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Virus a wake-up call to change our bad habits
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 21/03/2020
» With Covid-19 infection cases soaring past 300 in a short time, we have now realised the battle with this disease will be much tougher than we thought. In other words, despite the predicament in Wuhan, we unforgivably underestimated the threat it posed.
Battle against foam starts at Sanam Luang
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 17/11/2016
» A few weeks ago, I raised concerns over the massive amount of waste at Sanam Luang, which has received several hundred thousand mourners seeking to pay respects before the Royal Urn since His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej's passing on Oct 13.
Your lunch is destroying our world
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 07/11/2014
» Here is a sobering statistic that, perhaps, could lead us to rethink our daily behaviour. The Pollution Control Department says the number of styrofoam lunch boxes that Thais dump into the environment comes to 61 million a day. This is a record.