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		<title>Environmental Leadership in Climate Change Adaptation for SE Asia (ELCCA SEA)</title>
		<link>http://ourchiangmai.com/2012/02/01/environmental-leadership-in-climate-change-adaptation-for-se-asia-elcca-sea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricky Ward</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Training Event Environmental Leadership in Climate Change Adaptation for Southeast Asia (ELCCA SEA) Date and Venue 6th-10th February 2012 at Maejo University, Chiang Mai, Thailand Overview Aims to develop Southeast Asian nationals to play strategic roles in their respective countries toward instituting policies and leading initiatives that primarily focus on CCA in the agriculture and [...]]]></description>
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<p>Environmental Leadership in Climate Change Adaptation for Southeast Asia (ELCCA SEA)</p>
<h4>Date and Venue</h4>
<p>6th-10th February 2012 at Maejo University, Chiang Mai, Thailand</p>
<h4>Overview</h4>
<p>Aims to develop Southeast Asian nationals to play strategic roles in their respective countries toward instituting policies and leading initiatives that primarily focus on CCA in the agriculture and natural resources management sectors.</p>
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<h4>Description</h4>
<p>Champions are advocates of change. The creation of champions has proven to be an effective strategy in environmental advocacy and other areas of development work. Champions serve as leaders who bring vital issues and concerns to the attention of those within their sphere of influence.</p>
<p>The role of climate change adaptation (CCA) champions at the local level is especially important. This training-workshop was created in response to the growing need to widen awareness and spark collective action at the local level towards developing initiatives that can strengthen the region’s capacity to cope with the risks presented by climate change in agriculture, rural development and natural resources management. It will develop Southeast Asian nationals to play strategic roles in their respective countries toward instituting policies and leading initiatives that primarily focus on CCA in the agriculture and natural resources management sectors.</p>
<h4>Objectives</h4>
<p>The training-workshop aims to develop local-level champions who can push for the development and implementation of CCA policies and initiatives in their respective locales/areas of responsibility. Specifically, it aims to:</p>
<ol>
<li>Provide participants with core climate science concepts for them to have a better understanding of the climate change phenomenon and its impact on agriculture and NRM;</li>
<li>Discuss CCA concepts and various knowledge-based strategies and techniques available in managing the risks brought about by climate change; and</li>
<li>Broaden the participants’ perspectives on agricultural and natural resource management and leadership.</li>
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<h4>Coverage</h4>
<p>The training-workshop will use a variety of instructional methods and techniques (i.e., lecture-discussions, case presentation, role play, debate, etc.). It has six main parts:</p>
<ol>
<li>Climate Setting: Leadership Challenges in Climate Change</li>
<li>Module 1. Climate Change Science: An Introduction</li>
<li>Module 2. Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation: Basic Concepts and Principles</li>
<li>Module 3. Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Program Implementation: Relevant Institutional Frameworks</li>
<li>Module 4. Transformative Leadership in Adapting to and Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change</li>
<li>Workshop: Commitment as a CCA Champion</li>
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<h4>Intended Participants</h4>
<p>Thirty (30) local executives, development planners, technical advisors and researchers who: display leadership potential; and<br />
are affiliated with a government, non-government or policy-oriented organization that is actively involved in sustainable agriculture, rural development and natural resource management (NRM) at the local/grassroots level.</p>
<p><a href="http://beta.searca.org/searca/index.php/knowledge-management/learning-events/natural-resources-management/632-environmental-leadership-in-climate-change-adaptation-for-southeast-asia-elcca-sea">Find out more about the event here</a></p>
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		<title>Smoking Season &#8211; Fires,smoke &amp; haze begins</title>
		<link>http://ourchiangmai.com/2011/12/03/smoking-season-firessmoke-haze-begins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricky Ward</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pollution / มลภาวะ]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For some years Chiang Mai residents have had the honor of working with a particularly diligent public servant Khun Sunya Thuntakob stationed at Chiang Mai Provincial Office ( Sala Glang) campaigning to increase public awareness of the hazards of open burning, forest fire and smoke haze. Khun Sunya, on the right in the picture below, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For some years Chiang Mai residents have had the honor of working with a particularly diligent public servant Khun Sunya Thuntakob stationed at Chiang Mai Provincial Office ( Sala Glang) campaigning to increase public awareness of the hazards of open burning, forest fire and smoke haze.</p>
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<p>Khun Sunya, on the right in the picture below,  has now been transferred to work at Lumphun and his job has been in Chiang Mai has been handed over to Khun Payat  (Mobile 081 950 2197) on the left.</p>
<p><a href="http://ourchiangmai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Payat-Sunya-Smoke-Haze-Campaigners.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1515" src="http://ourchiangmai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Payat-Sunya-Smoke-Haze-Campaigners-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>
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<p>This photo was taken during the opening ceremony for Environment activities on 2nd December 2011 during which a deputy of the governor of Chiang Mai delivered an address where he spoke about various problems we face including annual burning.   Present at the ceremony in addition to a lively Symphonic Band from Dara Academy, students from a number of schools, public servants and people manning information booths were some senior army officers.</p>
