looks so handsome,so youthful.†so i think when we are on this path, difficulties and frustrationsare unavoidable, but our goals and faithshould stay firm. in addition, we shouldalso keep in mind that we should have some flexibility.
for example, a while ago we were promoting“meatless mondays,†so they can start byeating vegetarian every monday. you can say, “today is monday, i invite everyone to havea vegetarian meal.†this way you give them a topic, or point to them a direction, and you guide themslowly this way. when we are guiding themin this process,
if we find that some oftheir concepts aren’t clear we can promptly give themsome help or point them in the right direction, and tell them aboutthe correct vegetarian concept. i think when we guide othersto become vegetarians, the most important thingis to be in harmony with people. only this way can we make peoplerealize that being vegetarian issuch a wonderful, joyful, and care-free way of life.
whenever we aretogether with them, it is an opportunity for usto sow a vegetarian seed. we never know whenit will start to sprout, but one day it will surely grow. they will start to havethis feeling, this realization that they can choosean alternative dietary habit, or they can have a different approachto change our world. this is the best way. thank you for this opportunityto share with you. thank you.
thank you very much,mr. lin hung-rui. our next speakeris mr. lin-hsu wen-er. he is the chief editorof persimmon books, which is the leading vegetarian bookpublisher in formosa (taiwan). they published the chinese versionof “the mad cowboy†by mr. howard lyman and “the china studyâ€by dr. t. colin campbell. let’s welcome mr. lin hsu wen-er. hallo, distinguished guests.
i want to share with everyonehow to live harmoniously with nature. i think there is only one simple rulefor living harmoniously with nature, that is to treat naturelike a human being. you don’t need to see itas a god or something. i think nature is actuallya “good person.†it gives us the four seasons,which arrive at predictable times - spring, autumn and summer comewith fixed schedules. but occasionally naturealso has temper tantrums. sometimes it shows you some humor,
like dropping some rain on you while you are all dressed up and on the way to a party,then you may become soaked. but after a while,it may become sunny again. nature actually has a timetable. if you do thingsaccording to its schedule, then you will receiveplenty of protection from nature. but right now,nature seems to have changed. there is a saying in chinese,
“harmony between humankindand nature.†this is such a wonderful state. but if we have trulyexperienced the state of “harmony betweenhumankind and nature,†we wouldn’t intentionallycause harm to nature, because harming nature isno different than harming ourselves. but actually, we often do thingsthat harm ourselves. so actually, we have not lived upto such a good teaching. so, i feel the first rulein dealing with nature
is to treat it like a person. a person needs respect, and a person needsto be loved and protected. so if we use this attitudetoward nature, we don’t need complicatedtheories or philosophy. we will know how to be closeto nature. so, how can we befriend nature? i just mentioned one principle, and there are three steps to follow.
the first step is notto rush to a conclusion about what nature is. we should first find out who we are, what is the most important thingin ourselves, and what is the most precious thingin our life. some may say it’s love, and others may say it’s money;but actually, within all these topics,if there is no life itself, love or money will become nothing.
so i think, first of all,we should be clear about whether nature is trulyvery important to us. if you truly think it’svery important, naturally you won’t harm it. but nowadays, people aretoo removed from nature, so they may not truly think this way. so i think, only when we trulyunderstand this point can we truly realize that our survival is closelyassociated with nature.
only then can we face upto this question. what’s the second step? after we realize that nature istruly very important for us, and that we are so removedfrom nature, we should start learning about nature. i often see that some parentsor older people are anxious to make their kids learn the pianoor other things. but actually, the personwho needs education the most is we, ourselves,
because we may not evenknow nature that well. so as adults, we should relearnand ask ourselves if we really know nature. the best way to know itis to learn from our children. if you observe childrenat 4 or 5 years old who are still learning to speak, you will find that theyhave no fear of nature. they would touch a dog, or even animals you thinkare more fearsome
such as a snake or a lizard. in contrast, we would be scaredto see these animals. once in a park,a kid saw a tree lizard, so he said to his grandma, “grandma, grandma,there is a tree lizard over there!†when the grandmothersaw the lizard, she immediately backed up 3 steps. she hurriedly made him come back, “that’s a chameleon.
come back or it will bite you.†everyone feels scared uponseeing unfamiliar things in nature. if we truly want toregain the heart of a child, we should learn from our children. when we were born, we weren’t scared of these things. if we are willing torediscover nature, the question of what we should eatwill come up. if you don’t believe me,go watch a child.
if you give him a pieceof orange or an apple, he will eat it very happily. but if you give him a piece of meator a shrimp, he needs to learn to eat it. if you bring your childto a supermarket, you may observe and see if he will linger in front ofthe fruit or vegetable stand, or a poultry or pork stand. actually, the smell ofall kinds of food
already tells us the answer. children and newborn babiestend to like colorful, beautiful things. meat is either red or white, unlike the fruit in nature,which has many colors. so i think if we sincerelyregain the heart of a child and observe, the answerof what we should eat is actually very clear. i want to mentionanother concept of
how to live harmoniouslywith nature. nature is like our lover. we have beenasking too much from it. when we are in lovewith a person, of course sometime we demand, but sometimes we also give; so we keep a good balance. but humans have beentaking too much from nature. if one of the loversdemands too much,
what will happen? perhaps the other one willturn against his or her partner. when they are breaking up, the best scenario is that they talkand forgive each other. if you don’t live with natureharmoniously, the situation will be exactlythe same as what happens between a couple. nature may give us a storm todayor snow tomorrow in an unexpected place.
for no reason,an earthquake may occur. if we don’t live in harmonywith nature, the result of natureturning against us is much more terrible thanbreaking up with a lover. so i think the third step iswhen we wake up and realize thatnature is very important, and we start to learn whatnature is teaching us in our life, the next thing we need to dois to give. it is because only when we give,can we gain.
it is the same with a couple in love. you can’t keep asking for thingsfrom your boyfriend or girlfriend; you must give. to give is to sacrifice. the love of parents to a childoften involves sacrifice. they must sacrifice their timeto take care of the child. it is the samebetween us and nature. we need to sacrifice the desireof our palate and stomach, because giving up certain foodsis really difficult.
so there is only one word that can make a personwillingly change his habit, and that’s the themeof today’s event - “love.†only love can make a personwilling to sacrifice. so we need to reflectif we really love nature so much. when you realize that this is a matterof life and death to us, i believe you will think that a little sacrificeis actually not a big deal.
today, i shared with youhow we can give back to nature and how to put it into practice. this is the hope for humanity. i’ll stop here. thank you. thank you, mr. lin hsu,for your beautiful message. i used to be a pig farmer, but now i’m a vegetarian. this seminar is very meaningfulto me. i hope when those livestock farmers
and non-vegetarians hearmy little story and see the way i’ve changed,they’ll change too. right now the most feasible wayto halt global warming is for people to adopta vegetarian diet. this diet is also the bestfor our health. if everyone eats vegetarian meals, we can immediatelychange the food chain and have an impact on the agricultureand livestock industry.
i think this is the currentand future trend. the direction that the supreme masterinternational association is advocating can definitely reduceglobal warming and climate change. we should spare no effortin promoting the vegetarian diet. i hope today’s conference can awaken people’s awarenessand help them become vegetarians. if you are not a vegetarian yet, then today is a good day to start.
if you are a vegetarian already, you should try harder to promote it. global warming is a verydangerous issue and its impact is enormous. the only way to mitigateglobal warming is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. i think regardlessof nationality, religion, affiliation, and political party, we should work togetherto save the earth
by being vegetarian, which is not only good for our health, but also good for the environment.