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Sustainably Yours: Solving Phuket’s trash problem

Sustainably Yours: Solving Phuket’s trash problem

The Walrus and the Whistleblower: Heart-breaking documentary shines light on cruel corporate greed

The Walrus and the Whistleblower: Heart-breaking documentary shines light on cruel corporate greed

Sustainably Yours: Three green entrepreneurs

Sustainably Yours: Three green entrepreneurs

Green Thoughts: The ins and outs of fertilizers

Green Thoughts: The ins and outs of fertilizers

STEF keeps up the work to help elephants as COVID impact continues

STEF keeps up the work to help elephants as COVID impact continues

Sustainably Yours: 15 reasons to stop eating seafood

Sustainably Yours: 15 reasons to stop eating seafood
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Sustainably Yours: Solving Phuket’s trash problem
Sustainably Yours: Solving Phuket’s trash problem
Sunday 4 July 2021, 10:00AM
Looking at the state of waste on the island, here are 10 reasons we need industrial composting.
Sustainably Yours: Three green entrepreneurs
Sustainably Yours: Three green entrepreneurs
Sunday 13 June 2021, 10:00AM
As the world looks to reopening, it needs to consider making itself more sustainable. The current form of capitalism is based on profit maximization by selling the lowest-quality product and depending on good branding to get the highest price. This short-term thinking and ‘buy and throw away’ mentality has led us to the climate crisis that we are currently in. However, sustainability doesn’t need to come at the cost of profits and can benefit your brand. 
The Walrus and the Whistleblower: Heart-breaking documentary shines light on cruel corporate greed
The Walrus and the Whistleblower: Heart-breaking documentary shines light on cruel corporate greed
Saturday 12 June 2021, 11:00AM
There is an age-old saying in Hollywood that goes, “Write what you know.” That could well be the mantra for Canadian documentary filmmaker Nathalie Bibeau and her latest film The Walrus and the Whistleblower which is available on iWonder now.
Green Thoughts: The ins and outs of fertilizers
Green Thoughts: The ins and outs of fertilizers
Sunday 6 June 2021, 02:00PM
Today I bought some plant fertilizer. Hardly an earth-shattering event. But certainly an earth-improving one. True, there are agents which actually alter the very structure of your soil for the better – natural substances such as peat, coconut fibre or compost or more sophisticated agents such as vermiculite or volcanic perlite. All these so-called ‘amendments’ are named on account of their capacity to improve texture and aeration in your garden’s soil. Thus, in terrain that is light and sandy, they will be needed for better water retention: in flower beds composed of heavy clay, amendments will assist drainage and friability. Horses for courses.
STEF keeps up the work to help elephants as COVID impact continues
STEF keeps up the work to help elephants as COVID impact continues
Thursday 6 May 2021, 03:10PM
There has been a significant decline in the elephant population of Southern Thailand as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Phang Nga Province, which normally has more domesticated elephants than any other Southern Thailand province, the elephant population has dropped by a third of its normal number, reports the Southern Thailand Elephant Foundation (STEF).
Sustainably Yours: 15 reasons to stop eating seafood
Sustainably Yours: 15 reasons to stop eating seafood
Sunday 2 May 2021, 02:00PM
Following from our look at the Netflix documentary Seaspiracy last week, this week we look at 15 reasons you should quit eating seafood.
Sustainably Yours: It’s a ‘Seaspiracy’
Sustainably Yours: It’s a ‘Seaspiracy’
Sunday 25 April 2021, 02:00PM
A look at the documentary that has sparked cheers, rousing claims and criticism around the world.
Sustainably Yours: Science and Conspiracy Theories
Sustainably Yours: Science and Conspiracy Theories
Sunday 18 April 2021, 11:00AM
Jewish space lasers, the lizard oligarchy, QAnon, 5G causes COVID-19, the global pandemic is a hoax, Bill Gates is trying to microchip the world, the moon landing was faked, the Earth is flat. Conspiracy theories have always been with us, but mostly they remained on the fringe, with your weird uncle who claimed aliens abducted him. However, today thanks to the Internet and social media they’ve gone mainstream, but like theoretical physicist Lawrence Krause likes to say, “Keep an open mind, but not so open that your brain falls out.”
Green Thoughts: Greening your garden
Green Thoughts: Greening your garden
Sunday 11 April 2021, 02:00PM
Not all colour in your garden comes from flowers or fruit. After all, few flowers bloom all year round, and fruits are highly seasonal. Nor is foliage limited to conventional leaves: it can come in the form of casuarina needles – or distinctive succulent shapes that do not resemble leaves at all. Nonetheless, leafy plants are central to your tropic garden, the more so since evergreen foliage retains its hues all year round. Not just green either, but silver, bronze, red, purple, and of course, variegated.