<p>At the suggestion of Khun Sanya the following photos taken the same morning of deliberate burning of leaves in the army managed recreation area around the dam at Huey Teng Tao were show to the officer commanding Thailand&#8217;s northern region.</p>
<p><a href="http://ourchiangmai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Huey-Teng-Tao-burning-I.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1517" src="http://ourchiangmai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Huey-Teng-Tao-burning-I-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a><a href="http://ourchiangmai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Huey-Teng-Tao-burning-II.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1518" src="http://ourchiangmai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Huey-Teng-Tao-burning-II-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a><a href="http://ourchiangmai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Huey-Teng-Tao-burning-III.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1519" src="http://ourchiangmai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Huey-Teng-Tao-burning-III-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a></p>
<p>Fires lit by people at Huey Teng Tao and on other adjacent properties managed by the army is a perennial problem and fires often sweep into the adjacent Doi Suthep-Pui National Park.  While the unusually cool and wet hot season at the beginning of 2011 saw much improved air quality and far less fire than a typical year, circumstances early in 2010 were quite the opposite. The Google Earth image below, taken in March 2010 shows an area at Huey Teng Tao burnt that year.</p>
<p>On the left of the picture is a rectangular stand of teak trees. The area on the right was planted out with over 5000 native trees to mark the 80th birthday of His Majesty the King. After destruction of the area by fire, the land was subjected to an army tank training exercise which knocked down many of the surviving trees.  The tank tracks are clearly visible in the picture.</p>
<p><a href="http://ourchiangmai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Tank-tracks-post-fire-in-reveg-zone-2010.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1523" src="http://ourchiangmai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Tank-tracks-post-fire-in-reveg-zone-2010-300x172.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="172" /></a>  (Click on the picture to see a large image)</p>
<p>We wish  Khun Payat  well in his new position and hope that he will be able to persuade the army to cooperate in reducing the problems of fire and smoke and sponsoring lasting revegetation of lands it manages with indigenous trees.</p>
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		<title>The Climate is still here but where is Durban ?</title>
		<link>http://ourchiangmai.com/2011/11/30/the-climate-is-still-here-but-where-is-durban/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricky Ward</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, not having noticed anything in the press about COP17, the UN Conference of parties to its Climate Change Convention, presently meeting in Durban in the Natal province of South Africa, I decided to do a web search. So I went to the site of Thailand&#8217;s most read English language paper the Bangkok post [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This morning, not having noticed anything in the press about COP17, the UN Conference of parties to its Climate Change Convention, presently meeting in Durban in the Natal province of South Africa, I decided to do a web search.</p>
<p>So I went to the site of Thailand&#8217;s most read English language paper the <a title="Bangkok Post reports on Durban" href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/search/news-and-article/durban" target="_blank">Bangkok post</a> and searched for &#8220;Durban&#8221;. This produced two hits, one being an opinion piece from a Eurocrat and the other from the top UNOcrat.</p>
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<p><a title="Site search for Durban on Al Jazeera" href="http://www.aljazeera.com/Services/Search/?q=Durban" target="_blank">Aljazeera.net</a> gave about 20 reports with much more of substance. Aljazeera also mentions Occupy COP17 , which you might guess is a civil society attempt to raise issues which many, or in some cases apparently all, in government would prefer to avoid.</p>
<p>Our Chiang Mai comrade Tomoko from the Asia Pacific Women&#8217;s Law and Development organisation is at Durban to support the lobbying efforts of APWLD members, so Chiang Mai is not entirely left out of the picture.</p>
<p>In addition to Tomoko&#8217;s presence we all can participate by reading the  <a title="Add your views for our friends in Durban" href="http://occupycop17.org/2011/11/28/ga-report1/" target="_blank">Occupy COP17</a> blog and posting our comments.</p>
<p>The beginning of December marks what has become Thai Environment Week and coincides with celebrations of Father&#8217;s Day and the King&#8217;s Birthday. To mark this a talk fest is happening at JJ Market, next to the Kham Tien plant market in Chiang Mai town and a parade and cycling activities are also planned.</p>
<p>Perhaps folk may wish to participate and highlight Chiang Mai&#8217;s failure to face the climate challenge and send a resolution of solidarity to Occupy COP17.</p>
<p>PS I have not yet been sent a program for the Chiang Mai events in English. <a title="Thai meeting minutes" href="http://ourchiangmai.com/blog/2011/11/08/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A7/" target="_blank">Here are some meeting minutes in Thai.</a></p>
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		<title>รายงานประชุมเตรียมงานวันสิ่งแวดล้อม+งานเทิดไท้ &#8211; วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 1 ธันวาคม 2554</title>
