July 2013

Monday, 29 July 2013

一念心生活(四)黃金月

Article Details

In Taichung, Taiwan, lives a husband and wife pair, both of whom suffer from life threatening diseases. Facing the pain and inconvenience of their respective illnesses, instead of supporting each other through this difficult time, they grew farther apart. Fortunately, Tzu Chi came into their lives, bringing the couple together once again through love, wisdom and the power of recycling.

在久病的情況下，婚姻通常都會受到考驗，面對身體的病痛和經濟困難，再恩愛的夫妻情感都會動搖。在臺灣台中有對貧病相依的夫妻，夫妻倆都罹患重病，太太關節病變，先生罹患口腔癌和糖尿病，夫妻倆都陷入病痛折磨，兩人非但沒有相互扶持，反而漸行漸遠，幸好慈濟志工走入他們的生活，讓這對夫婦重新認識愛，更有智慧走在環保路上。

Article Details

In China`s Tianjin(天津) City, DA.AI Technology is taking part, in the 4th Taiwan Trade Fair, that runs from July 15th to 18th. Other than showcasing products, made from recycled plastic bottles, recycling volunteers, also seized the chance, to promote environmental concepts, to exhibitors. Furthermore, with the help of a Taiwanese businessman, many exhibitors, decided to donate their recyclables to Tzu Chi, to show their support.

在中國的天津市，大愛感恩科技參與了從7月15日至18日的臺灣名品展覽會，除了展示回收寶特瓶所製作出來的衣物，環保志工也藉由機會跟參展廠商宣導環保，並且在一位台商的幫忙下，許多攤位都捐出可以回收的資源給志工，用行動表達支持。

2013,Nov.28-Dec.2,Shenzhen HongKong& Taiwan Commodity Trade Fair

Article Details

【EVENT】：Shenzhen HongKong& Taiwan Commodity Trade Fair
【DATE & TIME】：November 28 - December 2, 2013
【LOCATION】：China South City (Shenzhen) Read more

Saturday, 27 July 2013

2013,Nov.6-7,PanTextiles Osaka

Article Details

【EVENT】：PanTextiles Osaka
【DATE & TIME】：November 6 - November 7, 2013
【LOCATION】：OMM Building 2F, 1-7-31, Otemae, Chuo-ku, Osaka Japan Read more

2013,Nov.1-Nov.3,2013 MAANSHAN Electronic Expo

Article Details

【EVENT】：2013 MAANSHAN Electronic Expo
【DATE & TIME】：November 1 - November 3, 2013
【LOCATION】：HaiwaihaiAutomobile Exhibition Center,Maanshan City, Anhui Province, China Read more

2013,Oct.30-Nov.2,Taiwan International Green Industry Show (TiGiS)

Article Details

【EVENT】：5th Taiwan International Green Industry Show
【DATE & TIME】：October 30 - November, 2013
【LOCATION】：Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC) (Area B)(5 Hsin-yi Rd., Sec.5, Taipei 11011, Taiwan) Read more

Friday, 26 July 2013

一念心生活(三)邱碧緞A story of love and commitment

Article Details

Next we travel to Nantou (南投), Taiwan, to learn the story of Tzu Chi volunteers Liu Guozhang(劉國璋) and Qiu Biduan(邱碧緞). Several years ago, the elderly couple turned part of their orange tree orchard, into a community recycling station. There, the couple could be found everyday, sorting the recyclables that were brought in from around the community. Unfortunately in May of this year, Liu Guozhang(劉國璋) suffered a stroke that left him without the ability to talk or even walk. Thus, Qiu Biduan(邱碧緞) quit her job to take care of her husband full time, and even considered closing down their recycling station. However, local volunteers stepped in, to run the station in the couples` absence and are awaiting the day when Liu(劉) can come home and once again work in his beloved recycling station. Here`s more on this touching story of love and commitment.

