by Ricky Ward | Jun 16, 2014 | General / ทั่วไป, Sustainable Travel / การท่องเที่ยวอย่างยั่งยืน
Thanks to a grant of $US 1.81 million from GEF – the Global Environmental Fund of the World Bank the once popular 3 Kings evening exercise spot for our Skateboarding boys has been destroyed and skateboards are now forbidden there. Instead the boys are now...
by Ricky Ward | Jun 5, 2014 | General / ทั่วไป, Vegetation / พืซ
Oops – We got the date wrong. As Sanitsuda points out in a Bangkok Post article today 5th June, the 4th is designated by the UN as World Environment Day. Here in Thailand we also have Thai Environment Day in the official calendar and that is on 4th December...
by Ricky Ward | May 15, 2014 | General / ทั่วไป, Vegetation / พืซ
2014 has seen early rains compared to the previous year. As a result Chiang Mai is looking green and weeds and local plants alike are growing vigorously. So let us do some planting and weeding to celebrate World Environment Day, Thursday 5th June 2014. If that is...
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 12, 2014 | General / ทั่วไป, Vegetation / พืซ
April 11th 2014 and the Chompoo Huai is flowering at the Huai Keow Waterfall. Only one early bird water reveler was to be seen under the watchful eye of his dad. Armed men are also on watch. Forest guards at the nearby National Park HQ about to set off to deter and...
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