[Brisbane] January 30, Golden Year 6 (2009), marked the grand opening of Australia’s first Loving Hut in Brisbane. The evening began with heavenly harp melodies at the entrance followed by delicious eco-friendly summer meals served in buffet-style to the guests. The restaurant is situated in a busy part of Mount Gravatt, a suburb just outside of Brisbane’s city center.

This exciting news was covered by Southern Star, a local newspaper, in which reporter John Simpson wrote, “An international campaign to halt global warming through vegetarianism has found its way to Mt. Gravatt with the opening of a vegan restaurant. Loving Hut isn’t just about tasty Asian-inspired vegan cuisine, but rather getting the word out about how our petrol-guzzling, emission-belching lifestyles are melting the polar ice caps.” Loving Hut already has regular guests from residents of all ages as well as the surrounding stores in the area.

Southern Star newspaper reported about Australia's first Loving Hut

We wish you continuous success, Loving Hut Australia, in your future endeavors in promoting vegetarianism among the friendly people in this country.

[Australia] The National Climate Summit was an unprecedented gathering in Australia's capital, Canberra, where 170 grassroots climate action groups from around the country came together to address policies and strategies related to the urgent issue of global warming. Lasting four days, from January 31 to February 3, Golden Year 6 (2009), the event was held at Australian National University, where our Association members treated all the participants to delicious eco-friendly vegan food.

To help prepare the feast, volunteers from Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra Centers worked long hours together in extremely hot and arduous conditions. The summit attendees devoured all of the foods with gusto. They were surprised that the entire menu was produced without animal products of any kind. Some spontaneously declared that it was obvious that changing one's diet was the most effective way to help solve the climate problem, while others were deeply touched by the loving and generous way in which our initiates worked together to serve the public.

At the closing plenary of the summit, a presentation was given by one of our Association members, which explained the importance of the vegan diet in addressing the physical effects of climate change and the detrimental metaphysical effects generated by our mistreatment of the animals. The presentation, along with thanks for the food, received a standing ovation from the entire summit crowd. On the last day of the event, 2,500 activists dressed in red, highlighting the urgent nature of the climate crisis and formed a ring of red around the grounds of Parliament House.

The press release was also published in Brisbane’s free Chinese news publication the Migrants Mirror News Weekly

As a result of the summit, a large adjustment was made to the summit’s policy paper to include calls for urgent reductions in livestock numbers, and to support farmers financially to change their practices to more sustainable plant-based income-generating activities. It was extremely exciting to have had such a positive and enthusiastic response to the vegan food presented at this event. May the seeds of love that were sown quickly sprout and flourish to facilitate an inner shift towards a more compassionate and sustainable lifestyle on Earth.

For the press release of the event, go to:
http://vegclimatealliance.org/standing-ovation-for-vegan-feast-at-climate-summit/ 

 

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