		<link>http://ourchiangmai.com/2011/11/08/%e0%b8%a3%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%a2%e0%b8%87%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%99%e0%b8%9b%e0%b8%a3%e0%b8%b0%e0%b8%8a%e0%b8%b8%e0%b8%a1%e0%b9%80%e0%b8%95%e0%b8%a3%e0%b8%b5%e0%b8%a2%e0%b8%a1%e0%b8%87%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%99%e0%b8%a7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricky Ward</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ผู้เข้าร่วมประชุม 1.นายอภิวัฒน์              คุณารักษ์         ผู้อำนวยการสำนักงานสิ่งแวดล้อมภาคที่ 1 2.นายฤชุชัย                 โปธา               สมาคมศิษย์เก่าโรงเรียนเมตตาศึกษา 3.ดร.วสันต์                 จอมภักดี          C/O คณะวิศวกรรมศาสตร์ มช. 4.นายเสถียร                นันท                สมาคมศิษย์เก่าโรงเรียนเมตตาศึกษา 5.นายอนุพันธ์             โตวัชรกุล        สมาคมศิษย์เก่าโรงเรียนเมตตาศึกษา 6.Mr.Ed Loigorri                          RIVERSIDE CONDO 7.Mr.Russell Kirk Hollis       LANNA COMMUNITY LIFE NETWORK 8.นาวสาวสุวารี           สิงห์เพ็ชร        สำนักงานสิ่งแวดล้อมภาคที่ 1 9.นางสาวสังวาล         ทรัพย์มา          องค์การ Heifer International [...]]]></description>
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<p>1.นายอภิวัฒน์              คุณารักษ์         ผู้อำนวยการสำนักงานสิ่งแวดล้อมภาคที่ 1<br />
2.นายฤชุชัย                 โปธา               สมาคมศิษย์เก่าโรงเรียนเมตตาศึกษา<br />
3.ดร.วสันต์                 จอมภักดี          C/O คณะวิศวกรรมศาสตร์ มช.<br />
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<p>4.นายเสถียร                นันท                สมาคมศิษย์เก่าโรงเรียนเมตตาศึกษา<br />
5.นายอนุพันธ์             โตวัชรกุล        สมาคมศิษย์เก่าโรงเรียนเมตตาศึกษา<br />
6.Mr.Ed Loigorri                          RIVERSIDE CONDO<br />
7.Mr.Russell Kirk Hollis       LANNA COMMUNITY LIFE NETWORK<br />
8.นาวสาวสุวารี           สิงห์เพ็ชร        สำนักงานสิ่งแวดล้อมภาคที่ 1<br />
9.นางสาวสังวาล         ทรัพย์มา          องค์การ Heifer International (Thailand)<br />
10.นางจงกลณี                        คูหะสุวรรณ    โรงเรียนพระหฤทัย จังหวัดเชียงใหม่<br />
11.Mr.Cheng Jih Te                       สมาคมไต้หวัน<br />
12.นางสาวจรัญญา     สังขชาติ          สถาบันชุมชนเกษตรกรรมยั่งยืน ( ISAC )<br />
13.นางสาวจันทร์หอม                         สหกรณ์เกษตรกรรมอินทรีย์ จังหวัดเชียงใหม่<br />
14.นายมังกร                ใจมณี              กก.ทสม.ชม.<br />
15.Mrs.Caroline Marsh              HEUSD+LCLN.ORG<br />
16.นายเจษฎา              กันธาทอง        ชุมชนหลิ่งกอก/ ผึ้งน้อยเบเกอรี่<br />
17.นายนฤปชา                        เมืองอินทร์       วาย.เอ็ม.ซี.เอ. เชียงใหม่ (Y.M.C.A.)<br />
18.นางสาวอภิรดี         ตันติเวชกุล      ผู้อำนวยการโครงการ จริงใจ มาร์เก็ต เชียงใหม่<br />
19.นายกฤษณ์              ชาตะไน          ผู้จัดการโครงการ จริงใจ มาร์เก็ต เชียงใหม่</p>
<p><a href="http://ourchiangmai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ผังงานสิ่งแวดล้อม-JJ-Market.jpg"><img src="http://ourchiangmai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ผังงานสิ่งแวดล้อม-JJ-Market-300x225.jpg" alt="" title="ผังงานสิ่งแวดล้อม  JJ Market" width="300" height="225" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1473" /></a></p>
<p><strong>เริ่มประชุมเวลา  </strong><strong>13.30 น.</strong></p>
<p><strong>วาระที่ 1          เรื่องประธานแจ้งให้ทราบ</strong></p>
<p><strong>วาระที่ 2 </strong><strong>         เรื่องเพื่อทราบ</strong></p>
<p><strong>            2.1       การเตรียมสถานที่</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>                        -  ในวันพฤหัสบดีที่ </strong><strong>1 ธันวาคม 2554 ทุกหน่วยงานจัดเตรียมสถานที่ ณ ลานจริงใจ</strong></p>
<p><strong>            2.2       นิทรรศการและกิจกรรมในวันงาน</strong></p>
<p><strong>งานวันศุกร์ ที่ </strong><strong>2 ธันวาคม 2554</strong></p>
<p>08.00-15.00 น. &#8211; ประกวดการจัดนิทรรศการ เสด็จประพาสเหนือ  โดยสมาคมโรงเรียนเอกชน</p>
<p>ภาคเหนือ</p>
<p>-  การจัดนิทรรศการของเครือข่ายต้านโลกร้อน ได้แก่ ชมรมจักรยานวันอาทิตย์,</p>
<p>องค์การไฮเฟอร์ฯ, Y.M.C.A., สำนักงานสิ่งแวดล้อมภาคที่ 1, มูลนิธิไทยรักษ์ป่า, สำนักบริหารพื้นที่อนุรักษ์พื้นที่ 16, โรงเรียนพระหฤทัย, อาสาสมัครทรัพยากรธรรมชาติและสิ่งแวดล้อมเชียงใหม่, คณะกรรมการอนุรักษ์และประสานงานแม่น้ำปิง(คปรส.), วิทยาลัยพลศึกษาเชียงใหม่  ฯลฯ</p>
<p>09.00 – 10.00 น -พิธีเปิด  โดย ผู้ว่าราชการจังหวัดเชียงใหม่    (เครือข่ายต้านโลกร้อน)</p>
<p>(+การแสดง ฯลฯ)</p>
<p>- มีนิทรรศการและกิจกรรมบนเวที ตลอดทั้งวัน</p>
<p>10.00-12.00 น. &#8211; กิจกรรมบนเวทีของโรงเรียน ฯลฯ</p>
<p>13.00-15.00 น.  &#8211; การเสวนา หัวข้อ “ การร่วมกันทำให้คูเวียงเป็นเขตขับขี่จักรยานได้ปลอดภัย</p>
<p>เป็นพิเศษ ” โดย  ชมรมจักรยานวันอาทิตย์  เชียงใหม่</p>
<p><strong>งานวันเสาร์ ที่ </strong><strong>3 ธันวาคม 2554</strong></p>
<p>08.00-12.00 น. &#8211; ประกาศผลการจัดนิทรรศการ</p>
<p>09.30-12.00 น. – การเสวนา หัวข้อ “ เกษตรอินทรีย์และสวนผักหลังบ้าน”<strong> </strong>โดยองค์การไฮเฟอร์ ฯ</p>
<p>- มีนิทรรศการและกิจกรรมบนเวที ตลอดทั้งวัน</p>
<p>13.00-15.00 น.  &#8211; การเสวนา หัวข้อ “ร่วมกันเดินคนละนิด เพื่อสุขภาพและเพื่อให้ถนนเจริญประเทศ</p>
<p>ปลอดมลพิษ, จราจรไม่ติดขัด “ ด้วยมหาสามัคคีแด่ 84 พรรษา มหาราชา ” โดย ชมรมจักรยาน</p>
<p>วันอาทิตย์ เชียงใหม่</p>
<p>15.00-17.30 น. – เดินขบวนพาเหรดนานาชาติเทิดไท้องค์ราชันย์  ณ ข่วงประตูท่าแพ</p>
<p>มายังลานจริงใจ</p>
<p>18.00 น.          – เคารพธงชาติ</p>
<p>18.00-22.00 น. &#8211; พิธีถวายเครื่องราชสักการะและจุดเทียนชัยถวายพระพร ตัวแทนแต่ละองค์กร</p>
<p>ทุกหน่วยงาน  ถวายพุ่มเงินพุ่มทอง</p>
<p>-  การแสดงจากชมรมรักษ์ศิลปวัฒนธรรมเชียงใหม่ จำนวน 2 ชุด ดังนี้</p>
<p>ชุดที่ 1 คือ ชุดไทยภาคกลาง  และ ชุดที่ 2 คือ ชุดไทยล้านนา</p>
<p>- การแสดงดนตรีจากกลุ่มนานาชาติ เป็นเพลงพระราชนิพนธ์ทั้งหมด  เช่น ดนตรีแจ๊ส , ร้องโอเปร่า</p>
<p><strong>งานวันอาทิตย์ ที่ </strong><strong>4 ธันวาคม 2554</strong></p>
<p>08.00 น.          – กิจกรรมการปั่นจักรยาน “เดินทางไร้มลพิษ  พิชิตดอยสุเทพ2554”</p>
<p>(เป็นการปล่อยขบวนจักรยานเพื่อร่วมเทิดพระเกียรติฯ)</p>
<p>09.00-12.00 น.  – เวทีเสวนาและเดินชมพื้นที่ในหัวข้อ “ การอนุรักษ์และการฟื้นฟูคุณภาพแม่น้ำ</p>
<p>แม่ข่า”  โดยอาจารย์วสันต์, ชุมชนหลิ่งกอก, ชุมชนศรีมงคล, Y.M.C.A.</p>
<p><strong>วาระที่ 3          เรื่องเพื่อพิจารณา</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>-  ขอความร่วมมือจากทุกหน่วยงานแจ้งจำนวนผู้เข้าร่วมเดินขบวนภายในวันเสาร์</p>
<p>ที่ 19/11/54 เพื่อจะทำการสรุปจำนวนคนที่แน่นอนว่าเหมาะสมที่จัดขบวนพาเหรดหรือไม่สามารถแจ้งได้ที่ คุณฤชุชัย</p>
<p>โทร.หมายเลข <strong>086-9111005</strong></p>
<p>-  ครูจงกลนี เสนอให้ทำจดหมายขอความร่วมมือจากโรงเรียนในเขตเทศบาล,</p>
<p>โรงเรียนเอกชน, มหาวิทยาลัยต่างๆ ส่งนักเรียนเข้าร่วมเดินขบวนอย่าง 50 คนต่อโรงเรียน</p>
<p>- รูปขบวนพาเหรด  อาจจะนำช้างมาเข้าร่วมขบวนด้วย ซึ่งอยู่ระหว่างการติดต่อกับ</p>
<p>ปางช้างแม่ตะมาน</p>
<p>- สมาคมไต้หวัน จะส่งสมาชิกเข้าร่วมเดินขบวน จำนวน 10 คน</p>
<p>-  คุณนฤปชาและคุณแบงค์ จะประสานงานกับกลุ่มช้างพันธ์เกี่ยวกับจำนวนนักเรียน</p>
<p>ที่จะมาร่วมเดินขบวน</p>
<p>- องค์การไฮเฟอร์ฯ จะจัดพื้นที่สนามหญ้าทั้งหมดเพื่อจัดนิทรรศการ ( ผัง หมายเลข 6 )</p>
<p>-  บูธนิทรรศการของ YMCA. จะจัดร่วมกันกับคุณซิลเวีย โดยคุณซิลเวียมีโปสเตอร์</p>
<p>เกี่ยวกับสิ่งแวดล้อม เช่น ไม่เผาขยะ เพราะทำให้อากาศเป็นพิษ, ควันพิษจากควันรถ ฯลฯ  และของบประมาณจากคณะกรรมการ ในการจัดทำโปสเตอร์สี่สีจำนวน 40 แผ่น คาดว่าจะใช้งบประมาณ จำนวน 1,200 บาท ส่วนใบปลิว ขนาด A4 ขาวดำ ทางY.M.C.A. ยินดีจะจัดทำให้คุณซิลเวีย</p>
