International Day of Climate Action

They showed that 350 parts per million CO2 in the atmosphere is the safe limit for humanity.1

The bad news is we’re already past that number - we’re at 390 parts per million, which is why the Arctic is melting, why drought is spreading across the planet, why humanity is facing perhaps its greatest challenge ever.

The good news: that number gives us a target to aim for.

On 24th Oct, be heard, seen and felt in fun and meaningful activities that will spread this urgent message!

Arial Photograph Padang 8 - 10am

At 8am, hundreds of us will gather at the Padang to use our bodies to form the number '350' - the safe limit for CO2 and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. A boom lift will raise our photographer 12m into the air to capture this mass formation.

Wacky Walk Padang to SMU 10 - 11am

From the Padang , we will then 'wacky walk' our way to SMU…that's right, 'Wacky Walk'! Wear a costume, paint your face, walk sideways or any other outrageous gait, gallop or hop that you and your team can come up with. We challenge you to think out of the box and be as fun and creative as possible!

Prizes Food and More Fun SMU 11am -3pm

Win prizes for the Best Costume, the Wackiest Walk and Best Showmanship!

All registrants will also receive a Certificate of Participation.

Enjoy a delicious spread of vegan vegetarian cuisine from Loving Hut
(all participants will receive a Free $2 Food Voucher for use on that day, kindly sponsored by Loving Hut.)

Learn more about what each of us can do to curb climate change. Make a pledge to take action!

Please register by 17 Oct: 350@vss.sg. Kindly include your name and contact number.

Click here for the Wacky Walk route, and here for a map of SMU.


Organised and/ or supported by:

ECO Singapore
Vegetarian Society Singapore
ACRES

1. 350 part per million of CO2 or CO2 equivalents in other greenhouse gases, such as methane and nitrous oxide. Read more here.

Loving Quality LQ as revealed by Supreme Master Ching Hai

In the just concluded L.O.V.E. Climate Change Conference held at Formosa Taiwan over the weekend Sunday Oct 11 2009, Supreme Master Ching Hai spoke on the Noble Quality of animals as revealed in Her number one best selling book in Amazon.com "The Noble Wilds"

Furthermore, Supreme Master Ching Hai revealed another quality which all living beings hold, called Loving Quality or Godly Quality. This is the quality of unconditional Love, the Love that transcends all boundaries, races and species, above and beyond the worldly love of husband/wife, mother/child. This is the Love of all beings.

Here are some of the figures for domestic animals which indicate to what extend they harbour the noble, unconditional, self-sacrificing Love... For domestic animals they range from a high of 300% to a low of 80%:

Dogs             -> 110%
Pigs              -> 120%
Ducks            ->   90%
Chickens        ->   90%
Buffalo          -> 110%
Horses          -> 180%

Wild Animals on average range from high of 300% to low of 30 %

wild monkeys  -> 100%
bear             -> 110%
elephants      -> 100%
whales          -> 300%
penguins       -> 200%
seals            -> 300%
cows            -> 300%
dolphins        -> 110%
rabbits          -> 110%
tigers            ->   20%
lions              ->   21%
leopards         ->   22%

Humans on average, have only 20% LQ, the highest human LQ is 90% and the lowest is 5%

The LQ for Saints is in the 1,000% range.

LIVE Broadcast of L.O.V.E. Climate change Conference at Formosa

Be sure to watch Supreme Master Television for the exciting LIVE broadcast of global warming seminar in 7 hours time.. SUNDAY OCT 11 7.30 a.m. CET 1.30 p.m. Taipei, Taiwan

L. - for LOHAS "Livestyles Of Health And Sustainability"

O. - for Organic

V. - for Vegan

E. - for Eco

Find out what the invited speakers have to say on the urgent situation of our planet Earth.. and catch the always exciting question and answers session with Supreme Master Ching Hai..

Be Veg. Go Green. Save the planet.

We have to save the world together, united as one.. Change to the compassionate vegetarian lifestyle TODAY !!

