by Ricky Ward | Oct 27, 2016 | General / ทั่วไป, Vegetation / พืซ
In politics Opportunism is often regarded as a dirty word, as for example when say a migrant commits a crime and opportunist politicians use this to denigrate all migrants and arouse fear and hated in an otherwise peaceful society. In nature many organisms are...
by Ricky Ward | Jul 15, 2016 | General / ทั่วไป, Vegetation / พืซ
A pretty common refrain from Our Chiang Mai one might say. But what better way to describe the letter written to the Mayor of Nakhorn Chiang Mai municipality. The prompt for the letter was the need to cycle across town , past the city moat, across the river to the...
by Ricky Ward | Jul 7, 2016 | General / ทั่วไป
Just between ChiangMai University and the Zoo on the road to Doi Suthep is the oldest and best park of the city known as the Huai Keow Arboretum. In ancient times, before the invention of the Shopping Mall ChiangMai folk used to seek refuge from a hot and dusty town...
by Ricky Ward | Jul 6, 2016 | General / ทั่วไป, Vegetation / พืซ
In June we called for volunteers to help our program of restoring indigenous trees to Chiang Mai and since we have had two mornings of activities with a skeleton group. NOTE: New Date 24/6/2016 Now some more folk have volunteerecd, including a pair of early birds who...
by Ricky Ward | Jun 10, 2016 | General / ทั่วไป
For over a decade a loose network of folk known as Gum Hak Doi Suthep ( Group Loves Doi Suthep) has been growing and tending trees at over thirty locations around ChiangMai. … email gumhakdoisuthep@yahoo.com. However as many of our volunteers have drifted away ,...
by Ricky Ward | Feb 27, 2016 | General / ทั่วไป, Pollution / มลภาวะ
“Why is the air pollution so severe early in the Smoky Season?” many people are asking. “Last year, the number of days when haze was above safety levels between Jan 1 – Feb 24 totalled only seven, compared with 25 in the same period this...
by Ricky Ward | Feb 24, 2016 | General / ทั่วไป, Pollution / มลภาวะ
The annual northern Thai smoke haze problem is with us again and a nationwide system of automated air quality monitoring stations provides information on up to 12 pollution parameters reported at two hourly intervals and available for public access. Reports can be...
by Ricky Ward | Feb 1, 2016 | General / ทั่วไป, Sustainable Travel / การท่องเที่ยวอย่างยั่งยืน, Vegetation / พืซ
McKean Center Destruction 1st February 2016 This week many of Chiang Mai’s biggest Heritage trees are being cut down. At the McKean Rehabilitation Center a great swathe is being cut through trees along the western road which links the two cottage villages....
by Ricky Ward | Jan 14, 2016 | General / ทั่วไป, Pollution / มลภาวะ
Note: Click on a photo above, and then again to zoom in and in comparing the two the lack of clarity is due to a high load of smoke from the government prescribed burning. PM10 pollution levels as of yesterday were in the mid 70’s . The EU standard above which...
by Ricky Ward | Jan 14, 2016 | General / ทั่วไป, Pollution / มลภาวะ
From Chiang Mai film maker Marisa Marchitelli Dear all, In one of my interviews with a mother from Prem, she mentioned that she was able to find a PM2.5 reading for Chiang Mai which is something I hadn’t heard from anyone else. Indeed it’s true! Go to the link below...
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