The threat from global warming is growing and human activity is a major contributor to the problem. It is clear that we must change our wasteful behavior before it is too late. The Tzu Chi Foundation believes it can make a difference in addressing this critically important challenge. Over the last three decades it has embraced the cause of recycling and conserving resources to ensure a cleaner environment for future generations. Tzu Chi has mobilized tens of thousands of people in this campaign, expanding from Taiwan to 19 countries and territories around the world. Co-Existing with the Earth, Tzu Chi's Three Decades of Recycling tells the story of this uniquely effective grassroots effort and examines the reasons for its success. It also relates the stories of individual recycling volunteers and explains why they chose to join this international movement.
Author(s): William Kazer, Rey-Sheng Her
Publisher: WS Lifestyle
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 193
City: Singapore
Contents
Foreword I “Learning Crucial Lessons from a Crisis: Sincerely Repent and Show Gratitude to Mother Nature”
Foreword II Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development
Foreword III Recycling and Environmental Protection 30th Anniversary — Walking on the Path of Sustainability
Preface
Introduction
The Karma of Zero Waste
Chapter 1 Tzu Chi’s Philosophy and the Environment
Personally Experience the Unity of the Environment and All Beings
Man as Part of Nature
A Quiet Symphony
Cherish Everything, Start with Self-Discipline
Material Things Have the Same Value as My Life
Chapter 2 Tzu Chi’s Recycling and the Volunteer Spirit
The Value of “Useless” Material
The Equality of Life
The Truth We Practice
Esteem is Transferred through Love
Recycling and Physical Rehabilitation
Rescuing Distressed Souls
Physical and Mental States
Rebuilding Family Relationships
Classification of Goods and the Reorganization of One’s Soul
Aging and Community Cohesion
The Meaning of Life
Chapter 3 Recycling in Action
Turning Garbage into Gold
Collecting Trash in Style
The Fruits of Our Labor
Money is Not the Objective
Chapter 4 Health in Body and Mind
Long-Term Care
Chapter 5 A New Life — Reintegrating into the Community
Without a Soul, Like a Zombie
Chapter 6 Vegetarianism — Better Health, Better Environment
Chapter 7 Reducing the Carbon Footprint
Preserving Life, Health and Love
Green Space, Green Materials
Organic Farming and Poverty Reduction in Indonesia
Chapter 8 Education and Recycling
Chapter 9 Community Engagement
Spurring Environmental Awareness
Hunters Point Project: Gratitude, Respect and Love
Chapter 10 Recycling and Disaster Relief
Rebuilding in the Philippines
Sichuan Earthquake
Integrated Operations
Chapter 11 Toward Zero Waste — Technology and the “Bottle-to-Blanket” Program
Still Thoughts
Chapter 12 Getting the Message Out
Da Ai TV
Chapter 13 Global Outreach — Promoting Environmental Protection Through the UN
Conclusion
Appendix
