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The Launch of the Low Carbon school Projects

A Greener Koh Samui is launchedThe Banner that launched a new direction onkoh Samui, where the children and schools willbegin their push for a Greener samui.All four organizations have committed to bepresented under the Green Island project.TAKS, THA, T.A.T and the Local Governmentall share one direction the future of our chil-dren and their children futures to come.Without them we cannot be a Green Island.

15th June 2009, was an event that createda combined effort between Thai Hotel Asso-ciation Members, the Local Government, theMayor of koh Samui, and the local schools ofSamui, joined forces, hands to create a lowcarbon school project.

A budget of 50,000 baht per school wasgiven, from this money the schools under strictcontrol and regulations can us this money tocreate more space for recycling, improvetheir facilities, while working along with theiradopted hotels.

A grand performance was given at theopening of the low carbon school at The KohSamui school in Nathorn, a school holdingover 1,200 children from kindergarten up tograde 6.

A month back frantic action was taken toensure the school was ready and the supportof the Local government went into action thekitchen garden and projects were initiated inline with the Sila Evason, a six senses resortand spa property here on samui.

This project was supervised by khunPrapakorn Huntontan ( Nut) through her

dedication and the support of her gardeningand engineering teams they set about in mo-tion a first on Samui and one of ten projectsthis year which are on going.

A dedicated sub Team of the THA Greenswas in action for three months initiating andsetting up their projects island wide, the or-ganization and final delivery of this openingwent without a hitch over 600 people andchildren came to launch this very special day.

Booths were set up form the 10 schools andPi Linag hotels to show what goes on in theirestablishments, children were hard at work inshowing hat can be made of recycled items,the costumes for the parade form each schoolwere all made of recycled items, the paradeand 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 limegreen polo shirts with the green island logo.

Each school was given a sign board to initi-ate this project and each hotel was given aplacard.

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LOWCARBONSCHOOLS

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CENTARA GRAND 4

REGATTA, REGENTANDMELATI & ZAZEN

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Inside this issue:

7th June 2009Issue 3 Special Edition June / July 2009

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An auspicious day, the 9 horsemen take centre stage with thePresident of THA, Khun Ruegnam to receive their awards in

recognition of their support of the Low carbon school projectson 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 allfor the great support in making this day a great event.

A historic day for the Tessban and THA on Koh Samui, thegrandest day yet The Mayor with the team of six senses and

the koh Samui school in Nathorn receiving their plaque thatwill 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.

Members of the THA & President

The Mayor and the first School

The entire Tessban team with the Mayor and GMs

A great picture, the entire team of Mayor Rammanet, theGeneral managers, heads of the 10 schools and teachers.

One for all and all for one!Forward we go

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

Wat Boondarikaram school, below wat sawang arom school right

Four Seasons with wat Samuttharam school, and

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Koh Samui has a wonderful savior, in Brigitte and her teamleading 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 monthto feed those hungry cats and dogs.

THA and other establishment on koh samui have dog bins intheir hotels to save food scraps to add a feast of sorts forthe dogs and cats, they are part of the recycling process onkoh Samui.

With the aid of local doctors they have taken care of thou-sands of dogs over the years, many have been adoptedoverseas, a real Florence nightingale of the Animal world.

They brought some of their family along to show the kids.

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Dog Rescue

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

GIDOA, The Green Island Diving Association

Once again out of the water they came and ontothe land, like fish out of water and well preparedfor 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 inconjunction with project aware, Green island pro-jects and their own reef and beach awareness

programs.Many wonderful things will evolve under thewaves very soon from GIDOA a big thanks for thecontribution and presentation.

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Its so simple, but we forget the things that matter, when wegrew 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 somefood color, you have your own paper shop to sell aswrapping or decorative items.

Make the mixture thicker then you come up with a pinboard 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 howto use their hands.

From scraps of fruit peelings, to pandanus leaf, or just amixture of left over's, mixed with either brown sugar ormolasses 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 andhot 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

Old Egg trays and Milk cartons

EM production

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 thosebags.