接著來到臺灣，南投的慈濟志工夫妻檔劉國璋和邱碧緞，數年前把自家的柳丁園改建成社區環保站，天天牽手做環保，處理在社區收集來的回收，但不幸的是今年五月，先生在環保站中風，失去語言能力，也無法行走，太太辭去工作，成了先生二十四小時的看護，甚至想要結束自家的環保站，但慈濟法親的代替他們繼續環保站的作業，耐心等候劉國璋康復，回到環保站繼續付出，一起來看看這則感人的報導。

Article Details

【EVENT】：2013 Taipei Innovative Textile Application Show
【DATE & TIME】：October 15 - 17, 2013
【LOCATION】：Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall (No. 1, Jingmao 2nd Rd., Nangang District, Taipei, Taiwan)

Article Details

Moving to China, every month, Guangdong`s(廣東) Puning(普寧) Tzu Chi volunteers hold a recycling day, not only to keep the planet clean, but also as an opportunity to recruit more recycling volunteers to join their cause. This month`s recycling day saw 32 volunteers participate, and over 60 percent of them were first-timers. Although new at categorizing recyclables, everyone enjoyed the experience and even vowed to keep up with the practice once back home.

在中國廣東普寧市志工，每個月都會利用環保日做環保，也進行菩薩大招生，像這個月來做環保的32位志工中，就有六成都是新手，雖然都是第一次做環保，但都做得非常開心，還說會將環保觀念帶回自己的家中落實。

一念心生活(二)平先生A fairytale story

Article Details

Back to Taiwan; in Taichung`s(台中), Fengyuan (豐原) lives Tzu Chi care recipient Mr. Ping(平), who was formerly a truck driver. 13 years ago, he was left with severe spinal injuries following a car accident. Although he once attempted suicide following his injuries, worried about how his girlfriend, a stroke victim, could support herself, Ping decided to give his life another try. Now thanks to Tzu Chi, not only does the couple make a living from recycling, but have also become volunteers themselves.

回到台灣，家住台中豐原的照顧戶平先生，原本是聯結車司機，十三年前發生車禍，脊髓傷殘，行動不便，車禍後，平先生曾嘗試自殺，但擔心中風的女友無法自理，平先生決定繼續為生命奮鬥，感謝慈濟的幫忙，現在這對情侶從事資源回收，自立更生，還加入社區志工培訓。

Article Details

Next, we meet Tzu Chi volunteers Zhou Xingyu(周倖如) and You Meiyu(游美玉) who recently overcame their fear of driving, and have both successfully pass their driving license exam, in order to fill in as a driver for their community`s recycling truck. Let`s take a look.

接著，來認識慈濟志工周倖如與游美玉，她們為了載運社區資源回收物，克服心中恐懼，考取駕照，兩人因為做慈濟後，讓他們的圓滿了生命缺口，一起來看看。

New York's Fateful Disaster-Warm Blankets Are Tokens of Great Love

Article Details

(From left to right) DA.AI Technology CEO James Lee; Design Director, Cathy Hong; wife of the CEO of Tzu Chi New York Chapter, Hui-Fen Chang; CEO of Tzu Chi New York Chapter, Chi-To Chang. DA.AI deeply appreciates their active promotion of DA.AI’s environmental humanitarianism concept in New York. In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy slammed into theU.S.East Coast; New York Chapter CEO Chi-To Chang promptly organized Tzu Chi volunteers into emergency relief teams; their record-breaking efficiency received tremendous official and community praise. DA.AI Technology recently invited Brother Chi-To and his wife, Sister Hui-Fen, to share their experiences and suggest ways to provide disaster relief and supplies in a timely manner. Brother Chi-To explained that the “super storm” affected about one-third of the nation’s area, and 17 million residents. Eight million households lost power. In a pertinent comment, Master Cheng Yen has compassionately advised that people in rich countries should be self-disciplined and prudent to create blessings and avoid disasters. The overwhelming response of many Bodhisattvas after Hurricane Sandy generated love that affectedU.S.communities.

