VSS eNews, January 2017
SG’s biggest veg event takes over Marina Barrage on February 12, 2017!
There’s live music, a food fair, farmer’s market, games, Maker Faire, documentaries, free market, and so much more! Something for all ages. This time we are teaming up with Awesome Foundation Singapore to give away a no-strings-attached $1000 grant to the best sustainable idea….
Events
Green and Healthy Festival 2017
August 19 @ 10:00 am - August 20 @ 5:00 pm
Talk: Prediabetes, Diabetes and Plant-Based Diet
July 8 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Enjoy an Enzyme-Rich Taiwan Dinner
June 13 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Take a Guided Walk from Botanic Gardens MRT to Bukit Brown
June 11 @ 8:00 am - 11:30 am
Inspiration
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‘The benefits started to show in many ways. I lost 10 kg from 83 kg to 73 kg. I felt lighter, less sluggish. I had more energy for all my daily activities. My blood cholesterol level returned to normal and skin problems I had suffered for years disappeared.’ – B.T. (VSS Newsletter subscriber) -
“Turning vegetarian is one of the wisest and happiest decisions of my life. By volunteering, I wish to tell others that it is painless to go vegetarian. It is a good way to show your respect for life – the animal kingdom as well as humanity. Although it takes a far stretch of imagination to think that all humankind will turn vegetarian, it is good to know that like-minded vegetarians are reaching out to the public for a right cause.” -Tan Peng (New Volunteer 2008)
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“If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian. We feel better about ourselves and better about the animals, knowing we’re not contributing to their pain.”- Paul and Linda McCartney (Actors) -
“As custodians of the planet it is our responsibility to deal with all species with kindness, love and compassion. That these animals suffer through human cruelty is beyond understanding. Please help to stop this madness.” – Richard Gere (Actor) -
“Nothing’s changed my life more. I feel better about myself as a person, being conscious and responsible for my actions and I lost weight and my skin cleared up and I got bright eyes and I just became stronger and healthier and happier. Can’t think of anything better in the world to be but be vegan.” – Alicia Silverstone (Actor) -
“A human can be healthy without killing animals for food. Therefore if he eats meat he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite.” – Leo Tolstoy (Russian Writer) -
“Nothing is more powerful than an individual acting out of his own conscience, thus helping to bring the collective conscience to life.” – Norman Cousins (American Journalist) -
“If any kid ever realized what was involved in factory farming they would never touch meat again. I was so moved by the intelligence, sense of fun and personalities of the animals I worked with on Babe that by the end of the film I was a vegetarian.” – James Cromwell (Actor & Producer) -
“I don’t understand why asking people to eat a well-balanced vegetarian diet is considered drastic, while it is medically conservative to cut people open and put them on cholesterol-lowering drugs for the rest of their lives.” – Dean Ornish, MD -
“The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined. If beef is your idea of ‘real food for real people,’ you’d better live real close to a real good hospital.” – Neal D. Barnard, M.D. (President Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine) -
“The transition of world agriculture from food grain (for humans) to feed grains (for livestock) represents an…evil whose consequences may be far greater and longer lasting than any past examples of violence inflicted by men against their fellow human beings.” – Jeremy Rifkin -
“The person who is afraid to alter his living habits, and especially his eating and drinking habits, because he is afraid that other persons may regard him as queer, eccentric, or fanatic forgets that the ownership of his body, the responsibility for its well-being, belongs to him, not them.” – Dr. Paul Brunton -
“Human are natural herbivores; We get heart disease when we eat meat.” – Dr Ong Hean Yee (Head of Cardiovascular Medicine, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital) -
“I have adopted a fully plant-based diet, avoiding all meats, not even fish or dairy products” – Khaw Boon Wan (National Development Minister)
You Can Make A Better World
Many of us have been enriched by this deeply meaningful and engaging work. If you’d like to be part of a worthy cause, one which helps other people, our fellow animals and the planet, if you find joy in contributing towards a better world…
Make a choice.
Eat less, or no meat.
Spread the word – tell your friends and family about the benefits of a plant-based diet.
Sign up as a VSS member – enjoy discounts and many other benefits while helping the cause.
Support our efforts but are unable to contribute your time? You can greatly help by making contributions or sponsoring us. Find out more here.