Apr 19, 2008 Posted by Ricky Ward on Apr 19, 2008 in General | 3 comments

Earth Day @ Kad Suan Kaew (Tuesday 22nd April 2008)

For your information – the following event is taking place in a few days time in Chiang Mai:

Earth Day Tuesday 22nd April – We Care & Share – Kad Suan Kaew – 9am to 10pm

Sponsored by Toyota Foundation & Min Nat Resources.

Stop Global Warming – Its Everybody’s Responsibility. – Music & Fun for youth.

3 Responsesto “Earth Day @ Kad Suan Kaew (Tuesday 22nd April 2008)”

1. Dr. Duongchan Apavatjrut Charoenmuang says:

   April 20, 2008 at 9:09 am

   I think the event is a show. More people will come to listen to the concert and careless about the earth and global warming.
2. Ricky Ward says:

   April 22, 2008 at 9:09 am

   Guess what? You are dead right to say “the event is a show”

   I went there at 10 am.

   First Two stands inside the door were Japanese Consulate – No photos of Whaling of course.

   Then USA Consulate – the No 1 enemy of the World and as if to prove as much they had 3 displays.

   1. House design showing Summer shading from the Sun – Here in the tropics we need shade to a completely different specification.
   2. Biofuels ( President Evo Morales of Bolivia’s comments in NY yesterday were not on show q.v. – Link to article
   3. Transportatoin – pics of airplanes. No high speed TGV of Shin Kan Sen trains – because the USA has NONE.

   Then a hideously noisy band started up – how many watts of fossil fuel generated electricity it used I do not know.

   I tried to avoid the noise only to find a display – all in Thai – about using local knowledge for forest management – complete with pics of Forest Fire Breaks – Totally useless stuff.

   It was time to leave.

   Next time we should go prepared and wreck the show.

   Meanwhile on Channel News Asia was a nice little story about a lady in Malaya who seperates her househol waste – returning food scraps to Mother Earth and Recyclables to Father Factory.
3. Dr. Duongchan Apavatjrut Charoenmuang says:

   April 24, 2008 at 9:09 am

   Ricky missed one exhibition. It was from my project “From Waste to Value”. We encourage people to decompose their waste and revalue things that they discard. I think we should prepare for better event on the Environment Day in June.

   I will have a chance to display about global warming in late June at the Airport Plaza. If you want to have a boot there displaying information about global warming and climate change for 3-7 days please let me know quick.