Caption: Brother Chi-To shares his disaster relief experiences with dramatic pictures of the damage and examples of volunteers fearlessly helping their neighbors in a cooperative effort that transcended ethnic and religious differences. Many DA.AI Technology staff members, deeply touched, could be seen wiping away their tears. In a striking coincidence, Joseph Champagne (Mayor of South Toms River New Jersey) played Venerable Ananda in the Tzu Chi New York Chapter’s musical, “Sutra of Profound Gratitude toward Parents.” His spirited performance even earned him the honorary title “Mayor Ananda.” The musical production’s costumes, from DA.AI’s Chinese Heritage Series, enhanced the show’s solemn beauty.

Just a few weeks later Hurricane Sandy hit the U.S. East Coast, devastating much of “Mayor Ananda’s” town. Luckily, emergency help from Tzu Chi wasn’t long in coming. In February 2013 Mayor Ananda traveled toTaiwanto personally thank Tzu Chi and take refuge in the Tzu Chi School of Buddhism.

Caption: Sister Hui-Fen (right), sharing how she used DA.AI’s products to deliver the spirit of environmental humanitarianism across the U.S., demonstrated gratitude towards the Earth in her daily life, and became an exemplary promoter of the Tzu Chi spirit. Brother Chi-To told Tzu Chi’s staff that without water or electricity, and with temperatures near zero, getting blankets and warm food to affected residents was critical. DA.AI blankets provided quick physical warmth to victims, and deeply touched them. One old lady, for example, was living alone in an upper-story apartment and couldn’t walk down her stairs. Trapped in her home, she put on every heavy coat she owned; once but wrapped in a DA.AI blanket, she suddenly had all the warmth she needed. Sister Hui-Fen remembered that during the relief, standing in line near victims waiting for cash cards, she used the time to promote the DA.AI eco-friendly clothes she was wearing, and introducing the concept of using recycled PET bottles to “extend articles’ life and create blessings and wisdom.” “Innumerable ways of striving for enlightenment, become clear before our eyes and we shall…” Every DA.AI Technology product, an easy path to the gate of an enlightened state, expresses the spirit of Tzu Chi’s love and purifying power.

"The first to lead, the last to leave” is Brother Chi-To’s guiding principle. Whatever their short or long term objectives, or the number of living Bodhisattvas, Tzu Chi international organizations should remain deeply rooted in their communities. DA.AI Technology is proud to back up our international “first responder” teams, while promoting environmental concepts and Tzu Chi’s humanitarian initiatives to deliver love through products and blankets to everyone in need. "To save the world, environmental protection is a must – protecting the mental environment, the social environment, and the global environment too.” DA.AI Technology’s mission is to promote environmental humanitarianism; therefore, it puts its heart into promoting humanitarianism, spreading gratitude, respect, and love around the world, and proactively coexisting with the Earth.

夜間環保當運動邀約鄰里響應

Article Details

台南海寮社區的慈濟志工，想在社區裡推動第四場夜間資源回收，於是在活動中心廣邀民眾前來參加，透過真善美志工記錄下的畫面，讓大家了解其他區是如何作業間回收，環保志工們也分享了做環保的法喜，希望能有更多人一起加入愛護地球行列。

香港小學環保

Article Details

We stay in Taiwan at the end of today`s program; a group of teachers and students from Hong Kong`s Ping Shek Estate Catholic Primary School, recently visited the Tzu Chi Neihu Recycling Station,

Article Details

Recently, a Tzu Chi volunteer training seminar was held in Banqiao, New Taipei City. As part of the training, volunteers took the trainees on a visit to a community recycling event.

Article Details

In Taiwan, a Tzu Chi summer camp for elementary school students from Shenzhen and Taiwan kicked off on July 12th, and the theme of the 8-day camp was focused on ecology and environment. The event gave these students hands-on experiences in sorting recyclables and a message that they can spread once back home.