<p>-  การจัดนิทรรศการของโรงเรียน ทางสมาคมฯ ได้ออกจดหมายเชิญออกไปยัง</p>
<p>โรงเรียนต่างๆ แล้ว แต่ยังไม่มีการตอบรับ</p>
<p>- ขอทางเจเจ ขยับเวทีกิจกรรมและเวทีเสวนาห่างกันเพราะเกรงว่าเสียงจากสองเวที</p>
<p>จะรบกวนกันเอง</p>
<p>-  การตกแต่งสถานที่จะเน้นเรื่องสิ่งแวดล้อมเป็นหลัก</p>
<p>-  จัดหาร้านจำหน่ายอาหารและเครื่องดื่มมาจำหน่าย รวมถึงเน้นย้ำให้ใช้วัสดุจาก</p>
<p>ธรรมชาติ เช่น ใบตอง ไม่ให้โฟม อาจจะแจกคูปองเป็นรายวันๆละ 40 บาทต่อคน ,</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>-  สำหรับนักเรียนหรือเจ้าหน้าที่ที่มาช่วยงานนั้น  ต้องดูแลดีๆ จึงขอทางเจ เจ จัดหา</p>
<p>ข้าวกล่อง จำนวน 200-300 กล่อง อาจจะหาสปอนเซอร์จากร้านค้าในโครงการฯ เอง</p>
<p>-  คุณซิดนีย์ มอส จากกลุ่มเชียงใหม่เฟรนดส์  จะนำชาวต่างชาติมาบรรเลงดนตรี</p>
<p>ระหว่างเดินขบวน  แต่ชาวต่างชาติกังวลเรื่องใบอนุญาตเข้าทำงาน (Work Permit)  คุณฤชุชัยแนะนำให้ส่งรายชื่อมาในนามของเชียงใหม่เฟรนดส์เพื่อขออนุมัติจากผู้ว่าราชการจังหวัดฯ</p>
<p>-  การเดินทางไปร่วมขบวนพาเหรดนั้น จะขอความร่วมมือจากกรีนบัสนำรถมาบริการ</p>
<p>รับ-ส่ง ซึ่งผู้ร่วมเดินขบวนฯ นำของตนมาจอดที่ลานจอดรถ ของโครงการ เจ เจ มาร์เก็ต และนั่งรถของกรีนบัสออกเจเจไปที่ข่วงประตูท่าแพ และกลับมาที่ลานจริงใจ บริเวณจัดงานฯ</p>
<p>-   ประชุมครั้งต่อไป วันเสาร์ ที่ 12 พฤศจิกายน 2554 เวลา 13.30 น.  ณ หอเชียงเลอ</p>
<p>เหนือ โครงการ จริงใจ มาร์เก็ต เชียงใหม่</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>ปิดประชุมเวลา 16.30 น.</p>
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		<title>&#8220;Up in Smoke&#8221; a challenge to save the World</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricky Ward</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After four days travelling in Laos, including two along the MeKhong upstream from LuangPaBang to Chiang Khong ,and seeing NO good farm land management, numerous landslides taking croplands down into the red streams and swidden farming the whole way along the MeKhong except for occasional forest patches, this very pertinent email arrived. The sender is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After four days travelling in Laos, including two along the MeKhong upstream from LuangPaBang to Chiang Khong ,and seeing NO good farm land management, numerous landslides taking croplands down into the red streams and swidden farming the whole way along the MeKhong except for occasional forest patches, this very pertinent email arrived. The sender is bird-watcher Khun Iain, formerly a tree planter with Gum Hak Doi Suthep, now living in the Shetland Islands.</p>
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Hi Ricky,</p>
<p>I have just been watching a documentary called<a href="http://www.ingafoundation.org/index.php?page=up-in-smoke" target="_blank"> &#8220;Up in Smoke&#8221;</a> on the UK Channel 4 network &#8211; possibly available on-line. It tells the story of a British scientist, Mike Hands who has been working in Central America, mostly Honduras, for some years trying to reduce the negative effects of &#8220;slash &amp; burn&#8221; cultivation. Apparently besides destroying the rain forests, slash&amp; burn puts much more carbon into the atmosphere each year than all forms of carbon-emitting transport put together. He found that by planting a tree called <a href="http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/Products/AFDbases/af/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=991" target="_blank"><em>Inga</em> </a> he could hold the nutrients in the soil.</p>
<p>The method of crop planting is called &#8220;alley cropping&#8221; as the crops (mostly maize &amp; beans) are planted in &#8220;alleyways&#8221; through the <em>Inga</em>. Unlike traditional slash and burn where you get one good crop after the burn then the soil fertility drops off so you have to cut a new patch, with <em>Inga</em> the fertility remains pretty constant enabling multiple crops and the the subsistence farmers can remain in one place.</p>
<p>For whatever reason he has been unable to convince the world that this system works, though he has had considerable success with farmers in Honduras who once they saw the system in action were quick to adopt it as it provides them with sustainable crops, involves much less work than slash and burn every year and also enables them to stay put on one bit of land rather than moving on every few years. I understand that <em>Inga</em> species are all native to South &amp; Central America and belong to the Mimosa family. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to find a native S. E. Asian tree that would do the same thing!</p>
<p>The above is a very short précis of a much more complicated story but with half of Borneo, Indonesia, Thailand &amp; Lao going up in smoke every year this approach must be worth investigating.</p>
<p>Let me know when you&#8217;ve cracked it!</p>
<p>Cheers, Iain
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<div id="attachment_1400" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://ourchiangmai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Laos-Erosion-11.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1400" src="http://ourchiangmai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Laos-Erosion-11-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Farmland erosion in Laos , September 2011</p></div>
<p>Well Iain, there have been attempts at cracking the problem here e.g. promising trials of <strong>Peltophorum dasyrrhachis,</strong> a native of these parts but to the traveller&#8217;s eye no implementation of alley cropping.</p>
<p>Perhaps some of our farming readers can bring us up-to-date?</p>
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		<title>ASEAN Senior Forestry Officials Conference, 4-8 July, Le Meridien Hotel</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 01:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricky Ward</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ASEAN Senior Forestry Officials Conference 4-8 July 2011 9 am-5 pm daily @ Le Meridien Hotel, Chiang Mai Thailand Open to the public 4-6 July Days 1 &#38; 2 have 2 concurrent discussions 14th Meeting of the ASEAN Experts Group on Herbal and Medicinal Plants 3rd Meeting of the ASEAN Experts Group on Forest Products [...]]]></description>
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<p>4-8 July 2011<br />
9 am-5 pm daily @ Le Meridien Hotel, Chiang Mai Thailand<br />
Open to the public 4-6 July</p>
<p>Days 1 &amp; 2 have 2 concurrent discussions</p>
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<p>Day 3 -  July 6th</p>
