by Ricky Ward | Jun 27, 2014 | Climate Change / การเปลี่ยนแปลงสภาพภูมิอากาศ, General / ทั่วไป, Vegetation / พืซ
Perhaps we are fortunate in the new ruler of Thailand “General Prayuth Chan-ocha, army chief, used a televised address to urge people not to panic and said the military was taking over “to restore …” , I could write more except that this quote came...
by Ricky Ward | May 15, 2014 | Climate Change / การเปลี่ยนแปลงสภาพภูมิอากาศ, General / ทั่วไป
What’s been happening in Bangkok of late, when combined with the photo here taken from the Khaosod website, makes one think of the witty words of Noel Coward “Mad Dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday Sun”. However the pedestrians in this photo...
by Ricky Ward | Apr 17, 2014 | Climate Change / การเปลี่ยนแปลงสภาพภูมิอากาศ, General / ทั่วไป
Chiang Mai is quiet today as we enter a new year 2557 in the Buddhist calendar. The smoke haze of the preceding months has eased following some welcome rains and wind. The cooler weather which comes with the clouds of the rainy season may be a month or more away and...
by Ricky Ward | Apr 4, 2014 | Climate Change / การเปลี่ยนแปลงสภาพภูมิอากาศ, General / ทั่วไป
Most Chiang Mai folk have heard of the Mango Rains, namely a bout of rain coming at the time mango trees ( Mangifera spp.) grown for fruit flower. This event, recently a matter of furious debate via Farcebook.com, according to Pim Kemasingki’s weather guru comes...
by Ricky Ward | Nov 2, 2013 | Climate Change / การเปลี่ยนแปลงสภาพภูมิอากาศ, General / ทั่วไป
The Thai government “Water is Life” 350 billion baht mega project exhibition began touring the provinces in late October 2013 and an account of the Chiang Mai meeting appears here. At the exhibition staff claimed the details were on a government website...
by Ricky Ward | Jul 29, 2013 | Climate Change / การเปลี่ยนแปลงสภาพภูมิอากาศ, Education / การศึกษา, General / ทั่วไป, Sustainable Travel / การท่องเที่ยวอย่างยั่งยืน
Last weekend, feeling a little virtuous after helping plant trees at an event organised by the Himmapan Foundation three of us had the good fortune to meet an extraordinary visitor to Chiang Mai town. Charlie from Normandy on the English Channel (Normandie au bord de...
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