SOS Global Warming is near !! Stop Eating Meat !!

With only 1221 days left before the major disastrous, unstoppable start of the arctic ice cap melt-down in year 2012, the message of global warming is ever more urgent.

Now this message is being brought to the consciousness of the Singapore public through the media of global warming buses plying the central heart of Singapore.

The message is clear, and the solution is equally simple. Be Vegetarian. That is how you can help to save our world.



The buses will start to patrol the roads in Singapore starting this week.

They are bus no. 55 operating from Bishan to Mandarin Gardens.

Bus no. 58 operating between Bishan and Pasi Ris Int.




Don't forget to catch the super double deck bus no. 143 running from Toa Payoh to Jurong Interchange. Enjoy the bliss of Supreme Master Ching Hai's blessings while on the journey to work or play... and help us and help yourselves by telling everyone you know about the major global warming crisis which can stop our lives, we need to stop eating meat now !!



If you are taking bus 131 from St. Michael Terminal to Bukit Merah Interchange, you can stop by Loving Hut at Bukit Merah Central !! Check out the third loving hut location which is at Block 161, Bukit Merah central.



Supreme Master Ching Hai said : "We don't have to die to save the world. Just be vegan."

Loving Hut at Bukit Merah Central

It's open a few months now at up and coming Bukit Merah Central, the third Loving Hut outlet in Singapore.

The menus are all new and they have specialty dishes for every day of the week. For those out looking for a bargain in cheap healthy food, check out the eat-all-you-can Teochew porridge at $4.80 only on Saturdays.

Here's the easy direction to get there:
- alight at Redhill MRT station
- take bus no. 132 just outside the MRT station, that will bring you to the bus
terminal 5 minutes away.
- From the bukit merah bus terminal, walk across Bukit Merah Central using the overhead bridge, turn left and about 5 minutes away from Block 161, there is the Loving hut restaurant. It is located just in front of the Bukit Merah branch library!!

Other buses you can take to the Bukit Merah bus terminal:
5, 16, 57, 123, 131, 139, 153, 198, 272, 273 and 275

Also, from Tiong Bahru MRT, bus no. 5 and 851 will go to the bukit merah bus terminal in 5 minutes time...

Vegan Maker, the Movie

Finally after hearing so much about the vegan maker recently I saw the first few minutes of the movie and immediately recognize that this is going to be a winner.

It is a movie that is designed to test your humanity... After watching this 90 minutes feature documentary and if you are still "unmoved", if you did not even shead a drop of tears, regardless of age, language, religion or sex, then you can consider that you have failed the test of humanity, and the sad corollary will be that your NQ as a human being is way below 10%, possibly 3 % even (that is kind of like rock bottom !!)

Yes, we are talking about the famous vegan maker movie called Earthlings.

Please visit their web site and purchase a copy of the movie. support the director with your money because he is going to come up with a sequel to that called UNITY.

Some new words we have learned. That mono specieism is a bad word. Trust humans to coin a phrase for almost every conceivable human experience !! And that multi specieism contributes to harmonious co-existence, biodiversity, preserves lives and provides for the continued happiness and existence of all beings under the sun.

If you are lost what it all means with those big words, just remember to be a vegan, that is what the message is all about.

Good Photography Tips 4

Still on the issue of correct focus...

Normally in auto focus mode, the camera will blink the selected square focus point in red, and when focus is completed, the red square will turn green.

If you are taking close up shots or macro shots, and the focus point does not change color, or you are not hearing the familiar click which indicates focus completed, then one of the common reason is the camera lens is too close to the subject.

Every lens in a dSLR has a minimum focus distance. You need to find out what is the minimum distance to stay away from the subject. If you suspect that is the reason that the camera is not focusing properly and resulting in an unsharp photo, then all you need to do is back up away from the subject a little bit, until you hear the click sound when focusing, then you will know that the auto focus mechanism is working properly.

It's a small tip, but sometimes you can get caught up and move too close to the subject, and find that the camera focus is not working properly..