<div><strong>THE TWELFTH SEMINAR ON CURRENT INTERNATIONAL ISSUES AFFECTING FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS</strong></div>
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<div><strong>6 July 2011, Chiang Mai, Thailand</strong></div>
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<div><strong>Theme:</strong></div>
<div><strong>Forestry in Responding to Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: Food Security and Poverty Eradication</strong></div>
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<div><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">AGENDA</span></strong></div>
<div>1.       OPENING REMARKS (by Royal Forest Department)</div>
<div>2.       ELECTION OF SESSION MODERATORS</div>
<div>·          Moderator : ASOF Leader Thailand</div>
<div>·          Co-moderator : ASOF Leader – Viet Nam</div>
<div>3.       PRESENTATION SESSIONS</div>
<div>3.1.        From Bali Action Plan to COP-16, by Thailand</div>
<div>3.2.        Forestry in responding to Climate Change, by Resource Person from Thailand</div>
<div>3.3.        How Social Forestry could Contribute to the Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change, by Dr. Yurdi Yasmi, Manager, Capacity  Building and Technical Services, The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC)</div>
<div>3.4.        Climate Change and Poverty Eradication, by Dr. Doris Capistrano, Visiting Professor, Wageningen University (TBC)</div>
<div>3.5.        Countries’ Experiences on REDD Readiness (Indonesia, Cambodia, Viet Nam)</div>
<div>3.6.        ASEAN’s Positioning to COP-17, by Dr. Nur Masripatin, ARKN-FCC Coordinator</div>
<div>4.       PANEL DISCUSSION</div>
<div>5.       OPEN FORUM</div>
<div>6.       WRAP-UP AND RECOMMENDATIONS</div>
<div>(by Thailand/Viet Nam)</div>
<div>7.       CLOSING REMARKS (by RFD, Thailand)</div>
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		<title>Noam Chomsky the Optimist</title>
		<link>http://ourchiangmai.com/2011/06/29/noam-chomsky-the-optimist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricky Ward</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I had dinner and a long talk with Mr Hak a US resident of Chiang Mai and covered issues such as the ignorance of the US electorate and what Hak described as the Military-Industrial-Banking-Media Complex or Consipracy.  Hak is no ordinary American and is familiar with the leading critic of his country&#8217;s foreign [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last night I had dinner and a long talk with Mr Hak a US resident of Chiang Mai and covered issues such as the ignorance of the US electorate and what Hak described as the Military-Industrial-Banking-Media Complex or Consipracy.  Hak is no ordinary American and is familiar with the leading critic of his country&#8217;s foreign policy. But sad to say Hak, like many environmentalists, is pessimistic about our chances of avoiding climate catastrophe, so after dinner when I found this interview, I thought I should post it to give some hope -  Ricky :</p>
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<h3>German Magazine DIE ZEIT chomsky interview (English AND GERMAN)</h3>
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&#8220;Students Should Become Anarchists&#8221;: Noam Chomsky</strong></div>
<div>by Noam Chomsky<br />
<em>Monday Jun 27th, 2011 7:05 AM </em></div>
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<blockquote><p>Anarchists  try to identify power structures.  Then anarchists work at unmasking  and mastering the structures, whether  they involve patriarchal families  or a Mafia international system in  the private tyrannies of the  economy, the corporation. Links to videos  of Robin Hahnel, Cindy  Milstein and Michael Albert</p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;STUDENTS SHOULD BECOME ANARCHISTS&#8221;</p>
<p>ZEIT Campus interviews a luminary, Noam Chomsky, linguist, political activist and one of the most quoted scholars of the world</p>
<p>[The American linguist-professor Noam Chomsky (82) is known worldwide   as a political activist and capitalism-critic, not only for his   "universal grammar."  This interview published in: ZEIT Online,   6/14/2011 is translated from the German on the Internet, <a href="http://www.zeit.de/campus/2011/04/sprechstunde-chomsky" target="_blank">http://www.zeit.de/campus/2011/04/sprechstunde-chomsky</a>.]</p>
<p>ZEIT Campus: Professor Chomsky, you are not only one of the most  quoted  scholars of the world.  For 45 years, you have been a political   activist.  When one looks at politics today, one must ask: Can &#8220;public   intellectuals&#8221; like y8ourself accomplish anything?</p>
<p>Noam Chomsky: How can you ask that question?</p>
<p>ZEIT Campus: There is war in Afghanistan.  The world suffers in the   consequences of the economic crisis.  The social gap grows more and   more.</p>
<p>Chomsky: The problem is simple.  Most intellectuals are   servants of power and counsel governments.  They call themselves   experts; they have sought prestige for centuries, not only today.    However every society has critical intellectuals at its edges.  Both   types have influence: the servants of power and the dissidents.</p>
<p>ZEIT Campus: We are still skeptical.  What have you changed in the past 45 years?</p>
<p>Chomsky: I personally did not change anything.  I was part of a   movement and this movement accomplished many things.  The world today is   fundamentally different from the world 45 years ago.  The actions for   civil rights, human rights, women&#8217;s rights and environmental  protection,  resistance against oppression and violence have  substantially  influenced the world.  I cannot understand how you can  argue I have not  changed anything.</p>
<p>ZEIT Campus: Do you believe the world is better today than 40 or 50 years ago?</p>
<p>Chomsky: Obviously!  Walk along the open fields here at the   Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Half of the students are women; a   third belongs to an ethnic minority.  People are dressed more casually   and are engaged for all possible things.  This place was very  different  when I came here 50 years ago.  Then you saw white men,  formally dressed  and only interested in their own work.  You could see  the same  development in Germany and all over the world.</p>
<p><img src="http://images.zeit.de/studium/2011-06/Noam-Chomsky/Noam-Chomsky-540x304.jpg" alt="Der amerikanische Linguistik-Professor Noam Chomsky (82) ist nicht nur für seine &quot;Universalgrammatik&quot; weltweit bekannt, sondern auch als politischer Aktivist und Kapitalismuskritier" width="540" /><em>Der   amerikanische Linguistik-Professor Noam Chomsky (82) ist nicht nur für   seine &#8220;Universalgrammatik&#8221; weltweit bekannt, sondern auch als   politischer Aktivist und Kapitalismuskritier</em></p>
