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Bags of opportunities
News, Published on 01/10/2019
» A whale found in Songkhla last year and a baby dugong Mariam are among the victims. Two million tons of plastic debris is tossed away into the ocean each year, killing an uncountable number of marine creatures. Thailand ranks the world’s sixth-biggest generator of plastic waste into the sea but now the tragic deaths of marine life are alarming and waking us up to the need to protect and rehabilitate the environment - not only for animals, but for our own descendants.
Environmental activists get down and dirty on mass cleanup day
AFP, Published on 21/09/2019
» PARIS - Thousands of volunteers wielding nets and bin bags scoured coasts, parks and riverbanks across the globe Saturday, in a litter-picking drive highlighting the vast quantity of trash dumped worldwide, a day after mass international climate protests.
Korat dorms hit hard by drop in university enrolment
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 25/08/2019
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Operators of dormitories say their businesses have been severely affected by a sharp drop in the numbers of students entolled at universities in the past few years.
9.00 น. กลุ่มนักศึกษา, จิตอาสา และประชาชน ร่วมกิจกรรมเก็บขยะ และดูแลสิ่งแวดล้อม พร้อมกับ แยกขยะทุกประเภท ที่วัดจากแดง ที่หาดบางกระเจ้า
Published on 25/08/2019
» จิตอาสากลุ่ม Trash Hero Bangkok ร่วมกับนักศึกษาหลักสูตรประกาศนียบัตรผู้นำยุคใหม่ในระบอบประชาธิปไตย รุ่น 1-5 (ปนป.1-5) สถาบันพระปกเกล้า และอาสาสมัครจากหลากหลายองค์กรกว่า 200 คนมาร่วมกิจกรรมเก็บขยะที่ชายหาดบางกระเจ้า ริมแม่น้ำเจ้าพระยา จ.สมุทรปราการ โดนการเก็บขยะครั้งนี้เป็นการเก็บที่มีอาสาสมัครเข้าร่วมมากที่สุด เป็นประวัติการตั้งแต่ Trash Hero เริ่มขึ้นเมื่อเดือนธันวาคมปี 2556 ที่เกาะหลีเป๊ะ จ.สตูล From counting and weighing today.. 387 glass bottles 422 plastic bottles 2100 straws (approximately) Styrofoam - one giant bagful 185 lighters 223 shoes 22,500 elastic bands (approximately - we stopped after 17,500 and there was still a large bag left) 37.3kg of separated plastic bags + 26 extra ‘necklaces’ 3.8kg of drink cartons/tetrapacks 9 pieces of hazardous cans/material 370.7kg of everything else++++++++++++++Published caption::'Trash Hero Bangkok’ volunteers take part in a clean-up activity at Samut Prakan’s Bang Krachao yesterday. Pornprom Satrabhaya
Food systems hurting the planet
News, Published on 12/08/2019
» The way we produce, consume and discard food is no longer sustainable. That much is clear from the newly released UN climate change report which warns that we must rethink how we produce our food -- and quickly -- to avoid the most devastating impacts of global food production, including massive deforestation, staggering biodiversity loss and accelerating climate change.
Fishing for plastic on Amsterdam's eco-friendly canal cruises
AFP, Published on 26/07/2019
» AMSTERDAM - Equipped with fishing rods and thick gloves, a group of people peers into the water from one of the many boats that line Amsterdam's famous canals.
The long and winding road
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 22/07/2019
» The Appalachian Trail is a famous 3,500km-long scenic hiking track in the US, attracts about 2 million people each year. It winds its way through 14 states, across wild lands, roads and farms. Attempting the trail is no small task.
'Personal grudge' behind deady anime arson
Published on 19/07/2019
» TOKYO: A 41-year-old man being held in connection with a deadly arson attack at a Kyoto animation studio has admitted to using petrol to set fire to the three-storey building and indicated that personal grudge was a likely motive, local police said on Friday.
All You Need Is Paco
Guru, Pasavat Tanskul, Published on 12/07/2019
» I may not be an art enthusiast/fanatic but I do appreciate any work of art when I see one. The amount of visual creativity and artistic effort one has put into something is quite admirable and rewarding for them. So when I stepped into Paco Bangkok, a small but cosy smoothie bowl cafe whose owners inject a bit of art into their desserts, you can colour me impressed with what I saw. But would I also be impressed with what I tasted? Read on to find out.
Graduate found dead, note to relatives
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 25/06/2019
» SAMUT PRAKAN: A new graduate was found dead in his bedroom with a stove and pot containing ashes, along with bottles and cans of beer, at a condominium on Soi Abac in Bang Bo district early Tuesday morning.