by Ricky Ward | Feb 24, 2017 | General / ทั่วไป, Town Planning / การวางผังเมือง, Vegetation / พืซ
The grounds of Wat Suan Dok lie outside the old Chiang Mai city moat to the west on Suthep Rd in the direction of the mountain of that name. (Click on any photo to see a description and again to magnify the image) The temple name Wat Suan Dok translates as Flower...
by Ricky Ward | Jan 23, 2017 | General / ทั่วไป, Vegetation / พืซ
A look at Udon Thani. Despite a lack lustre local government administration in Nakhorn Ping Chiang Mai , activities of a very informal, barely visible, network of environmentalists has been making inroads into the generally poor management of urban trees. From care...
by Ricky Ward | Dec 4, 2016 | Town Planning / การวางผังเมือง, Vegetation / พืซ
This is not the first time. Chiang Mai regularly sees gross acts of tree vandalism both by private land holders and state actors. People continually complain about chopping trees near powerlines when seldom is it necessary and almost never done in a way respectful of...
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...
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