<p>ZEIT Campus: But are students more political?  Today&#8217;s generation is often reproached for being disinterested in the world.</p>
<p>Chomsky: I think that reproach is false.  The period of high   politization at the universities was very short – from 1968 to 1970.    Before that, students were apolitical.  Consider the Vietnam War, one of   the greatest crimes since the Second World War.  Four or five years   went by until some form of visible protest stirred in the US.  That   quickly ebbed away in the 1970s.  The mood was very different before the   Iraq war.  To my knowledge, the Iraq war was the first war in history   where there were demonstrations before it began.  My students missed  the  lectures to demonstrate.  That would never have happened 50 years  ago.   The protests did not prevent the war but limited it.  The US was  never  able to do in Iraq a fraction of what it had done in Vietnam.</p>
<p>ZEIT Campus: Were those protests only a straw fire?</p>
<p>Chomsky: No.  The politization today is much greater than in the  1950s.   Forms of lasting activism developed that enabled many of our  battles  to be won.  For example, there was a continuous progress in  women&#8217;s  rights.  If I had asked my grandmother whether she was  oppressed, she  wouldn&#8217;t have known what I was talking about.  My mother  said: &#8220;I am  oppressed but I don&#8217;t know what to do!&#8221;  My daughter would  shout to me  after such a question: Our world is more human!</p>
<p>ZEIT Campus: Do you believe in historical progress?</p>
<p>Chomsky: Progress is slow but dramatic over long time horizons.  Think   of the abolition of slavery or the development of freedom of  expression.   Rights are not simply bestowed.  People who joined forces  and banded  together realized them.  Still progress is not a linear  development.    There are also times of backward steps.</p>
<p>ZEIT Campus: If there are times of progress and times of backward steps, will the world be better in 50 years than today?</p>
<p>Chomsky: What will be in 50 years depends strongly on what the young   generation does today.  Two great dangers threaten the existence of the   world: our relation to the environment and the danger that starts from   nuclear weapons.  If we do not champion environmental protection more   vigorously today, we could be mired in a grave environmental crisis in   50 years, let alone the risks of nuclear weapons.  The terrible   catastrophe of Fukushima reminds us that the non-military use of nuclear   power is fraught with extreme risks.  We cannot ignore this under any   circumstances!</p>
<p>ZEIT Campus: In 60 years students of today will   be as old as you.  What must they do to look back on their life with   satisfaction?</p>
<p>Chomsky: Naturally they could say they lived   contentedly with friends, children and fun.  But to really lead a   fulfilled and satisfying life, they should recognize problems and   contribute to solving them.  If they cannot look back at 80 and say &#8220;I   have accomplished something!,&#8221; then their life will not have succeeded.</p>
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<p>Read more: <a href="http://chomsky-must-read.blogspot.com/2011/06/german-magazine-die-zeit-chomsky.html#ixzz1QeNTzgK8">http://chomsky-must-read.blogspot.com/2011/06/german-magazine-die-zeit-chomsky.html#ixzz1QeNTzgK8</a></p>
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		<title>Tokyo Sinfonia 5ivePlanets Musical Fund-Raising Charity Concert Tour</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 06:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricky Ward</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Practical help for Japan &#38; the environment is developing (Courtesy Lloyd Helferty Biochar Consulting (Canada): Dear Physicians for Global Survival (PGS), I was contacted today by Julia Morton-Marr, the founder of the International Holistic Tourism Education Centre [IHTEC] and Vice President Education for the The Council on Global Issues (Science for Peace). www.ihtec.org Julia recommended that I contact [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Practical help for Japan &amp; the environment is developing (Courtesy Lloyd Helferty <a href="http://www.biochar-consulting.ca" target="_blank">Biochar Consulting (Canada)</a>:</p>
<p>Dear Physicians for Global Survival (PGS),</p>
<p>I was contacted today by <strong>Julia Morton-Marr</strong>, the founder of the<em><strong> International Holistic Tourism Education Centre</strong></em> [IHTEC] and Vice President Education for the The <em><strong>Council on Global Issues </strong></em>(Science for Peace).<br />
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ihtec.org/" target="_blank">www.ihtec.org</a></p>
<p>Julia recommended that I contact someone at PGS since your organization works on &#8220;Nuclear Issues&#8221; and is also &#8220;concerned about global energy sustainability and climate change issues&#8221; along with <strong>health and security</strong>.</p>
<p>In consideration of the ongoing Nuclear disaster in Japan &#8211;  the ongoing multiple Nuclear MELTDOWNS that are now underway (as I write this) &#8212; , I noted yesterday that the Japanese government has recently <strong>raised the maximum allowable exposure for nuclear workers</strong> to 250 millisieverts from 100 millisieverts.<br />
It was described as &#8220;<em>unavoidable due to circumstances</em>&#8220;.  This was back in March:<br />
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3475306/Nuclear-nightmare-in-Japan-worsens.html?OTC-RSS&amp;ATTR=News" target="_blank">http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3475306/Nuclear-nightmare-in-Japan-worsens.html?OTC-RSS&amp;ATTR=News</a></p>
<p>The damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant has already leaked dangerous radiation into the environment.<br />
There are HUGE fears over food contamination in Japan right now and<strong> the entire Pacific food chain is likely to be affected</strong>**.<br />
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8394963/Japan-nuclear-crisis-fears-over-food-contamination.html" target="_blank">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8394963/Japan-nuclear-crisis-fears-over-food-contamination.html</a></p>
