With Chiang Mai Mayoral Election looming on 4th October 2009 you too can have your say.
Events are happening (see below) and ourchiangmai.com invites anybody who might feel the impact of local government actions to make their views policy (not personalities please) known in comments below
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As they say – Speak now or forever hold your peace !!
Roadmap to a Sustainable City – 3 Coming Events
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*** Date: Saturday 19th September 2009
Time:From 14:00
Screening on Thai PBS of community activist suggestions for good government in Chiang Mai. Recorded under the big Don Po at Wat Suan Dok, Tuesday 15th. NOTE The discussion is in Thai. So if yours is poorly please watch it with friends.
The Thai Public Broadcasting Service (TPBS or Thai PBS) is a public broadcasting service in Thailand. It operates TV Thai (ทีวีไทย), a public television station broadcasting in UHF Channel 29. The station was established according to the Public Broadcasting Service Act, which came into effect on January 15, 2008. The station is broadcasting on a frequency formerly held by the privately-run channel, iTV.
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*** Date: Sunday 20th September 2009
Time:From 8:00 till afternoon
Place: Chiang Mai Municipal Stadium, Chang Puek early; then Suan Bok Haad SW corner of moat from 13:00
Ride you bike to Cool the World ( Car Free Day)
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Date: Saturday 26th September 2009
Time:From 18:30-21:00
Place: Buddhasathan–Chiang Mai, Tapae Road, opposite the Governor’s Residence
Action on Climate Change: Roadmap to a Sustainable City – a Northern Climate Change Network Event
เรียนเชิญร่วมกิจกรรมลดโลกร้อน
กิจกรรม “ปฏิบัติการด้านการเปลี่ยนแปลงสภาพภูมิอากาศ: หนทางสู่เมืองยั่งยืน”
วันที่ 26 ก.ย. 52 ณ พุทธสถานเชียงใหม่
รายละเอียดตามเอกสารแนบค่ะ
To keep up to date with the 350 campaign please go to: http://www.350.org/signup
From: DrPang NaChiengmai
Date: 2009/9/17
Subject: แคมเปญหาเสียงที่เชียงใหม่ ตัวที่สองแล้วค่ะ
ลองเข้าไปดูกันนะคะ แคมเปญหาเสียงตัวที่สองของเราค่ะ
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รักเชียงใหม่ช่วยกันส่งต่อนะคะ
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Train travel here is a big energy waster (buses too I guess) but
The next Mayor of Chiang Mai can:
1. Cooperate with RSR to have shades erected over trains waiting to travel to Bangkok;
2. Contact the Governor of Bangkok to do the same at his end;
3. Insist that air con on the evening trains be set to no lower than 26 Celsius (I always hear complaints
from travellers about the cold) and that they not be started until the train has left the station.
4. Direct that buses air con be set to no lower than 26 Celsius.
5. Investigate shading options for waiting buses including planting of evergreen indigenous trees.
6. Discuss with RSR converting all evening trains to natural cooling and removing air con.
while on the shade & travel issue –
7. Bring in a regulation requiring that all off street car parking provide shade, initially shade cloth and
plant trees for the future. (Tesco does it so why not all condos, shops etc?)
8. Request the central government release funds from its economic stimulus package to provide loans or grants
for these initiatives.
Timing: Items 2 & 3 should be done in the first week (or earlier) of taking office. The others before hot February.
Tree planting may take 2 to 3 years to complete.