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SINGAPORE, 27 June 2011: With the firm belief that the youth of today are far from apathetic, the pioneering eco-fashion label Etrican, has partnered with Young NTUC and ECO Singapore to offer a limited edition fundraising t-shirt that champions the cause of climate change. All profits from the sale of the t-shirt will be donated to the youth-centric environmental activism group ECO Singapore,

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SINGAPORE, 6 June 2011: The new minister installed at the Ministry of National Development (MND) after the general elections last month, Mr Khaw Boon Wah, has brought in sweeping change to the local feline scene by promising to look at how the feral cat population can be managed without the use of culling.Sharing that he himself has pets, he said last Friday that he would "weigh in on AVA to

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SINGAPORE, 4 June 2011: In just one week, the number of facebook users who have joined the campaign to persuade Resorts World Sands (RWS) to abandon its intention to display 28 dolphins caught from the wild has ballooned to over 7,000. Entitled Save the World’s Saddest Dolphins, the campaign has been coordinated by the wildlife rescue group ACRES (Animal Concerns, Research & Education Society)

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SINGAPORE, 20 May 2011: In a groundbreaking endeavour, renowned The Green Room has reinvented itself as a living food restaurant since May 20th, 2011. The dishes on its menu have been drawn up by highly-qualified Diana von Cranach (below), who has been trained at Cordon Bleu, operated a resort in Bali, and who has developed her own range of unique ‘rawfully good’ living food since 2005. Diana has

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SINGAPORE, 27 March 2011: The Vegetarian Society (Singapore) successfully organised this year's major event to a sellout crowd. Dr Caldwell Esselstyn - the man behind former President Bill Clinton's inspired dietary change for the betterment of his heart-health - entertained and informed a packed audience of keen health enthusiasts with firsthand research findings and his personal observations as

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SINGAPORE, 19 March 2011: The third annual Animal Welfare Symposium for Students organised by the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) Singapore was held at Ngee Ann Polytechnic to much excitement and significant success. Attended by a packed auditorium of over 400 students and teachers from across Singapore, the audience was treated to informative talks by notable experts such as

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SINGAPORE, 29 March 2011: Anticipating the very real possibility of impulse purchases of rabbits, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) Singapore and the House Rabbit Society, Singapore (HRSS) released a joint statement today urging the public not to give in to any momentary lapse of judgement and buying a pet rabbit.The statement comes ahead of a new animated comedy

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SINGAPORE, 11 March 2011: Outraged by the extent of torment suffered by a helpless canine recently, the local shelter that cared for it has been incensed enough to offer a $10,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the abuser.The female dog called Wander was living in an industrial park under a lorry. Sometime in October 2010, an unfamiliar foreign worker

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SINGAPORE, 31 January 2011: Conservationists, NGOs and thousands of individuals are now heating up Facebook in a massive shark conservation campaign requesting supporters to change their Facebook profile picture to that of a traditional paper cut with the Chinese New Year message asking people to celebrate Chinese New Year without shark fin soup.The campaign, launched on 26 January 2011 in

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SINGAPORE, 06 December 2010: Minimalist footwear running and barefoot running increased its profile and prominence here in Singapore and the Philippines over the past week in the run-up to the Singapore Marathon 2010 (Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore). A group of about 50 minimalist footwear runners gathered together to form Team Barefoot (below) with the intention to run the 42km race tied

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SINGAPORE, 10 October 2010: In a sign that environmentalism is not just the domain of the less-than-wealthy, local fashion house Jujube announced its latest collection entitled Birds of Paradise in conjunction with the Global Work Party initiative organised by 350.org.Comprising 12 designs - six modulated and six regular, the collection boasts of the patented G.R.O.W. Modulated Clothing Design

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SINGAPORE, 1 October 2010: Eight Treasures Vegetarian Restaurant hosted a dinner for 70 guests on World Vegetarian Day to celebrate the special occasion. A collection of VegVibe readers, Singapore Vegetarian Meetup Group members and Vegetarian Society (Singapore) members and their respective friends and family joined host, Ms Zenna Ho, in a sumptuous 8-course spread.In an effort to create

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SINGAPORE, 6 October 2010: The Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES) had an eventful week - releasing the results of 3 successful sting operations late last week , organising a cruelty-free living exhibition at the main shopping belt here over the weekend, and appearing on a national news programme this morning as well.Beginning with a press release on 30 September, ACRES described

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SINGAPORE, 2 June 2010: Working on a tip-off received on their 24-hour hotline (97837782), a team of activists from the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES) quickly scrambled to Hall 5 of the Singapore Expo in Changi to investigate an allegation of an exhibitor at the Singapore Food Expo selling bear gall bladders.The Singapore Food Expo is an annual large-scale food event

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Singapore: Almost a week after 2,500 tonnes of crude oil leaked into the sea about 13 kilometres off Changi East - the result of a collision between the 57,017-tonne tanker MT Bunga Kelana 3 (below) and the 15,272-ton bulk carrier MV Waily early Tuesday morning (May 25, 2010) - the authorities and non-governmental organisations here have managed to bring the disaster under control. Whilst the

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Singapore, 22 May 2010: Animal Concerns, Research and Education Society (ACRES) held their annual Gala Dinner to a full house of supporters at Furama Riverfront Hotel who showed their faith in the organisation through their boisterous cheers - as well as via their wallets.Celebrating its 9th year, ACRES saw over 200 guests honour the occasion, with Senior Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry

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Singapore, 3rd April 2010: Skate Migrate Against Cat Hate flagged off this morning from Pioneer MRT station and our team was onsite to catch the duo and capture their thoughts on film. Raring to go, Jon-Jon and Dini appealed to supporters to show their support by donating to the Nanyang Technological University Cat Management Network (NTU CMN) and the Cat Welfare Society (CWS), both of whom

