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PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: 'Lifeguards' in-training? Billions for Southern unrest! No U-Turn flyover? || October 19
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: 'Lifeguards' in-training? Billions for Southern unrest! No U-Turn flyover? || October 19
It’s a big generalization, but on balance, the majority of potted plants available in the tropics enjoy a degree of shade.
Phuket Gardening: Top plants for shady spots
A survey of Pacific corals has found many severely bleached, some near-dead, according to marine researchers who warned recently that global warming threatened the precious ecosystem's very survival.
Pacific corals in 'worrying' state: researchers
Scientists freely acknowledge they don't know everything about how global warming affects hurricanes like the ones that pummelled southeast Texas and Florida recently.
Cyclones and climate change: Connecting the dots
Any professional horticulturist will tell you that flexible black grow-bags are the cheapest plant containers available.
Phuket Gardening: The proof is in the potting
Phuket Hotels Association launches beach clean-up drive
Phuket Life / Environment
Tuesday 5 September 2017, 10:56AM
PHUKET: The Phuket Hotels Association is encouraging locals and tourists to value the beauty of Phuket’s world renowned beaches and surrounding Andaman seas through a Hearts with Hands, Keep Phuket Clean beach clean-up event on Saturday, Sept 16.
Phuket Gardening: Paper wasps, horrid hornets and honey bees
Phuket Life / Environment
Sunday 3 September 2017, 10:00AM
It is amazing what can happen to your property in Thailand when you go away for a while. I have heard tales of a couple returning to piles of collapsed furniture – the result of termite infestation.
Billions of tons of plastic waste are piling up and there’s no end in sight
Phuket Life / Environment
Monday 14 August 2017, 01:00PM
The world has a plastic problem. More than 8.3 billion metric tons of it have been produced on Earth, with most dumped into landfills or the oceans, US researchers reported recently. The report in the journal Science Advances is described as “the first global analysis of all mass-produced plastics,” and warns that an even more dire scenario lies ahead. At the current pace, 12bn metric tons of plastic waste will be discarded in landfills or in the environment by 2050. This amount is about 35,000 times as heavy as the Empire State Building in New York City. “Most plastics don’t biodegrade in any meaningful sense, so the plastic waste humans have generated could be with us for hundreds or even thousands of years,” said Jenna Jambeck, study co-author and associate professor of engineering at the University of Georgia. “Our estimates underscore the need to think critically about the materials we use and our waste management practices.” Researchers compiled their data from production statistics for resins, fibres and additives from a variety of industry sources. The report found that as of 2015, nearly 6.3bn metric tons of plastic waste was generated on our planet. A total of 79% of that plastic waste accumulated in landfills or the environment, including the oceans. Despite widespread efforts toward re-usability, only 9% was recycled. Another 12% was incinerated, a process that can also be harmful to the environment. Recycling is not much help when it comes to plastics, because they do not dissolve in the environment. None of the plastics in widespread use are biodegradable. Just over two tons of plastics were produced globally in 1950, when mass manufacturing of the durable material began, said the report. By 2015, that number skyrocketed to over 440 million tons, outpacing most other man-made materials, with the exception of steel and cement. About half of the total amount of plastics produced from 1950 to 2015 has been made in just the past 13 years. While steel and cement are used for years, most plastic is used in packaging – think plastic water bottles or snack food packaging that are used once and discarded. “Roughly half of all the steel we make goes into construction, so it will have decades of use – plastic is the opposite,” said Roland Geyer, lead author of the paper and associate professor in University of California, Santa Barbara’s Bren School of Environmental Science and Management. “Half of all plastics become waste after four or fewer years of use.” The share of plastics in municipal solid waste increased from less than 1% in 1960 to more than 10% by 2005 in middle- and high-income countries. Plastic debris can now be found in oceans all over the world. The same team of researchers reported in 2015 eight million metric tons of plastic entered the oceans in 2010.
PSU and Patong Municipality lead environmental project in Patong
Phuket Life / Environment
Saturday 5 August 2017, 02:00PM
The Faculty of Technology and Environment (FTE) of Prince of Songkla University’s (PSU) Phuket campus, held a press conference on Thursday, June 20, at Loma Park in Patong to launch its “Save Phuket Beach” environmental project.
Phuket Gardening: Going potty for pretty plants
Phuket Life / Environment
Saturday 5 August 2017, 12:00PM
Why bother with potted plants if you have a proper garden? After all, container plants are labour-intensive, need frequent watering and may eventually get root-bound and outgrow their pots.
