By Hannah Hornsby / Special to The Wild East I care about animal rights. I have several furry rescued animal companions. I’m also vegan, so it’s pretty safe to say that I care about what happens to animals. Most times I surround myself with like-minded, hippie-esque, eco-friendly, herbivorous friends and
Read moreFete de la Musique rocks Taipei
La Fete de La Musique takes place today, Friday June 21, 4:00 PM to 11:30 PM. The event is free! And it sounds amazing… even in this shaky English-version press release! “For the first time in Taipei, La Caja De Musica, in collaboration with many artists, want to organize La
Read moreExposure! Open air art market a huge success
Exposure, the open air art market is back and in full effect. Bring your friends and family for an exciting day of festivities. Join two dozen international artists and of various mediums, bands, DJs and food stalls. There’s no cover charge, it’s free. Through your support, artists are able to
Read moreFer SHOW! Brushing elbows with literary genius @’The Writ VI’
The Wild East / Beaux Arts The Writ VI is here, it’s coming this Saturday, and it’s gonna be amazing, man, you gotta check this out, especially if you’re a writer, beat poet (such as myself), musician, comedian what-have-you, or ESPECIALLY just a good listener and appreciator of the arts,
Read moreTrista di Genova joins ATAYAL board of directors
The Wild East The ATAYAL organization officially welcomes Trista di Genova as a member of its Board of Directors Tainan City, Taiwan – May 13, 2013 – The ATAYAL Organization officially welcomed Trista di Genova to its board of directors on Monday. Trista has attended ATAYAL events in Taiwan and
Read moreU-bike – the perfect way to get around Taipei
By Trista di Genova, The Wild East Once you get started, it’s addictive. And now, if you use it for less than 30 minutes, it’s free! So when you ‘check out’ a U-bike you’re basically getting a free ride around town, faster than all the other means of transport —
Read morePierre’s organic experiment: Can vegetables cure cancer?
In 2008 I wrote a story for The China Post , “Revolution in the Taipei countryside” about Pierre Loisel, a French-Canadian whose organic farm in Toucheng seemed the epitome of a natural pharmacy. Over ten years ago now, Pierre started this treasure trove of nutrition near Baishawan, northern Taiwan. At
Read moreLawyer Billy Chen speaks at Breakfast Club
The Wild East / Peace & Justice Taiwan’s media have turned from the Zane Dean case to Lin Yi-shih, and now the Philippine Row. What makes this poignant and ironic is (for those who remember) a number of years ago, a Taiwanese gangster was sentenced to jail; he complained of
Read moreFormosan Clouded Leopard declared extinct in Taiwan
via treehugger.com For the last thirteen years, an international team of researchers have been searching out any indication that one of the world’s most majestic animals, the Formosan clouded leopard, was still in existence in its native forests of Taiwan. But now that countless in-the-field observation hours and thousands of
Read moreDetained Briton’s family ‘praying for leniency’
The Wild East Thursday morning began with a court hearing at Taipei District Court for ‘David’, a Briton who’s been in a detention center near Taipei for 3 months during the investigation of another expatriate who fled Taiwan August 11. ‘David’ — Chris Churcher — appeared pale but said afterwards
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