Protecting what we value: World Water Day in Asean
Protecting what we value: World Water Day in Asean
Monday 22 March 2021, 04:54PM
The theme of this year’s celebration of World Water Day, commemorated today (Mar 22) is “Valuing Water,” which highlights the vital role of water sources – from our health and well-being to the sustainability of our society’s economic growth and development, notes Dr Theresa Mundita S. Lim, Executive Director of the Asean Centre for Biodiversity.
Sustainably Yours: Is Sustainable Capitalism the future?
Sustainably Yours: Is Sustainable Capitalism the future?
Sunday 21 February 2021, 02:00PM
To paraphrase comedian George Carlin, life is all about getting more stuff and wanting to have better stuff than other people’s stuff, but do you ever notice that their stuff is crap and your crap is stuff?
Khao Sok National Park named 50th Asean Heritage Park
Khao Sok National Park named 50th Asean Heritage Park
Thursday 18 February 2021, 03:04PM
Touted as the world’s oldest tropical evergreen forest, Khao Sok National Park, located just north of Phuket, has been declared an Asean Heritage Park (AHP). 
Wetlands: Our answers to water insecurity
Wetlands: Our answers to water insecurity
Tuesday 2 February 2021, 05:52PM
The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity expresses its solidarity with the rest of the world in celebrating World Wetlands Day and highlighting the urgency and need to conserve and protect wetlands ecosystems.
Green Thoughts: The beauty of floaters with an accent
Green Thoughts: The beauty of floaters with an accent
Sunday 31 January 2021, 02:00PM
If the lotus and water lily are likely to be main players in your Thai water-garden, there are others which can perform useful cameo roles. One such performer is the Egyptian papyrus (cyperus papyrus). Every schoolboy knows one fact about this plant: it was used to make the first paper. The second ‘fact’ is not common knowledge – namely that the ‘bulrushes’ in which the infant Moses was hidden, were almost certainly papyrus reeds.
Painting a brighter future for an endangered species
Painting a brighter future for an endangered species
Sunday 31 January 2021, 10:00AM
“Steven Spielberg has a lot to answer for,” German expat Holger Schwab quips when asked why the worldwide perception of sharks is predominantly negative.
Sustainably Yours: Preventing the next pandemic
Sustainably Yours: Preventing the next pandemic
Sunday 24 January 2021, 10:00AM
On January 13, 2020, Thailand had its first reported case of COVID-19 in Bangkok. It was also the first case outside of China, so the pandemic has been with us for about one year. 
Green Thoughts: Lilies – A Rainbow Nation
Green Thoughts: Lilies – A Rainbow Nation
Sunday 20 December 2020, 10:00AM
To expats, the water lily is a familiar and reassuring presence; indeed, there must be few goldfish ponds in Europe or America without a complement of nympheas. If that means they lack the sheer exoticism of the Asian-based lotus, they do possess the advantage of coming in a spectacular range of colours. That characteristic alone makes the water lily among the most popular of all cultivated plants.
Sustainably Yours: Rewilding Thailand
Sustainably Yours: Rewilding Thailand
Sunday 15 November 2020, 10:00AM
In his new Netflix documentary A Life On Our Planet BBC Presenter David Attenborough details the impact that humanity has had on nature in his over-50 years of reporting on the environment, and he discusses his hopes and fears for the future. During his lifetime, he notes that the world population has gone from 2.3 billion in 1937 to almost 7.82 billion in 2020, while the percent of the world’s forested land dropped from 66% to just 30%. 
Khao Sok eyed for Asean Heritage Park status
Khao Sok eyed for Asean Heritage Park status
Sunday 8 November 2020, 12:58PM
The stunning Khao Sok National Park north of Phuket is among the national parks being evaluated for being recognised as an Asean Heritage Park.
Green Thoughts: Walking on Water – Lotuses and Lilies
Green Thoughts: Walking on Water – Lotuses and Lilies
Sunday 25 October 2020, 11:00AM
Thailand has a high annual rainfall and Phuket is no exception to this, as anyone who has experienced the summer monsoon can testify. This year has been especially watery with precipitation likely to exceed 100 inches. But despite this abundance, Thais have a special reverence for water and its vital role in life. Expats drenched during  the April water festival of  songkran  quickly  realise that one of the impulses behind this celebration is to cleanse and renew, to herald the onset of the new rains that will bring life to the parched earth.
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