2013,Jul.,DA.AI Tech awarded Manager Today’s CSR award for industry leadership in environmental protection and green technology

Article Details

DA.AI Tech awarded Manager Today’s CSR award for industry leadership in environmental protection and green technology. DA.AI Technology has won praise for “shouldering corporate social responsibility (CSR) and implementing a full range of sustainability.” By awarding DA.AI with the 2013 CSR Award for “Environmental protection and green technology development,” Manager Today recognized the non-profit for bringing new life to plastic waste material, and promoting environmental education. DA.AI Technology’s has always demonstrated its commitment to creating a sustainable future by nurturing a more balanced relationship with the environment. Corporate profit is considered a means to that end.

The “Environmental protection and green technology development” award recognizes a company’s activities and impact on preservation of natural resources. Such activities might include:
• reducing environmental pollution,
• evaluating suppliers’ environmental protection efforts,
• promoting an ecological mindset, and
• helping reduce carbon footprints in daily life.

DA.AI Technology does more than lessen the waste of natural resources. It also focuses on social care and building better communities. This award is a sign of appreciation for the many volunteers, supporters and business partners who have actively participated in the DA.AI “Circle of Love.”

環保站畫心靈 Drawing is fun

Article Details

In Taiwan, to help recycling volunteers, express their inner feelings, the Tzu Chi Hualien Environmental Education Center, recently established the “Simplicity of Art” class. Let`s take a look at their work.

Article Details

Nearly two months ago, Xiamen Tzu Chi care recipient Yang Xiaodong from China, arrived in Taiwan with his mother Zhu Jinchai, to receive medical treatment. Currently, Yang is still recovering from his 3rd surgery. While his mother has decided to become a recycling volunteer.

鳥嶼環保Recyclables collected on other islands

Article Details

In Taiwan, in preparation of Typhoon Soulik, Penghu recycling volunteers who were worried that the recyclables collected on other islands, won`t be delivered to Magong, Read more

馬腎友倡環保 Getting to know Tzu Chi & recycling

Article Details

In Malaysia, Tzu Chi volunteers and nurses from the Tzu Chi Dialysis Center in Kedah, recently traveled to to a remote village, to thank the residents there for their continual commitment to recycling.

Article Details

[Caption] DA.AI's “Back To Frugal” design concept encourages consumers to return to the basics, while promoting traditional virtues of cherishing all things. By purifying minds and behavior, it helps us return to a traditional lifestyle that emphasizes good manners; greater economy in thought, design, and personal choices; and calls on more of us to make significant contributions to the health of “Spaceship Earth.”

For example, DA.AI’s Chinese Heritage Series designs exemplified the “innovative value” and “environmental protection spirit” of Taiwanese brands. The design of the DA.AI Chinese Heritage Series was inspired by urns traditionally used by early Taiwanese women to preserve fruits and vegetables. The design employed the urn shape to reflect the principles of being frugal and

“extending articles’ life to create blessings and wisdom” and helping remind consumers of the importance of spiritual and environmental protection through the use of environmentally friendly clothing. DA.AI Technology's ultimate goal is to develop its brand into a leading proponent of “environmental protection, technology, humanitarianism, and social responsibilit

Raw materials for DA.AI Technology products all originated in 5,413 Tzu Chi Recycling Stations around Taiwan. Specifically PET bottles reclaimed by nearly 200,000 selflessly dedicated environmental volunteer “Bodhisattvas” are regenerated with modern technology to become newly useful recycled materials. Behind every DA.AI product is a touching story, and the example of a rich humanistic life, which combine to represent Taiwan’s “soft power” of environmental protection. As DA.AI Technology CEO Walter Huang puts it: “In addition to DA.AI’s bringing Dharma Master Cheng Yen’s concept of “coexisting with the Earth” to life, we celebrate the loving efforts of all our front-line “environmental Bodhisattvas” cooperating partners. They make it possible for DA.AI to gain this international recognition for our products. On their behalf, we must actively promote environmentally friendly products to consumers through the DA.AI brand, “refine environmental conservation from the source,” and encourage people to use more green products to help reduce carbon emissions, create a more sustainable environment, and foster more love for the Earth.y” on a truly global scale.