Green Thoughts: Nature’s own pest controllers
Phuket Life / Environment
Sunday 9 July 2017, 10:00AM
My name is Patrick Campbell. I have lived happily on this island Eden since 2004 with my Thai partner Wan. All very different from my upbringing in rural, austerity England, where I first developed an abiding passion for the countryside – which I recently described in my memoir Plums to Persia.
Surf Thailand: Phuket’s surf season is cranking up with some impressive swells
Phuket Life / Environment
Saturday 3 June 2017, 12:00PM
Unfortunately it happens every year in Phuket. The rains subside, the winds swing around and blow from the east-northeast and, sadly for some, the swells fizzle out.
UWCT students lead new Marine Animal and Nature Trust Association
Phuket Life / Environment
Thursday 25 May 2017, 10:00AM
The Marine Animal and Nature Trust Association (Manta) is a student led co-curricular activity reflective of the United World College Thailand’s (UWCT) focus and engagement in Marine Conservation.
Laguna Phuket plants 2000 trees with staff and community volunteers
Phuket Life / Environment
Wednesday 24 May 2017, 04:00PM
On Friday, May 19, Laguna Phuket marked the 11th year of its “Greening Community” initiative by planting 2,000 trees; 1,000 mangrove saplings at Baan Thala Village in Paklog, a sub-district in Thalang area of Phuket, and 1,000 eggplant trees at the nearby Phuket Elderly Home.
Mai Khao turtle release ceremony to take place on Songkran Day
Phuket Life / Environment
Monday 10 April 2017, 09:30AM
The JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa, in collaboration with The Mai Khao Marine Turtle Foundation and its partners, will be hosting the 8th annual Mai Khao Turtle Release, which is scheduled during the Songkran Festival on April 13, from 2.30pm-4.30pm.
Laguna Phuket launches 40 young sea turtles on their epic ocean adventures
Phuket Life / Environment
Wednesday 5 April 2017, 09:23AM
Forty young sea turtles were released into the waters of the Andaman Sea to begin their lifelong ocean odysseys at Laguna Phuket’s 23rd annual sea turtle release last Sunday, April 2 from the beach at the Phuket Marine Biological Centre (PMBC).
New study confirms Thailand home to rare breeding tiger population
Phuket Life / Environment
Tuesday 28 March 2017, 07:55PM
In a welcome sign of hope for the endangered tiger, a new scientific survey has confirmed the presence of the world’s second breeding population of Indochinese tigers and provided the first photographic evidence of tiger cubs in eastern Thailand.
Myanmar's 'smiling' Irrawaddy dolphins on brink of extinction
Phuket Life / Environment
Saturday 18 March 2017, 10:00AM
Tears fill Maung Lay's eyes as he describes losing the dolphin he knew since his childhood, the latest casualty of a battle against pollution and electro-fishing that may see the species disappear in Myanmar.
Battle rages for the Mekong
Phuket Life / Environment
Saturday 4 February 2017, 10:15AM
Pecking free of its shell, a River Lapwing chick stretches its legs. It has no idea it's hiding in plain sight. The soft hue of its feathers, a mosaic of shades mirroring the Mekong River's gravel beneath its feet, provides perfect camouflage as it readies to dutifully follow its parents mere moments after taking its first breath.
Air pollution: No time to breath easy
Phuket Life / Environment
Tuesday 17 January 2017, 01:09PM
Air pollution is now one of the most pressing global environmental concerns. While nine out of the ten most polluted cities in the world lie in India and Pakistan, that leaves no room for complacency amongst other countries.
Meet The Natives: Heart shaped moonseed
Phuket Life / Environment
Friday 9 September 2016, 01:00PM
Thailand is very well-known for unique flavours in traditional foods, made by spices sourced from various herbs. Apart from spicing up delicious cuisine, many Thai herbs also have medicinal and therapeutic value.
Popular to the bitter end
Phuket Life / Environment
Sunday 24 July 2016, 12:00PM
One of many strange bitter gourds.
Beyond the pink of dragon fruit
Phuket Life / Environment
Tuesday 28 June 2016, 04:48PM
Health experts claim that a bite of this wildly nutritious tropical superfood can deliver a cornucopia of benefits for the human body.
Mövenpick Hotels scores high on 'Green Globe' report
Phuket Life / Environment
Monday 6 June 2016, 04:16PM
PHUKET: The certification body's 2015 report on Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts revealed the Swiss hospitality firm has an overall average compliance score of 84 per cent, an impressive 2.5 per cent higher than the average of all Green Globe certified members worldwide (81.5 per cent).
Snake fruit looks as strange as it’s named
Phuket Life / Environment
Friday 27 May 2016, 05:20PM
The sweet and sour Southeast Asian fruit explained
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