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SPECILA EDITION LOW CARBON SCHOOL PROJECT
Issue 3 Special Edition June / July 2009
The Launch of the Low Carbon school Projects
15th June 2009, was an event that created
a combined effort between Thai Hotel Asso-
ciation Members, the Local Government, the
Mayor of koh Samui, and the local schools of
Samui, joined forces, hands to create a low
carbon school project.
A budget of 50,000 baht per school was
given, from this money the schools under strict
control and regulations can us this money to
create more space for recycling, improve
their facilities, while working along with their
adopted hotels.
A grand performance was given at the
opening of the low carbon school at The Koh
Samui school in Nathorn, a school holding
over 1,200 children from kindergarten up to
grade 6.
A month back frantic action was taken to
ensure the school was ready and the support
of the Local government went into action the
kitchen garden and projects were initiated in
line with the Sila Evason, a six senses resort
and spa property here on samui.
This project was supervised by khun
Prapakorn Huntontan ( Nut) through her
A Greener Koh Samui is launched
The Banner that launched a new direction on
koh Samui, where the children and schools will
begin their push for a Greener samui.
All four organizations have committed to be
presented under the Green Island project.
TAKS, THA, T.A.T and the Local Government
all share one direction the future of our chil-
dren and their children futures to come.
Without them we cannot be a Green Island.
7th June 2009
dedication and the support of her gardening
and engineering teams they set about in mo-
tion a first on Samui and one of ten projects
this year which are on going.
A dedicated sub Team of the THA Greens
was in action for three months initiating and
setting up their projects island wide, the or-
ganization and final delivery of this opening
went without a hitch over 600 people and
children came to launch this very special day.
Booths were set up form the 10 schools and
Pi Linag hotels to show what goes on in their
establishments, children were hard at work in
showing hat can be made of recycled items,
the costumes for the parade form each school
were all made of recycled items, the parade
and marching band made this an unforgetta-
ble event.
The Mayor and his team made a full commit-
ment for Koh Samui, they came in their lime
green polo shirts with the green island logo. Inside this issue:
Each school was given a sign board to initi-
ADOPTING A SCHOOL 2
ate this project and each hotel was given a
placard.
MAJOR BEACH CLEAN UP 2
COUNTDOWN FOR THE 2
LOW CARBON SCHOOLS
GREEN WAVE, A WAVE OF 3
TREES WORLD WIDE
CENTARA GRAND 4
REGATTA, REGENT AND 5
MELATI & ZAZEN
THOSE THAT MATTER! 6
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Members of the THA & President
An auspicious day, the 9 horsemen take centre stage with the
President of THA, Khun Ruegnam to receive their awards in
recognition of their support of the Low carbon school projects
on behalf of their hotels and their staff.
Khun Somrod, Bang Talingnam, Khun Brent Four seasons,
Khun Martin Centara Grand, Khun Peter Paradise beach,
The President khun Ruegnam, Khun John Ens Rocky resort,
Khun John Kandaburi resort, Khun David Sila Evason Hide-
away.
A new beginning and a new chapter on koh Samui.
On behalf of all the hotels, We would like to thank you all
for the great support in making this day a great event.

The entire Tessban team with the Mayor and GMs

A great picture, the entire team of Mayor Rammanet, the

General managers, heads of the 10 schools and teachers.
One for all and all for one!
Forward we go

The Mayor and the first School

A historic day for the Tessban and THA on Koh Samui, the
grandest day yet The Mayor with the team of six senses and
the koh Samui school in Nathorn receiving their plaque that
will be set on the wall in recognition and contribution to lead-
ing the children on a greener foot path on koh Samui.
Low Carbon school project is now official and moving forward
15 more schools to go in 2010.

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Paradise Beach resort and Wat Chaeng school, wat Saket school with Baan Taling nam

Four Seasons with wat Samuttharam school, and

Wat Boondarikaram school, belo w wat sawang arom school right

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Dog Rescue
Koh Samui has a wonderful savior, in Brigitte and her team
leading what is now a 10 year old project to safe guard
the lives of all cats and dogs on koh samui.
Over 450 dogs at both shelters, and 200 cats make this a
place to reckon with, 4 tons of food is required each month
to feed those hungry cats and dogs.
THA and other establishment on koh samui have dog bins in
their hotels to save food scraps to add a feast of sorts for
the dogs and cats, they are part of the recycling process on
koh Samui.
With the aid of local doctors they have taken care of thou-
sands of dogs over the years, many have been adopted
overseas, a real Florence nightingale of the Animal world.
They brought some of their family along to show the kids.

