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VEGANISM: THE COMPASSIONATE WAY TO LIVEPANORAMA OF EVENTStour through the PETA Germany office to see the exciting work that theydo, and was greeted by all their staff members including two very playful vegandogs.The staff at Loving Hut Inn felt very honored and delighted to receive such a prestigious awardand was greatly encouraged to continue spreading the vegan message. We also thank PETA for theirtireless efforts, and are deeply grateful to Supreme Master Ching Hai for Her great inspiration to worktoward the noble ideal of World Vegan and World Peace!South AfricaSpreading the Vegan Message at the 17th United NationsFramework Convention on Climate ChangeBy Durban News Group (Originally in English)[Durban] From November 28 to December 9, GoldenYear 8 (2011), approximately 16,000 delegates fromaround the world participated in the United NationsClimate Change Conference (COP17) at the InternationalConvention Centre (ICC) in the beautiful coastal cityof Durban, South Africa. The Conference participantsadvanced implementation of the Convention andKyoto Protocol, the Bali Action Plan, and the CancunAgreements, as well as agreed to adopt a universal legalcovenant on climate change no later than 2015. To bring the urgent “Be Veg, Go Green 2 Save thePlanet” message to the delegates and decision makers, a group of our Association members fromaround the world conducted a wide range of activities during the event.Active Veg CampaignAt the ICC our Association members set upa booth in the public exhibition area. They took theopportunity to serve delicious vegan food samples andto hand out informative climate change leaflets thereas well as in markets, on the streets and at a tent onthe beach front. The visitors showed great interestin learning about the earth-saving diet and manyvolunteered to distribute the crucial information incolleges and libraries. Some said they had heard ofSupreme Master Ching Hai through Her 1999 lecturetour and several inquired about initiation.16 The Supreme Master Ching Hai News No. 209