Earth Day is coming, everybody please do our part, no matter how tiny it may seem to you, it is significant.
地球日即将到来，大家各尽所能，减碳不管多少，都对大地有帮助。
Tzu Chi urges reduction of CO2 - Taipei, Taiwan
The Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation (TCF) reaffirmed Thursday its determination to continue tackling the effects of greenhouse gasses, and urged that all Taiwan people work to reduce carbon emissions.
The TCF, which has some 4,500 recycling stations around Taiwan, made the appeal with the aim of encouraging the public to reducecarbon emissions through everyday practices, in recognition of April 22 Earth Day.
Noting that the soaring food prices, severe climate changes, and rising sea level are the results of commercial activities, Hsieh Ching-kuei, director of the Religious Cultural and Humanitarian Department at the TCF, said "this is an urgent task that we must face immediately."
Based on the teachings of Master Cheng Yen who founded the TCF in 1966 and has been devoted to environmental protection for more than 20 years, Hsieh suggested that through consumption of vegetarian food and energy saving measures, "carbon emissions can be easily reduced."
Hsieh said he was proud of his achievement of reducing carbon emissions by at least 1 ton each year by cycling and taking public transportation instead of driving his own car. "We also need to reduce our consumption of unnecessary items, to reuse materials, and to recycle resources and make our life simpler, which indeed would help to reduce carbon emissions," Hsieh stressed.
Amid concern that Taiwan's carbon emissions are increasing rapidly compared to Japan and the European countries, Shaw Liu, director of the Research Center for Environmental Changes at Academia Sinica, Taiwan's top research institution, said "if we don't act to reduce carbon emissions, a massive extinction of species may occur soon."
In line with Master Cheng Yen's teachings, Wei Chuan Foods Corporation (WCFC), one of Taiwan's main food manufacturers and processors, also launched an internal campaign to reduce carbon emissions, WCFC Chairman Wei Ying-chung said.
According to Wei, the WCFC has cut carbon emissions by 2,500 tons over the past six months through the use of environmental friendly materials and by asking its employees and their families to save energy.
"We hope that other corporations nationwide can practice energy saving measures to help save the earth," Wei said.
CNA - 18 Apr 2008
The Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation (TCF) reaffirmed Thursday its determination to continue tackling the effects of greenhouse gasses, and urged that all Taiwan people work to reduce carbon emissions.
The TCF, which has some 4,500 recycling stations around Taiwan, made the appeal with the aim of encouraging the public to reducecarbon emissions through everyday practices, in recognition of April 22 Earth Day.
Noting that the soaring food prices, severe climate changes, and rising sea level are the results of commercial activities, Hsieh Ching-kuei, director of the Religious Cultural and Humanitarian Department at the TCF, said "this is an urgent task that we must face immediately."
Based on the teachings of Master Cheng Yen who founded the TCF in 1966 and has been devoted to environmental protection for more than 20 years, Hsieh suggested that through consumption of vegetarian food and energy saving measures, "carbon emissions can be easily reduced."
Hsieh said he was proud of his achievement of reducing carbon emissions by at least 1 ton each year by cycling and taking public transportation instead of driving his own car. "We also need to reduce our consumption of unnecessary items, to reuse materials, and to recycle resources and make our life simpler, which indeed would help to reduce carbon emissions," Hsieh stressed.
Amid concern that Taiwan's carbon emissions are increasing rapidly compared to Japan and the European countries, Shaw Liu, director of the Research Center for Environmental Changes at Academia Sinica, Taiwan's top research institution, said "if we don't act to reduce carbon emissions, a massive extinction of species may occur soon."
In line with Master Cheng Yen's teachings, Wei Chuan Foods Corporation (WCFC), one of Taiwan's main food manufacturers and processors, also launched an internal campaign to reduce carbon emissions, WCFC Chairman Wei Ying-chung said.
According to Wei, the WCFC has cut carbon emissions by 2,500 tons over the past six months through the use of environmental friendly materials and by asking its employees and their families to save energy.
"We hope that other corporations nationwide can practice energy saving measures to help save the earth," Wei said.
CNA - 18 Apr 2008
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