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Weaving a greener future
Life, Published on 15/04/2024
» Art viewers are invited to contemplate environmental transformation and advocate for sustainable practices during "Threads Of Change", which is running at Warin Lab Contemporary, until May 25.
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Towards a greener future
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 10/04/2024
» Plastic pollution has a negative effect on the environment, ecosystems, wildlife and human health. To reduce this scourge, 175 nations agreed to develop a legally binding agreement to address such pollution within the marine environment, known as the Global Plastic Treaty, during the 5th United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya. A draft of the treaty is expected to be completed by the end of this year.
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Chao Phraya River gets a cleanup boat
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 03/04/2024
» Last week, The Ocean Cleanup, a non-profit organisation headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, that develops technologies to rid plastic from oceans, officially deployed its first solar-powered cleanup boat/system in the Chao Phraya River at the Commemoration of His Majesty the King Rama X's 6th Cycle Birthday Park in Bangkok's Bang Kho Laem district.
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Siam Society presents a talk on conservation
Life, Published on 14/03/2024
» Siam Society is holding a lecture on "One Planet, One Chance", conducted by Joakim Odelberg, one of Sweden's most respected conservation film and photojournalists, producers and underwater filmmakers, on March 21 at 7pm.
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Unseen realities
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 11/03/2024
» Artist Thidarat "Mariem" Chantachua is known for using Islamic patterns, threads and embroidery but because she wears a hijab, people assume she comes from one of the three southernmost provinces. At the exhibition "Invisible Town", Thidarat reveals that she grew up near a landfill and waste management centre in the On Nut area of Bangkok.
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Seeing through Thai haze
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 20/02/2024
» According to the Thailand Development Research Institute, the government became aware of PM2.5 pollution in 2018 when the Pollution Control Department included PM2.5 in the calculation of the air quality index.
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Step into an invisible town
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 29/01/2024
» Bangkok artist Thidarat “Mariem” Chantachua has always believed that art can change the world. In her solo exhibition, “Invisible Town”, Mariem is out to prove it.
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An artist's ode to our pollution crisis
Life, Published on 25/01/2024
» Bangkok's buried stories will be unearthed during "Invisible Town", which will take place at SAC Gallery, from Saturday to March 23.
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Where to ring in the New Year
Life, Published on 28/12/2023
» Only four days left until we kiss goodbye to all things past -- good or bad -- and begin the New Year with a big smile and full of hope. For those looking for fun on the last night of year, many leading shopping malls in Bangkok are preparing a line-up of exciting countdown extravaganzas guaranteed to usher everyone into 2024 in a memorable way, free of charge. Here are some of the highlights.
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Artist raises awareness of microplastic pollution through art
Life, Published on 13/12/2023
» Pratchaya Charernsook, a young artist, driven by her concern for microplastic pollution, has been using microplastics as a major material in her artwork since 2019. Her latest mixed media and microplastic artwork, Chumphon Estuary, depicts a bird's-eye view of the Chumphon Estuary, allowing viewers to observe the interconnection in the area and the river's passage into the ocean. The artwork was created using bits of plastic pieces that she collected from the Chumphon Estuary's and nearby areas.
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