The Green Post

YOUR MONTHLY, GREEN ISLAND UPDATE!

Volume 1—issue 4 July—August 2009

Low Carbon school, Baan Plai Laem, opens

The second school has just became “Mor Wee”, and local dignitaries from
Green and , under the banner of the the school and hotels on koh samui.
low carbon school project.
Baan Plai leam school, next to the fa-
mous temple in Bangrak.
The school has been adopted by
Tongsai bay, Pi Jul, and her team have
been working very hard to establish a
separation section, garden areas for
the children to grow their own herbs
and spices.
On the day of the opening Tongsai
and the school had great green games
set up to bring out the best in the chil-
dren, a wonderful presentation and
speech from the local Government.
Khun Suraphong “the Tanrong” or as- Inside this issue:
sistant to the mayor of koh samui,
gave his speech and recognition of the ADOPTING A SCHOOL 2
project, Head of the Village khun Vit,
khun Paisal or better known to all as 2
MAJOR BEACH CLEAN UP

LOW CARBON SCHOOL 2

Children from the school doing a Traditional Dance PROJECTS

The children form the school perform- JOHN ENS AND THE DUTCH 3
UNIVERSITY
ing a traditional welcome dance, in
color full costumes. FOC , REDUCE, RECYCLE 4
REUSE

OBSERVATIONS ON THE 5
ILSAND CLEAN UP

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The compost pile
All the children get a
taste of how to collect
their waste, then turn this
into a fertilizer they can
use for the trees and
herbs at the school
The gardening team of
Tongsai Bay have taken
time and effort, the chil-
dren in this photo are
demonstrating what they
have been taught, that’s
the way to go.

WE MUST TEACH
Preparing to Make EM
OUR CHILDREN
WHIL THEY ARE The children getting their
YOUNG AND
hands dirty with waste
separation and prepara-
READY TO LEARN
tion for composting and
AND WILLING TO EM production.
CHANGE,
Once we educate them
PARENTS MUST
young in many yeas
TODAY TAKE PART
down the line they will
IN THE take over and take hold
DEVELOPMENT OF of the way we should be
THEIR CHILDREN! moving, Going Green
and mean.

Get the kids to weigh all their garbage

Onto the scales, lets see
how much we can sepa-
rate and how we can
reduce form going into
the waste heap.
There is money in gar-
bage and pigs of course

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Taking into account
Teach them young to
take account of what
they can sell, by doing
things that matter chil-
dren will become more
attune to saving money
and separating their own
garbage.
There is no better time
than when they are
young and willing to
learn

FOC - Reduce, Recycle, Reuse THERE IS A NEED

TODAY AND FOR
From all this waste they
are able to collect money THE NEXT FEW
to purchase books, and HUNDRED EYARS
items they need for the TO MAINTAIN ND
school. IMPROVE OUR
Each school has its own PLANET, UNLESS
log book and weighs all WE DON'T ATEK
the items for sale.
ACTION TODAY
TOMORROW
WILL BE THE END

Bring it in!
Tongsai bay are able to
convert one school room
that was empty into a
proper recycling room.

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Recycle, Reduce and reuse, one way to go and that is forward

OUR COMBSAT SQUIREL IS OUT AGAIN

He's all dressed up, combat gear in toe, you must be aware that
nature will fight back, as it has done for millions of years, we
share their world, we destroy their world in the name of pro-
gress and production, prosperity.
Where has this got us today, a world that needs repairing and
who can do that? It must be all of us.
Nature needs our support, get planting trees, don't wait until
tomorrow start growing seedlings.
We don't need to see the wild animals in zoos, they belong out
there, its their home before we came along, lets live with them,
protect them.

What can be done from Trash!

It was a wonderful display at the Bai leam school the
children had worked hard to create something out of
nothing.

Painted egg shells, plastic water containers or buckets

made from water bottles, small bottles decorated with
sand for small ornaments.
Coconut bowls.

Egg cartons changed to become boards on the walls,

or turned into picture frames.