Nov 29, 2009
Charity bike ride for Thai elephants
Join the charity bike ride for the survival of Thai elephants! The weekend of the 6th and 7th of February 2010 we invite you to join the ‘Bike for Elephants’ tour in Northern Thailand. Two days of adventure and fun biking through the Mae Tang valley, in Chiang Mai province. This event will raise much needed funds for the Elephant Nature Park and create awareness about the plight of Thai elephants. The... read more
Nov 29, 2009
Call for Coordinated Activities and Actions for Climate Justice
As background to this call from Jubilee South you may wish to look at http://climatecodered.blogspot.com/2009/11/copenhagen-reality-check-25-by-2020.html look at the computer model graph and its assumptions toward the end. The Call below I believe in its original form had fundamental weaknesses – a failure to recognize the class nature of society as cause of our problems, a continued use of... read more
Nov 26, 2009
1.8 billion Baht “Water Theft” project breaks ground
New Exhibition Centre & Lake Complex for Chiang Mai Not some extravagant marina development in the Persian Gulf but yet another grandiose government building project this time by the Ministry for Tourism and Sport. The pictured sign appeared along the Irrigation Canal Road, about 5 km from Chiang Mai City Hall, opposite the Green Lake Resort in the last week of November 2009. As Chiang Mai residents... read more
Nov 23, 2009
Hot Earth Calling Everyone – โลกร้อน – ขอเรียกร้องทุกๆท่าน – Draft
In Thai & English below is a pamphlet draft for Chiang Mai – please add your comments โลกร้อน - ขอเรียกร้องทุกๆท่าน โลกกำลังสิ้นหวังกับความเป็นผู้นำในการเปลี่ยนแปลงสภาพอากาศ .... read more
Nov 11, 2009
Possibly The Most Expensive Mushrooms In The World – The Collection of Forest Products and The Threat of Fire in Northern Thailand.
A study commissioned by the premier online eco retailer www.e-photoframes.co.uk, written by visiting English researcher Alex Putnam in 2009 a.d. with both andThai English versions, has found that the high market price of a particular type of wild mushroom, Hed Thob, and its lucrative allure of potentially doubling a farmer’s yearly income, is one of the main factors underpinning the... read more