GIDOA, The Green Island Diving Association

Once again out of the water they came and onto
the land, like fish out of water and well prepared
for a great presentation, the kids loved the dis-
play and what can be seen under the waves.
Captain nemo and nemo was there himself,
GIDOA will push ahead with their program in
conjunction with project aware, Green island pro-
jects and their own reef and beach awareness
programs.
Many wonderful things will evolve under the
waves very soon from GIDOA a big thanks for the
contribution and presentation.

Koh Samui school and six senses a hat from the team at wat geng
.

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Old Egg trays and Milk cartons
Its so simple, but we forget the things that matter, when we
grew up over 30 years and more how many of us did the
science classes or the home economics and outdoor pursuits.
Making paper from old egg cartons, mixed with water
and a bag of corn starch can result in some very interest-
ing products, add a few dried leaves or herbs, and some
food color, you have your own paper shop to sell as
wrapping or decorative items.
Make the mixture thicker then you come up with a pin
board for your wall.
don't forget the milk carton hats, 20 minutes to make one,
Great to keep the sun at bay, great to teach the kids how
to use their hands.

Bean sprouts anyone

The white tub holds over 5kg of fresh bean sprouts, made
at Paradise beach resort, a great way to have a fresh
product in your own home or hotel, cheap to make and at
the price we pay today and the waste we get from pur-
chasing fresh bean sprouts from the market, the next day
they have gone soggy and need to be converted to com-
post.

Plenty of home made compost and fertilizers in those

bags.

EM production
From scraps of fruit peelings, to pandanus leaf, or just a
mixture of left over's, mixed with either brown sugar or
molasses and hey presto in 30 to 45 days you have a
products.
That cleans floors, removes smells, adds vitality ot the gar-
dens and even you if you want to mix with some honey and
hot water produces a nice healthy tonic.
Keeps well— if we all begin to so in small containers at
home we would benefit all over.
don't just think, do it! Get EM ining

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From garbage to gold and all that glitters
Wonders never sees to excite us what can be made
from garbage and still today we throw all these
items away under a cloud of ignorance or not want-
ing to take care.
Take heed my friends out there who throw away a
fortune someone is collecting and making his fortune,
so why don't you start.
Coke and sprite cans turned into wind charms, very
pleasing for the eye and the environment.
No matter how long we keep this it can be re sold
for the pot of gold!

Centara Grand Beach Resort.

Take a closer look at these products made from pa-

per and old magazines, hats fit fro a queen, bas-
kets so intricately put together from tiny hands and
many an hour listening to the radio or talking away.

The baskets are sold for guests at Centara Grand,

hand made products from recycled items, that’s the
way to go.

Tongsai Bay and their presentations

One of koh samui s most greener hotels, with a
healthy attitude towards what must be done to survive
for the future.
EM inning, herbs and spices gardens, composting, re-
cycling in a large scale, it works take some time and
affection towards the task at hand this is where Tong-
sai bay comes head and shoulders above many in
regards to their commitment to the environment and
the future of this planet.

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In conjunction with the Samui regatta on 4th June, Blue-

water International school set up a major beach clean up
on Bangrak beach.
Yes once again this beach has been cleaned four times
this year, this shows you the amount of garbage we all
leave behind.
Over 200 participants came along, the yaughties, THA
members, local community, school children, samui rescue,

Rocky’s
More Em for production, compost and a variety of
herbs and spices, again hotels and resorts have set up
their small kitchen gardens and from these small gar-
dens and a large quantity of produce produced form
small plots.

Looks like something out of Dads Army during the war,

small plots of gardens where each house grew his own
fruits veg and herbs.

Take a look home grown organic vegies

What does it take to grow some garden greens nothing
much, just a small plot of land and hey presto, the
greens appear.
Most of the hotels on Samui have their own garden
plots for flowers fruit and veg, and its not a new thing
it’s a thing of the past—where we have overlooked
what has been done behind.
Fresh lettuce, lemon grass sweet and one for the pot,
fresh chilies, sweet basil and hot basil, Pandanus leaf—
we can add and add to the list.

