by Ricky Ward | Jun 18, 2013 | Education / การศึกษา, General / ทั่วไป, Vegetation / พืซ
June 4th 2013 was World Environment Day and the Chiang Mai Mail reported that the Mayor had led students to plant the yellow Cassia fistula in the city’s parks. So we went to Railway Park to see the result. But first WARNING KILLER TREES. Running and playing in...
by Ricky Ward | Jun 6, 2013 | Education / การศึกษา, General / ทั่วไป, Vegetation / พืซ
No doubt some have been wondering why some of the Red Songtaews in Chiang Mai show the letters CMU and what they mean? .. Well to digress for a moment: When I first attended university in 1963 – yes 50 years ago, I and my classmates found it a liberating...
by Ricky Ward | May 26, 2013 | Climate Change / การเปลี่ยนแปลงสภาพภูมิอากาศ, Education / การศึกษา, General / ทั่วไป, Pollution / มลภาวะ, Vegetation / พืซ
May 22nd 2013 saw a one day meeting of Chiang Mai folk on a Vision for Chiang Mai. (Mostly folk not invited to the big meeting at the new Convention & Exhibition Center) The Meeting was held as part of a national consultation process for a bill on local government...
by Ricky Ward | Apr 25, 2013 | Education / การศึกษา, General / ทั่วไป, Vegetation / พืซ
Around 50 km to the East of Chiang Mai city, high up in the evergreen montane forest is the Mae Lai Forest , which Shane Beary accurately describes as “a fantastic habitat. See: http://www.pang-soong-lodge.com/ ” Shane writes: “We have 5 marked...
by Ricky Ward | Feb 3, 2013 | Education / การศึกษา, General / ทั่วไป, Pollution / มลภาวะ, Vegetation / พืซ
February 2013 seems to many to have gotten off to a fine start with very low air pollution reported for the northern provinces, unlike that in Bangkok or Beijing. So we can unashamedly welcome the many Chinese tourists who have appeared after seeing a film about...
by Ricky Ward | Sep 23, 2012 | Climate Change / การเปลี่ยนแปลงสภาพภูมิอากาศ, Education / การศึกษา, General / ทั่วไป
A new documentary film by Tom Fawthrop na Chiang Mai One message from the film is that Cuba is doing a tremendous job in public health and education so we might ask how does Thailand fare? Well I haven’t noticed hundreds of 3rd World students wandering about at...
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