<p>This disaster in Japan could even result in the <strong>gross radioactive contamination</strong> of the large urban populations of Japan.<br />
If the wind blows the wrong way cities like like <em><strong>Tokyo</strong></em> could be the recipient of <em><strong>a massive cloud of deadly radioactive gasses</strong></em>.<br />
It could become a really horrible crisis.  It is actually a wake-up call for nuclear energy.</p>
<p>Incredibly, I also just learned that the <em><strong>World Health Organization</strong></em> actually intends to <em><strong>double</strong></em> the &#8220;maximum allowable uranium in drinking water&#8221; worldwide and international regulators like the <em><strong>International Commission for Radiological Protection</strong></em> (ICRP) continue to push allowable levels of radiation upwards, forcing the public toward <em><strong>chronic exposures of low levels of radiation</strong></em>. (No level of ionizing radiation is safe.)</p>
<p>Considering that the Japanese are some of the biggest <strong>Seafood eaters</strong> in the world &#8212; and in particular, raw seafood (Sushi and Sashimi) is a staple part of their diet, the fact that<strong>Radioactive water from the Japanese nuclear plant is <span style="text-decoration: underline">deliberately</span> being dumped into the sea‎</strong> is already beyond criminal!~<br />
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/east-pacific/Japan-Nuclear-Plant-to-Release-Contaminated-Water-Into-Ocean-119169659.html" target="_blank">http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/east-pacific/Japan-Nuclear-Plant-to-Release-Contaminated-Water-Into-Ocean-119169659.html</a><br />
As well, they are already halting the sale of vegetables from several areas of Chiba prefecture, which borders Tokyo because they &#8220;have tested above the legal limit for radiation&#8221;.</p>
<p>I am a Steering Committee member of the <strong>Canadian Biochar Initiative</strong> (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.biochar.ca/" target="_blank">www.biochar.ca</a>), am President and Co-founder of <em><strong>Biochar-Ontario</strong></em> (a not-for-profit organization) and an Advisory Committee Member of the IBI (<strong>International Biochar Initiative</strong> - <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.biochar-international.org/" target="_blank">http://www.biochar-international.org/</a>).</p>
<p>We have recently learned that is likely that it may be possible to utilize <strong>Biochar</strong> &#8212; along with specialized natural <strong>fungi </strong>like the ones that have been growing prolifically around the Chernobyl plant in Russia, to soak up (and hopefully permanently &#8220;sequester&#8221; ~ if harvested and pyrolyzed), the ionizing radiation from radionuclides that are in the soil.</p>
<p>&#8211; In other words, we may be able to<em><strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline">remove</span> these contaminants directly out of the soil</strong></em> with the use of specialized inoculated Biochar (blends) that promote the growth of these particular strains of natural soil fungi &#8212; which will also (coincidentally) promote the regrowth of the <em><strong>coastal forests</strong></em> &#8230; which in turn should be able to help protect the Japanese people against future catastrophic events like the Tsunami.  (In a similar way to the protection that <em>Mangroves</em> provide to coastal cities against Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and Florida.)</p>
<p>I wished to bring this to your attention because we [certain members of the Canadian Biochar Initiative and Biochar Ontario, including myself], have been involved in an international Public Awareness Programme called &#8220;<em><strong>5ivePlanets</strong></em>&#8220;.<br />
see: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://5iveplanets.org/" target="_blank">http://5iveplanets.org/</a> (Japan)</p>
<p>I have been attempting to head up an initiative called, &#8220;<em><strong>5ivePlanets Canada</strong></em>&#8220;, and one of our first tasks has been to assist with a project to bring the <em><strong>Tokyo Sinfonia</strong></em>[<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.tokyosinfonia.com/" target="_blank">www.tokyosinfonia.com</a>], a highly professional ensemble of 19 Japanese string players conducted by <strong>Robert Rÿker</strong> in Tokyo, into Canada from <strong>Sunday April 24 until Thursday April 28</strong> (with scheduled Performances in Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto).</p>
<p>This series of <em><strong>Charity Concerts</strong></em> in Canada is intended to be a Musical Fund-Raising Charity Concert Tour to raise money for the <em><strong>5ivePlanets</strong></em> Japan initiative, whose mission is to leverage both education and technologies that work in balance with the natural cycles of the earth to increase our capacity to provide for our collective children on the one and only planet we actually have.</p>
<p>They will be establishing a <strong><em>5ivePlanets</em> Interpretive Center</strong> in an eco-restored house in Asahi Ward of Yokohama City and will provide education about managing resources wisely and demonstrating technologies to produce nourishing food without wasting water, depleting soil, or using petroleum based fertilizers.  These Biochar concepts can be applied in both urban and rural contexts and are geared toward developing platforms for sustainable communities.</p>
<p>Their Projects will include proof of concept demos of <strong>aquaponics systems</strong>, biochar <strong>humanitarian stoves</strong> and <strong>urban agricultural techniques</strong>, along with explorations of method of utilizing <strong>Biochar</strong> for the <strong>decontamination of radioactive soil </strong>using &#8220;specialized natural fungi&#8221; (with Biochar).</p>
<p>The use of Biochar to prevent radionuclides from entering growing plants and entering the food chain as well as preventing these highly toxic contaminants from entering run-off water from farms and forests and getting into the water supply system will be one of the <em><strong>priority research projects</strong></em> of the emerging Global 5iveplanets Research Network, the <span style="text-decoration: underline">founding members</span> of which are <strong>Canada and Japan</strong>.  (With some assistance from our friends at the <em><strong>University of Massachusetts</strong></em> and the <em><strong>Pioneer Valley Biochar Initiative</strong></em> at UMass.)</p>