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Wonders never sees to excite us what can be madefrom 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 afortune 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 soldfor the pot of gold!

From garbage to gold and all that glitters

Tongsai Bay and their presentations

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 andmany an hour listening to the radio or talking away.

The baskets are sold for guests at Centara Grand,hand made products from recycled items, thats the

way to go.

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One of koh samui s most greener hotels, with ahealthy 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 andaffection towards the task at hand this is where Tong-sai bay comes head and shoulders above many inregards to their commitment to the environment andthe 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 allleave behind.

Over 200 participants came along, the yaughties, THAmembers, local community, school children, samui rescue,

What does it take to grow some garden greens nothingmuch, just a small plot of land and hey presto, thegreens appear.

Most of the hotels on Samui have their own garden

plots for flowers fruit and veg, and its not a new thingits a thing of the pastwhere we have overlookedwhat has been done behind.

Fresh lettuce, lemon grass sweet and one for the pot,fresh chilies, sweet basil and hot basil, Pandanus leafwe can add and add to the list.

Take a look home grown organic vegies

Rockys

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.

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

The set up for the EM, effective microorganism, shedat the koh Samui school, under the guidance of the

six senses resort and spa her eon koh samui, a welldefined location with ample space to produce the EM

The Board of the Imperial koh Samui

EM production at koh samui school

Koh Samui school and six senses

Re using the coconut palms to cover and shadeyoung seedlings for the gardens another way toreuse, then after they have fully dried they can bechopped up into mulch or put through the machineand mulched to a finer consistency.

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A great initiative form the Six senses, in settingup and producing such a wonderful garden lay-

out in just under a month with the support of khunPaisal from the Tessban And his team.

An enclosed nursery, gives you seedlings achance to grow without interference from thebugs and caterpillars that eat them.

This style of netting can be re located in time to

other areas if need be.

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 itout and make food for the pigs.

Grows all over the country.

Koh Samui schools pilot garden project

Water Hyathin

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.



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A great effort was made to clean up this wonderfulpond with its hanging Banyan tree with roots over 3meters tall.

This ornamental tree must be well over a century oldand still growing strong covers most of the pool,great for shade and has a very high nesting popu-lation inside.

Environmental games were played with the studentsto get them interacting and taking notice of whatgoes on and what they should be doing for the fu-ture.It was well taken by the studentsgames for all

The pond at koh samui school

Games to be played

Students trying their hands out!

One of the demonstrations held at the school, reused egg cartons that are made form paper andchopped up, mixed with water then blended tohave a porridge consistency.Color can be added with some corn starch to holdthe 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 carefullyand hey presto you have the sheet ready to dry.Great for gift wraps and bouquets of flowers, andits all recycled.

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Wow four new mulchers are on the island, justsend a letter to the Tessban and they will lendyou one for a while until the next hotel asks forone.

You will need a three face plug, well worthmulching your waste, create your own compostfor the gardens.

Stop sending the garden waste to the tip, re useand recycle.

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 forthe opening.

Keep them in mind for next year. Or any otherevent you may be working on.

4 new shredders on the Island

The band getting ready for the reception

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 moveforward.



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P Liang hotel 1

Imperial Samui

The Tongsai Bay

Kandaburi

Four seasons resort

Six senses Hideaway

Rocky's Resort

Paradise Beach Resort

Baan Taling Ngam

Ban Laem Sai Beach Resort

Centara Grand

Schools

Wat SawangArom

Ban Plai laem

Wat Boondarikaram

Wat Samuttharam

Koh Samui

Wat Lamai

Wat Chaeng

Wat Saket

Theeparat Pittaya

Wat Klang

P Liang Hotel 2

Impiana Samui Resort

Chaweng cove Resotel

Imperial Boat House

The Passage

Regent Chaweng and Melati

The Renaissance Samui

Santiburi

Chaba Samui

Bandara Resort & Spa

Chaba Cabana

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

This is what its all about thefuture, our children and their

children for generations to

come.When nature fights back, then you haveto 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 wareall of you!

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