昆山十周年 Happy birthday TC Kunshan Office

Article Details

Moving to China, Tzu Chi was first established in Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province in 2003, with the help of a few Taiwanese businessmen. Since then, the organization`s seeds of love has flourished and now has nearly 500 local volunteers.

Article Details

In Changhua County, 9 junior high school students while attending a 3-day cycling event organized by the China Youth Corps, had the opportunity to involve themselves in social work.

馬校園推環保 Environmental awareness session

Article Details

In Malaysia, the Tzu Chi Batu Pahat Liaison Office, organized an environmental awareness session, which teachers and principals of more than 30 schools were invited to participate.

Article Details

As it is the summer holidays here in Taiwan, teachers and parents have come up with various ideas, to make the summer break a meaningful and fulfilling one for children.

賴索托大米發放 Rice distributions for the needy

Article Details

First up in Lesotho, a landlocked country inside South Africa, Tzu Chi has carried out distributions since 2007, to hand out rice to help underprivileged families.

深圳環保宣導 Let`s safeguard our planet

Article Details

In China`s Guangdong Province, Shenzhen Tzu Chi volunteers, were invited by local government officials, to promote environmentalism at Dongmen Street, a popular shopping district.

Article Details

[Caption] At the 21st Taiwan Excellence Award Ceremony, DA.AI Technology Chairman Walter Huang (right) was presented with a “Taiwan Excellence Award” certificate from Foreign Trade Association Chairman Chih-Kang Wang(left). Taiwan's “boutique enterprises” are growing multi-dimensional identities, in the global lifestyle, technology, and textile markets. For 21 years the “Taiwan Excellence” award program, sponsored by the Ministry of Economic Affairs' Foreign Trade Association, has acknowledged leaders in each of these areas. The Association's review committee evaluates nominee enterprises' R&D, design, quality, marketing, and production (MIT). It then presents the “value of innovation” awards to Taiwanese brands. The 21th Taiwan Excellence Award Ceremony, held on April 2 at the Taipei International Convention Center, honors the “best of the best” produced by the Taiwanese people. These award-winning products then represent Taiwan on the international stage of “Boutique Enterprise” industries.

[Caption] A total of six product series and fifteen products--the eco-friendly animal blankets series, the gray eco-friendly blanket, the Cute Baby eco-friendly baby gift set, the Chinese Heritage Series, the fleece coat “Pure” series, and microfiber blanket gift set--received recognition for product excellence. DA.AI received recognition for the most products of all competitors, and received a number of awards.

Following up on the Taiwan Excellence Award awarded last year to the “Great Love Polo Shirt,” DA.AI Technology was honored again this year for six series and fifteen products. This year's DA.AI entries were recognized for both quality and quantity, and its products proved to be the competition’s most diverse and nominated.

Tea gathering for recycling volunteers

Article Details

In New Taipei City`s Xinzhuang(新莊) District, Tzu Chi volunteers organized a tea gathering at the Fuying(福營) recycling station, to thank the recycling volunteers for their selfless dedication. As the recycling station is situated on a major road, Tzu Chi volunteers took the chance to remind recycling volunteers, to be aware of their own safety when volunteering. Read more

July 2013

Monday, 29 July 2013

Sunday, 28 July 2013

Saturday, 27 July 2013

Friday, 26 July 2013

Thursday, 25 July 2013

Monday, 22 July 2013

Sunday, 21 July 2013

Friday, 19 July 2013

Wednesday, 17 July 2013

Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Monday, 15 July 2013

Friday, 12 July 2013

Wednesday, 10 July 2013

Tuesday, 09 July 2013

Monday, 08 July 2013

Friday, 05 July 2013