by Ricky Ward | Sep 11, 2015 | Education / การศึกษา, General / ทั่วไป, Vegetation / พืซ
August 28th 2015 a.d. Ten years on from initial tree planting at Huai Teng Tao by Gum Hak Doi Suthep and students and staff from Payap International College English Program join the effort to restore the floral biodiversity to Chiang Mai’s premier recreation...
by Ricky Ward | Feb 4, 2015 | Education / การศึกษา, General / ทั่วไป
At a showing last week of the documentary film “The Great Gamble On The Mekong” by local director Tom Fawthrop, former Senator Kraisak Choonhavan described Laos a “the victim of Thai Capitalism”. In earlier times this involved, he said...
by Ricky Ward | Dec 24, 2014 | Education / การศึกษา, General / ทั่วไป
By 25th December in the northern hemisphere the days are starting to get longer now that we have passed the longest night. So it is time to celebrate the Sun’s victory over darkness, just as the Romans of old did. This morning the mercury (actually red coloured...
by Ricky Ward | Dec 13, 2014 | Education / การศึกษา, General / ทั่วไป
14th December 2014 is the final day for Chiang Mai Design Week under the auspices of the TCDC ( Thailand Creative Design Center, part of the Prime Minister’s office), events and displays having commenced on the 6th . This may come a surprise to many Thai folk...
by Ricky Ward | Mar 4, 2014 | Education / การศึกษา, General / ทั่วไป
How else would one describe the reaction of Chiang Mai University to the influx of happy Chinese tourists as being other than being racist? Khao Sod reports that CMU is to charge entry and restrict access to most of its spacious park grounds to Chinese visitors. So...
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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