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Dec 13, 2009
LEONARDO DI CAPRIO’S THE 11 TH HOUR Free screening 17th December 2009
FREE ADMISSION FILM NIGHT AT THE AUA THURSDAY 17 TH DECEMBER AT 7 PM CONTINUING THE SUCCESSFUL EVENTS IN CHIANG MAI SUPPORTING THE COPENHAGEN GLOBAL SUMMIT WE ARE PRESENTING LEONARDO DI CAPRIO’S THE 11 TH HOUR in ENGLISH with THAI SUBTITLES A THOUGHT PROVOKING DOCUMENTARY ON GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY SOLUTIONS AND HOPE with a discussion to follow please bring... read more
May 29, 2009
Trees on Doi Suthep
Trees on Doi Suthep Trees on Doi Suthep A nice picture? This picture was taken on the northern flank of Doi Suthep; it is very pretty with the sillouettes and the road and what not, but it is a misleading beauty. The truth is that these trees should be surrounded by others and you should be able to see very little sky at all. The surrounding trees have been cleared for lynchee orchards and for... read more
May 29, 2009
Bad Pollution February 2009
What mountain? This was taken at the beginning of March during the week of worst pollution. It is looking down Loi Khroh Road towards the city and Doi Suthep beyond.. Now bear in mind that the sun is setting behind the mountain and the least you would expect to see would be a silloutte. This can’t be good publicity for Chiang Mai as a tourist destination or as retirement community.... read more
May 17, 2008
Queensland Tree Planting Synergy
(Ricky Ward visited TREAT in February and spoke on Friday morning) At the age of 22 in 1968, as a member of a student group, led by the late Jim Cairns MHR, I travelled to Cambodia, the one country in South East Asia not then embroiled in war or military dictatorship. There we went to see the fabulous temples of Angkor in a great forest dominated by tall straight Yang – Dipterocarpus alatus trees. In... read more
