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In conversation with accidental environmentalist Saurabh Gupta

In conversation with accidental environmentalist Saurabh Gupta

Soi Dog Foundation’s clean-ups net five tonnes of waste at Mai Khao

Soi Dog Foundation’s clean-ups net five tonnes of waste at Mai Khao

Green Thoughts: More ornamental shrubs well worth cultivating

Green Thoughts: More ornamental shrubs well worth cultivating

Saving the elephant

Saving the elephant

Rare photo captures sea lion falling into mouth of whale

Rare photo captures sea lion falling into mouth of whale

Community groups create five-step plan to clean up Phuket using nature’s tools

Community groups create five-step plan to clean up Phuket using nature’s tools
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New Blue List highlights Thailand’s shark fin free hotels
New Blue List highlights Thailand’s shark fin free hotels
Thursday 25 April 2013, 12:00PM
BANGKOK: As part of global Earth Day initiatives, Thai celebrities, students, conservationists, and leading hospitality industry representatives gathered to launch a Blue List promoting hotels in Thailand that are 100 per cent shark fin free.
Phuket Environment: Composting is easier than you think
Phuket Environment: Composting is easier than you think
Thursday 18 April 2013, 10:32AM
PHUKET: If you’ve ever thrown a banana peel in the yard or buried a pet, you’ve already started composting, which is actually nothing more than letting things decay the natural way.
Thailand’s renewable energy possibilities
Thailand’s renewable energy possibilities
Thursday 11 April 2013, 09:28AM
PHUKET: Among the expat community in Phuket there is a growing sense of frustration with regards to the severe environmental issues on the island.
Phuket: JW Marriot release 100 turtles for charity
Phuket: JW Marriot release 100 turtles for charity
Friday 5 April 2013, 11:53AM
PHUKET: One hundred turtles were released as part of the 4th Mai Khao Turtle Release event, hosted at the JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa on March 29.
Tune Hotels launch community beautification project across Thailand
Tune Hotels launch community beautification project across Thailand
Friday 29 March 2013, 09:43AM
PHUKET: Tune Hotels has launched a regional community project to beautify the neighbourhoods in which they operate.
Phuket Green groups kick trash to the kerb
Phuket Green groups kick trash to the kerb
Wednesday 27 March 2013, 12:51PM
PHUKET: It’s been a long, hard and painfully-problematic slog, but it looks like Phuket will finally have roadside recycling stations from as early as the end of next month.
Phuket: The way to save Racha Yai Island
Phuket: The way to save Racha Yai Island
Monday 25 March 2013, 12:32PM
PHUKET: The unfortunate plight of Racha Yai island has been in many media outlets – both Thai and English – of late. The stories are about its many environmental issues and problems, including piles of garbage, polluted water, land encroachment and reef damage.
Phuket prepares to mark Earth Hour 2013
Phuket prepares to mark Earth Hour 2013
Tuesday 12 March 2013, 10:32AM
PHUKET: At 8.30pm on Saturday 23 March 2013, Earth Hour will celebrate a worldwide commitment to ongoing change for the betterment of the one thing that unites us all – the planet.
There’s no cost to compost in Phuket
There’s no cost to compost in Phuket
Tuesday 12 March 2013, 10:23AM
PHUKET: I have a compost heap and I’ve been thinking about what I have to do in order to compost for our house. The more I think about it, the more I realise most people living here won’t do it.
Taiwan turns plastic junk into blankets, dolls
Taiwan turns plastic junk into blankets, dolls
Monday 11 March 2013, 12:49PM
TAIPEI: Some 40 people stand ankle-deep in used plastic bottles in the yard of a recycling station in Taipei, stamping them flat in the first step of a process that will transform the junk into usable goods.
Freeland says 'enough is enough' to ivory trade
Freeland says 'enough is enough' to ivory trade
Thursday 7 March 2013, 10:56AM
BANGKOK: “Enough is enough. Ivory trade and conservation are incompatible” says former Chair of the CITES Standing Committee which implemented ivory sales in 1999
Phuket: Govt draws the line on shark, manta ray listing
Wednesday 6 March 2013, 11:26AM
BANGKOK: The Department of Fisheries is unhappy with a proposal by the United States and South American nations to put sharks and manta rays on Cites's protection list to control international trade of the fish species.
Phuket: Release-a-turtle tickets raise cash for conservation
Phuket: Release-a-turtle tickets raise cash for conservation
Tuesday 19 February 2013, 04:25PM
PHUKET: More than B200,000 was raised at a Sunset Turtle Release Event held at the XANA Beach Club on February 8.
Phuket: Enough talk, more action
Phuket: Enough talk, more action
Tuesday 19 February 2013, 03:21PM
PHUKET: Part shock tactic, part stark warning, environmental organisation SEEK has decided upon artwork for its manifesto of 26 indicators designed to rescue the island – five dystopian images of a Phuket beset with pollution, ruin and devastation. An island in peril, circa 20 years hence.
Phuket: Campaign launched for ‘Fin Free Thailand’
Phuket: Campaign launched for ‘Fin Free Thailand’
Monday 18 February 2013, 04:03PM
BANGKOK: Thai environmental groups, celebrities, students, prominent chefs and businesses launched a new nationwide campaign to stop the sale and consumption of shark fin on Februray 10.
Swissotel Le Concorde goes 'Fin Free'
Swissotel Le Concorde goes 'Fin Free'
Monday 18 February 2013, 03:25PM
BANGKOK: Today, Fin Free Thailand is pleased to announce that five-star hotel, Swissotel Le Concorde Bangkok, has signed the Fin Free pledge and publicly stated a new policy completely banning the serving and sale of shark fin.
Phuket divers: We belong to the sea
Phuket divers: We belong to the sea
Monday 11 February 2013, 11:15AM
PHUKET: In a double bid to clean the waters of Patong and raise awareness of the damaging shark finning trade, Patong-based Scuba Cat Diving company is hosting a ‘Dive Against Debris’ and ‘Get Swimming to End Shark Finning’ (Finathon) event on February 16, around Paradise Reef nearby Patong.
Finding the right direction for Phuket
Finding the right direction for Phuket
Friday 8 February 2013, 09:21AM
PHUKET: For the coming year, SEEK will be gathering information on system status and trying to complete a Phuket Sustainability Report, which will be used as a guideline for further planning, actions and initiatives to help develop a more sustainable Phuket.
Saving all of Phuket’s marine life
Saving all of Phuket’s marine life
Monday 28 January 2013, 09:00AM
PHUKET: Judging by the seemingly constant string of turtle release programmes hosted by hotels, resorts and charities on the island, one may be easily forgiven for thinking that the cute, high-profile sea creatures are the only animals in peril in the waters around Phuket.
Are we all just wasting our Phuket time?
Are we all just wasting our Phuket time?
Monday 21 January 2013, 09:49AM
PHUKET: January 11th's IBAP meeting entitled ‘Waste Management’ was, although rather poorly attended, a lively, interesting and surprisingly useful affair.
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