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Asian Health & Environment Congress Promo Video at Cinema 21

Dear friend,

The promo video for the 4th Asian Vegetarian Congress is now showing and will be showing till 10 November 2009 at all the Cinema 21 theaters throughout Batam Island. We wish it could be shown nation-wide if we were given enough time.

For friends outside Batam Island or Riau Islands Province, you can easily find the video on youtube:
a. Ind'sian version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8uyrhXbSdg
b. English version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRDU2bHUGZM and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QLNHPjKaY8

Come and participate in making the world a better place to live!
PS: Please kindly help us promote to those you think may be interested in.

Cheers, Dermawan Phang
Design & Publication Dept
Organising CommitteeThe 4th Asian Vegetarian Congress
Indonesia Vegetarian SocietyAsian Vegetarian Union

The 4th Asian Vegetarian Congress will be held in Batam-Indonesia

Over 35 world's speakers are coming to Batam Island, Indonesia, to support the 4th Asian Vegetarian Congress. Carrying the message "Vegetarian: Healthy & Eco-friendly for All", the event is going to be held from 6 to 10 November 2009. Among the many distinguished international speakers is Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairman of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Winner.

You can now find the promotional video clip of the 4th Asian Vegetarian Congress on http://www.youtube.com/. They are available both in English and Indonesian language.

The host organiser is also working on getting the Congress promoted at Batam theaters and on national TV stations within this week. If you can help us with the promotion, please do not hesitate to let us know.

For information and registration, please visit our official website, http://www.avc2009.org/. You can also contact us at +62 856 652 8802 (Heny). Thank you.

Let's save our life and our only home, Planet Earth

Mitsuru Kakimoto D.D. Sc., Ph.D., M.S.A.

IVU Council Member (1996-2002 ; 2004-06)
IVU Patron

I was born 1945 and am 55 years old now. I am president of the Japan Vegetarian Society, and vice-president and professor at Osaka Shin-ai College, Japan. In 1996, I was elected as a member of the IVU Council at the World Vegetarian Congress in the U.S.A. In 1999, he was reelected at the World Vegetarian Congress in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I am now designated as the 'Research Co-ordinator' on behalf of the International Council. I have been studying vegetarians from a viewpoint of medical science and dietetics, and devote myself to promoting vegetarianism in Japan. I have written theses in Jap. J. Nutr. and other journals. I am the author of "Introduction of Healthy Vegetarian," published in Japan for Japanese readers.

In 1988, I went to the U.S.A to attend the IFHE Congress. Then I visited Loma Linda University and had an opportunity to get to know many researchers including Prof. Register. That led me to become a vegetarian. I live with my wife and two sons. I play tennis and hike in the mountain for fun. Actually I go on a hike with my wife and sons. We love nature. My wife is a grade school teacher. My firstborn son is an office worker. And my second son studied in the U.S.A. for one year and is now studying here in Japan to become a veterinarian. Living in a vegetarian way is good to us and the world we live in. My dream is to work with vegetarians around the world to promote vegetarianism.

Source

Sir Paul Mcartney, Activist of Animal Rights

Sir Paul Mcartney has been an animal rights activist (as well as strict vegetarian) for over thirty years. Says Sir Paul, "We can't go on cramming creatures into battery cages, broiler sheds, turkey sheds and so on. Where's the compassion?... It's a real chicken with a face and a heart... When I see bacon, I see a pig, I see a little friend, and that's why I can't eat it. Simple as that. I love everything PETA does, especially the title. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals-I don't see how anyone could have a problem with that." Source

Simon Cowell, in Anti-Fur Campaigns

Simon Cowell of "American Idol" fame is currently in anti-fur campaigns in both the US and the UK. Cowell educates consumers to know that "each fur coat, collar, or cuff means that animals have been cruelly trapped, drowned, or beaten to death in the wild or gassed, strangled, or electrocuted on fur farms." Source

The Fourth Asian Vegetarian Congress in Batam

Egg to Chicken

Can you imagine the progress from an egg to a chick? It’s amazing to see such progress in pictures. I hope they are not too disgusted to viewers. This is not what we usually seen on tv or magizines.

Taken from : http://www.popgive.com/2008/08/from-egg-to-chicken.html

An Email related to A Vegetarian Cat

sent by Fangqi

Fangqi's cats - we are a couple

Hi Liliyana,

My name is Fangqi, I saw your blog through a link from the Singapore Vegetarian Society newsletter.

Please pardon me for this sudden email. The reason I'm writing this is, I'm a little concerned over the picture of a cat in your blog eating vegetables. (See http://vegetarianstation.blogspot.com/2009/02/titi-vegetarian-cat.html )

I'm always happy to hear about people being vegetarian/ vegan, and am extremely happy that the cat is one too. I myself am vegetarian (nearly vegan), and I have two cats who are vegetarian, in fact, they are totally vegan. What I'm worried about is, cats have specific nutritional needs that can't be met by a typical human vegetarian diet. For example, a deficiency in taurine after some time might cause them to lose their eyesight.

I feed my cats home baked kibbles, and the formula I get is from: http://www.vegepet.com/ Ready made vegan cat food is also available here: http://www.vegancats.com/pages/1007/FAQ.htm

When I first started feeding them vegetarian food, I ordered Evolution (ready made) from VeganCats (the 2nd website above). Later, I switched to KibbleMix (to be mixed with whole wheat flour and baked at home myself) from Vegepet (the 1st website above). These are not available in Singapore, so I have to get them shipped from the US. The cat food itself isn't expensive, it's the shipping, but it's worth it.

I'm only worried that problems might arise later, it's not just the cat that suffers, the human companions will suffer too, and people around who are not vegetarian might accuse them of not taking good care of their cat and say that they are pushing their own values on their cat.

For more information, you can send an email to James from Vegepet, or to VeganCats also. If you are interested, you can also get "Vegetarian Cats and Dogs" from Vegepet, or "Obligate Carnivore" from VeganCats. These two books provide very good information on feeding our cats a vegetarian diet.

Of course, if the cat is already being fed a nutritionally balanced diet for felines, that's superbly wonderful! May it thrive on a vegetarian diet, and be the pride of vegetarian humans and cats!

Kind regards,

Fangqi

Titi, A Vegetarian Cat

sent by Felix and Shinta

I am having my spinach breakfast ravenously, hmmmm...... so delicious

We have a cat named Titi. Titi came to our home brought by her mother. After one month more, his mother did not want to suckled her kitten anymore and just left her in our home.

We were suddently became her parents and feed her with vegetarian food. From beginning, Titi liked to eat the chip of cassava, and later liked to ate raw tempe (fermented soybean patty), mustard greens and the spinach, was accompanied by milk. Most liked ate the spinach. Every morning always asked for spinach breakfast, so also day and night. Titi really enjoy eating the spinach. She eat it ravenously and enthusiasm.

Titi si funky, agile. The way she ambushs like the troops. Titi is a discipline cat, always urinate and defecate in the place provided.

Felix and Shinta