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The Board of the Imperial koh Samui

Imperial Group koh samui moving forward and into the next
levels of Recycling with Green leaf and

Koh Samui school and six senses

Re using the coconut palms to cover and shade

young seedlings for the gardens another way to
reuse, then after they have fully dried they can be
chopped up into mulch or put through the machine
and mulched to a finer consistency.

EM production at koh samui school

The set up for the EM, effective microorganism, shed
at the koh Samui school, under the guidance of the
six senses resort and spa her eon koh samui, a well
defined location with ample space to produce the EM

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Koh Samui schools pilot garden project
A great initiative form the Six senses, in setting
up and producing such a wonderful garden lay-
out in just under a month with the support of khun
Paisal from the Tessban And his team.
An enclosed nursery, gives you seedlings a
chance to grow without interference from the
bugs and caterpillars that eat them.
This style of netting can be re located in time to
other areas if need be.

Borders and Bedding

Various stages of development of garden
vegetables and herbs, re using old bamboo
poles form a previous project, and mulch and
Em to enhance the value of the soil can produce
wonderful herbs, veggies.

Water Hyathin

A very versatile water plant, can be used to

clean the water, grows at a very alarming rate,
can be used to make furniture, mats, hats, dry it
out and make food for the pigs.
Grows all over the country.
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The pond at koh samui school

A great effort was made to clean up this wonderful

pond with its hanging Banyan tree with roots over 3
meters tall.
This ornamental tree must be well over a century old
and still growing strong covers most of the pool,
great for shade and has a very high nesting popu-
lation inside.

Students trying their hands out!

One of the demonstrations held at the school, re

used egg cartons that are made form paper and
chopped up, mixed with water then blended to
have a porridge consistency.
Color can be added with some corn starch to hold
the paper or cardboard still when it dried out.
Here you can see the children trying their hand in
making a sheet of paper.
Dip the frame in the mixture bring it out carefully
and hey presto you have the sheet ready to dry.
Great for gift wraps and bouquets of flowers, and
its all recycled.

Games to be played

Environmental games were played with the students

to get them interacting and taking notice of what
goes on and what they should be doing for the fu-
ture.
It was well taken by the students—games for all

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4 new shredders on the Island

Wow four new mulchers are on the island, just

send a letter to the Tessban and they will lend
you one for a while until the next hotel asks for
one.
You will need a three face plug, well worth
mulching your waste, create your own compost
for the gardens.
Stop sending the garden waste to the tip, re use
and recycle.

Tessban and their composting

One form the Local Government and their ob-

jectives to create the Green samui concept,
here is shown some of their mulched products,
displayed in the back are the methods and
ways that can be followed great charts to have
for any school or business who want to move
forward.

The band getting ready for the reception

The school band at Koh Samui school was fabu-

lous great music came form them and a big
thank you for the parade they orchestrated for
the opening.
Keep them in mind for next year. Or any other
event you may be working on.
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Samui going green all the way

THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO GO AND THAT IS UP, AS YAZZO SAID IN HER SONG

This is what its all about the

future, our children and their
children for generations to
come.
When nature fights back, then you have
to take notice, well here is one creature
who is doing that right now.
A fully armed combat ready squirrel
with all the back up he needs.
His home is our back yard, so be a ware
all of you!

Those that matter! The schools and P-Liang 1 @ 2

Schools P Liang hotel 1 P Liang Hotel 2
Wat Sawang—Arom Imperial Samui Impiana Samui Resort
Ban Plai laem The Tongsai Bay Chaweng cove Resotel
Wat Boondarikaram Kandaburi Imperial Boat House
Wat Samuttharam Four seasons resort The Passage
Koh Samui Six senses Hideaway Regent Chaweng and Melati
Wat Lamai Rocky's Resort The Renaissance Samui
Wat Chaeng Paradise Beach Resort Santiburi
Wat Saket Baan Taling Ngam Chaba Samui
Theeparat Pittaya Ban Laem Sai Beach Resort Bandara Resort & Spa
Wat Klang Centara Grand Chaba Cabana