<p>I was hoping that you might be able to forward this message, along with the attached documents to your members and contacts in order that we might begin to raise awareness about the ongoing <em><strong>critical situation</strong></em> in Japan and our efforts at informing people about one of the possibly <strong><em>critically important</em> technologies</strong> that could be utilized in Japan &#8212; and elsewhere around there world wherever <strong>soil contamination</strong> is affecting <em><strong>food security</strong></em> &#8212; to begin the long process of &#8220;restoration&#8221; of the natural ecosystems that have been affected by these (multiple) natural disasters.</p>
<p><span style="font-family: Consolas, Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;line-height: 18px;font-size: 12px"> See also </span></p>
<h1><span style="color: #888888"><a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2011/3/30/prescription_for_survival_a_debate_on">&#8220;Prescription for Survival&#8221;: A Debate on the Future of Nuclear Energy Between Anti-Coal Advocate George Monbiot and Anti-Nuclear Activist Dr. Helen Caldicott</a></span></h1>
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		<title>Bangkok Climate Change UNFCCC meeting 3-8th April 2011 Bangkok</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 08:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricky Ward</dc:creator>
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		<title>Solidarity March for Japan &#8211; Tapae Gate 7.00 am Sunday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricky Ward</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Solidarity March for Japan &#8211; Chiang Mai  Tapae Gate 7.00 am Sunday 20 March 2011 &#8211; Walk &#38; bike to US &#38; Japan Consulates. เชิญชวนชาวเชียงใหม่ ..&#8221;ลดการใช้น้ำมัน ปั่นรถถีบ&#8221;&#8230;&#8221;สองขาปั่น สองล้อหมุน..เพื่อให้กำลังใจผู้ปีสบภัย เจแปนสึนามิ วันอาทิตย์ที่ 20 มีนาคมนี้ พบกันที่ ข่วงประตูท่าแพ เวลา 7:00น. ลงชื่อ เขียนข้อความแสดงความรรู้สึกและให้กำลังใจผู้ประสบภัย &#38; ฟังบรรยายเส้นทาง เวลา 7:30 น. เริ่มตั้งขบวนจักรยาน&#8230; 9:00น.ขบวนจักรยานเดินทางถึงสถานกงสุลญี่ปุ่น ประจำจังหวัดเชียงใหม่(Business Park) ตัวแทนฯมอบดอกไม้ และมอบจดหมายแสดงความเสียใจและกล่าวให้กำลังใจแด่ชาวญี่ปุ่นที่ประสบภัยฯ Dear Chiang Mai Friends I wish [...]]]></description>
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<p>Dear Chiang Mai Friends</p>
<p>I wish you well for your Solidarity march this Sunday but as I am in Viet Nam I regret I cannot join you.</p>
<p>I suggest the terrible tragedy still unfolding in Japan will prompt the Japanese people to seriously consider the defects in their society which have made the consequenses of predictable natural event so very dire. It should also be a lesson to the rest of the World on how not to develop. The challenge for all countries will then be how we can restructure our societies to lessen the likelyhood of more simlar disasters.</p>
<p>I remember in the 1970&#8242;s meeting Japanese activists visiting Australia when the office of FoE (Friends of the Earth) was in a tiny house in Melbourne&#8217;s inner suburb of Carlton. They brought with them pictures of the horrors of Mercury &amp; Cadmium poisoning from Mimimata in Japan and together we campaigned to prevent the mining of Australian Uranium for export. Then we predicted the nuclear disaster which we are now living through.</p>
<p>I also recall some years ago a radio program which described the Tokyo region, with its megapolis covering a huge area as the first place on Earth likely to undergo catastrophic collapse. The next great quake in the Tokyo region has the potential to be far more destructive in terms of life and property than what we witness now. Far worse than the Atom bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.</p>
<p>So why has Japan found it self in this situation? There appear to be two reasons.</p>
<p>Firstly the population has grown far greater than the fragile environment can safely support. When natural disaters strike they need not be human calamaties if people occupy sturdy homes and work places far from land which will sweep them away in landslides and out of flood zones. But building communities to accomodate large populations in such a manner requires massive amounts of energy hungry steel and concrete.</p>
<p>This leads to the second factor. Japan is a high energy use society which uses and produces great quantities of consumer goods. Despite the fact that the country has excellent public transport networks and bicycle use is very high, as can be seen from the wake of the tsunami, the private motor car is widely used and Japanese aviation (according to last nights news report) accounts for around 10% of World aviation.</p>
<p>So how can folk in other countries best help the Japanese, or for that matter Pakistan where 6 million people were made homeless in last year&#8217;s floods? Is not the rest of the World building societies like Japan with too many people and excessive energy use? To make life in Japan sustainable does not the country have to say goodbye to the motor car and to flying? To help Japan do we not have to do the same.</p>
<p>In Chiang Mai is it not time we turned from the car and motor bike to the bicycle? Is it not time to cease building concrete and steel apartment buildings and houses, stopped concreting and widening roads? Doing these things is the best way we can help Japan rebuild but there is more to be done.</p>
<p>We need to make Chiang Mai safe for the eventuality of an earthquake here. Four hundred years ago a quake rent asunder the Chedi Luang. We need to survey all the city&#8217;s buildings to ensure they do not suffer collapse. For example I live atop a twelve storey apartment house which has a large empty swimming pool on the roof. Were it to be full of water I am told the building would be more stable in a quake. Should the owners not be required to maintain the pool? And what about the neighbours? Next door a new eight storey block is under construction. The building itself is earthquake proof as it has a huge thick solid steel and concrete foundation, but could my building topple and bring about its destruction?</p>
<p>And my last suggestion is about how to help the many Japanese residents of ChiangMai. Perhaps some would benefit from being given an extended period of refuge here as their homeland struggles to re-house the people who have lost their all. Please use the solidarity march to ask our Japanese friends here how best we can help them.  &#8230;  Best Wishes, Ricky Ward</p>
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