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Singapore, 2nd April 2010: Two Nanyang Technological University (NTU) undergraduates, Nurul Dini and Jon Jon, will attempt to cover an estimated 108km around Singapore on their longboards (an adaptation of the skateboard) on Saturday, 3rd April 2010.The colossal effort has been undertaken by the 2 cat lovers after being moved by the fact that the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) of

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Singapore, 20th March 2010: The Vegetarian Society (Singapore) held its 11th AGM today to an attendance of almost 50 and shared a promising vision for the future of the soceity. Having held over 70 events during the year of 2009, the various collaborations and innovative endeavours that had been undertaken were highlighted at the AGM. From the International Day of Climate Change event at Hong Lim

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Singapore, 19 March 2010: Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES) today released its findings of a three-month undercover investigation of 134 jewellery and antique shops around Singapore which revelaed that 59 offered tiger parts for sale. And in addition to the report, incriminating evidence of these shops selling alleged tiger parts has been captured on video. Approximately 159

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Singapore: The widely anticipated Tiger Show kicked off yesterday at the Post Museum with over 50 invited guests gracing the event.The gathering of cat lovers - as well as a swelling crowd of curious onlookers - were first treated to a boisterous Lion Dance performance along Rowell Road outside the gallery which was doubly apt in this Year of the Tiger. And after the pleasantries and happy

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The Cat Welfare Society will be hosting a week-long event from 21 - 28 February 2010 provocatively titled 'Tiger Show'.The event, held in conjunction with the birth of the Year of the Tiger, welcomes the lunar new year in celebration of our humble Community Cats and aims to bring together people from all walks of life that have a passion for animal welfare, as well as a soft spot for our feline

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Soon after releasing our February issue, we received the following compliment from a happy reader based in the UK.It is indeed a great feeling to know that we have had such an impact on readers and have contributed to the greater good, but we are also reminded of the great responsibility that we undertake to ensure the quality and integrity of what we publish - not only for our own reputation,

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Green Wave Environmental Competition 2009 came to an official close on Friday when a total of 53 awards worth over S$50,000 were given out.The cash prizes were awarded to promising projects on environmental action conceived and produced by students, and the competition, organised annually by Sembawang Shipyard and jointly sponsored by Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited (UK)

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ACRES, the lead agency in organising the AFA2010 Conference last week in Singapore, today released its resulting resolutions.The resolutions which were adopted at the conference attended by 390 delegates representing over 200 organisations from 26 countries around the world are as follows:Singapore SpecificCall for (as proposed by Action for Singapore Dogs, Animal Lovers League and Cat Welfare

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VegVibe was at the opening ceremony of the AFA2010 that was held from Saturday (16 Jan) to today at the Furama Riverfront Hotel.The largest gathering of international animal protection activists in Asia to date, 390 delgates representing 207 organisations in 26 countries would have attended the Asia for Animals Conference 2010, which will be held over 5 days, including pre-conference workshops

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If you are looking for a hip, classy joint with impeccable service and delectable vegetarian food, one has to look no further than Whole Earth.And the VegVibe team recently had the privilege of checking out some of its spread for the reunion dinner packages on offer come February. We were also highly impressed by the establishment's mission and the operational processes it has put in place to

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Over the weekend, the VegVibe team was exclusively invited to witness firsthand what Vege Sensation had to offer on its Christmas menu.We were of course delighted to accept and so, armed with camera and laptop (and appetite), we proceeded to their location at Upper Serangoon close to midnight (to avoid the crowd). Chef James and proprietor Telson welcomed us with eagerness and ushered us to our

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Within 2 hours of releasing our October issue online, one reader (Ms R) dropped us the following email.Wow! I just read the October 2009 issue and am amazed at the Muslim-vegan story. I too, come from a Muslim family and it was a very, very, very gradual process before I could say I'm a vegetarian. I started eating as little meat as possible about 4 years ago, and cut red meat completely 3 years

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VegVibe was honoured to accept a special invitation to dine at 8 Treasures Vegetarian restaurant.Invited on Thursday, 1st October 2009, together with a handful of prominent bloggers who specialise in vegetarian cuisine, the occasion was to celebrate World Vegetarian Day and the 'face of 8 Treasures Vegetarian', Ms Zenna Ho, personally hosted and tended to the guests.The notable bloggers who

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One of our readers, Mr Robert, shared the following information and encouraged us to spread the knowledge.The following material discusses the impact of the dairy industry, the relationship between landuse and livestock, and offers a snapshot of the impact reducing meat can have in the UK. What we like is that all the 3 pieces of information comprise only 1 to 3 pages each but have such a wealth

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The Vegan Society dropped us an email soon after our inaugural issue was released to congratulate us.Ms Amanda Baker of The Vegan Society which publishes The Vegan magazine in the U K (left) personally penned the email to us.Ms Baker also shared information on the society's Vegan Pledge initiative which comprises 3 levels (bronze, silver and gold) and allows those interested to try adopting the

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Eagle-eyed reader Ms Huang Fangqi alerted us to an error.The error that occurs in the article Cosmopolitan Chennai (Page 12 & 13) and in our Talk Shop section (Page 15). Our dyslexia must have acted up and we wrote 'diary' instead 'dairy' on 2 occasions in each article.Apologies to those whose reading pleasure might have been diminished due to the oversight. And a big thanks to Ms Huang for

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We've finally got our blog up and running - apologies for the delay.Ideally we would have wanted the blog to be released in tandem with the inaugural issue but the speed at which we've been progressing with the magazine proper necessitated our plans for the blog to be placed on standby.Well, we are here and 'live' now and we look forward to seeing the comments and discussion that have been flying

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