As part of the educational initiative department of Grin Green International, a student-led NGO fighting Bangkok’s addiction to plastic, Risa spreads environmental awareness to primary and middle school students using presentations and Kahoot! Quizzes. Not only that, she gathers and is donating second-hand clothes to the poor and recycles them into DIY bags!

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Find out more and get involved via Grin Green International's Instagram, Facebook page and website at these links: 

www.facebook.com/gringreenintl/   www.instagram.com/gringreenintl     www.gringreen.org/

Tasmin is the environmental manager of windsurfing and stand-up paddle boarding company Starboard. After she realized how polluting the production of their boards were, she wanted to counter the amount of waste they created through Starboard’s many environmental projects, leading to the world’s first plastic offset program and more! Not only that, Tasmin has been working with Protectblue on a project called Ambassadors for the Planet (www.ambassadorsfortheplanet.com), a workbook aimed to make environmental education accessible to children of all ages around the world.

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Listen in on Tasha and Francesca’s interview with Tasmin to learn more about Starboard’s revolutionary environmental efforts, how recycling actually ISN’T helping the problem of plastic waste, and to hear Tasmin’s advice on how we, as high school students, can help the planet!

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Read more about Starboard and Trash Hero too, at the following links:

www.star-board.com/     www.facebook.com/trashherothailand/

Dr. Wayne is a lecturer in Ecology and Conservation at Mahidol University International College. With his PhD on measuring photosynthesis, he wanted to continue his work with a focus on coral reef systems. 

After witnessing first-hand a beach completely COVERED in plastic waste (with 500 shoes found on just 90m of beach!), Dr. Wayne created Project Koh Sak (https://www.facebook.com/project.koh.sak/), which organises beach clean-ups and classifies and investigates the types of plastic waste found to identify key threats to coral reefs!

Tune in to Episode 2 Side B for Dr. Wayne’s take on the impact of COVID-19 on Thailand’s water waste and how younger generations, such as ours, can take action for the future of our planet.

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Dr. Narissara has conducted interesting research a the King Mongkut’s University of Technology surrounding topics such as air purification. SCG Chemicals itself has many sustainable programs that focuses on topics like factory development, supply chains and eco-friendly products. To find out more, be sure to check www.scgchemicals.com.

Together, Dr. Narissara and Khun Roejarek will be discussing the correlation between being environmentally friendly and profitable, and how the development of technology has impacted the way companies seek out to become more profitable.

Professor Summon Chomchai is a medical toxicologist and an environmental physician working in Siriraj hospital, under Mahidol University. He has been working hard under the division of clinical toxicology and occupational medicine. Professor Summon believes that the recent outbreak of Covid-19 and air quality is crucially related. In Podcast Episode 4, he will be discussing about interventions and solutions for students, that can hopefully change the world. Relating his professional knowledge in Toxicology, the current Covid-19 situation and Bangkok’s AQI level issues are explicated. Tune into the podcast to find out more and broaden your understanding of AQI levels in Bangkok.

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Khun Mutsumi Adachi is the founder of the Sang Foundation. This organization was created to raise public awareness on how to reduce plastic usage. Since the pandemic, the Sang Foundation has raised approximately 750,000 Baht from donations, and have fed around 3,000 families who were economically affected by the crisis.

Learn more about the Sang Foundation and its valuable work at the following links:   sangfoundation.org   www.facebook.com/Seang2Change/

Marlena Laura Wilson is the Director of Grin Green International. Since the pandemic, they have been focusing on creating artwork while also using their social media platforms to find solutions to problems certain people may be undergoing. Grin Green International has made it a number-one priority to use this pandemic as an opportunity to develop our community.

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Find out more and get involved via Grin Green International's Instagram, Facebook page and website at these links: www.facebook.com/gringreenintl/     www.instagram.com/gringreenintl     www.gringreen.org/

Nanticha Ocharoenchai works both as an environmental writer-storyteller and also as the founder of Climate Strike Thailand. Her enthusiasm and dedication, along with her passion for the environment, allowed her to host the first ever climate strike in Thailand, inspired by the Friday’s For Future march by Greta Thunberg. Find out more about Lynn's work and Climate Strike Thailand at www.facebook.com/climatestrikethailand/.