The head of sustainability at the UN has asked Thailand's MICE (meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions) market to get green. Key benefits that have been tabled is leveling the playing field with other...

Reducing our carbon footprints are deemed by a growing number of people to be essential to protecting mother earth. As fears of global warming and the continued damaged to the ozone, air travel is considered to be...

The Asian Development Bank has set put forward plans for USD2 billion to be spent per year from 2013 for clean energy programs. As growing concerns over global warming remain a continued concern by both developed and...

While no man is an island, there remains a key fact that as Phuket draws more tourists and surging population water is vastly becoming more of an endangered species. Around the world in dry locations or those where...

In Bangkok the BMA (Bangkok Metropolitan Authority) has initiated a new campaign hailed as "Together We Can, No Bag No Baht." Customers at participating supermarkets and shops receive a THB 1 baht discount on...

Leading Thai eastern seaboard estate Horseshoe Point who won the Signity Green Development award continue to be a stalwart in the open space green movement. While much of the area real estate has focused on dense high...

Consumer mad California is looking to impose a new lay that penalize shoppers who do not bring their own bags to grocery stores, pharmacies, liquor and convenience stores. A charge would be levied on those who would...

One of Ho Chi Minh City's most well known hotels the Caravelle is undergoing an extensive ‘green' retrofit in a bid to becoming a leading proponent in sustainability. Initiatives include: Installation of...

In a continuing program to restore the island's damaged mangrove eco-system 120 Laguna Phuket employees recently planted 2,500 tree saplings in Baan Ao Naam Bor. Using Thailand's National Tree Planting Day initiative...

Luxury hotel chains such as Ritz-Carlton and Mandarin Oriental have long been associated with the utmost in glitzy charm and dining experiences in a 5 star eatery would be served on fine bone china. As the world...

Okay so we all remember the Jethro Tull retro rock class ‘Aqualung." Now comes a new twist as Madrid is sporting Europe's unveiling of a residential complex with "lungs." Yes the residential urban building has 10...

Political and enivonmental activism were natual bedfellows and were widerly pioneers in the 1960's and 1970's. You can even foll back the clock to the Edward Abbey's "The Monkey Wrench Gang"" and specialist...

As the world gets smaller and warmer, one of the regions smallest nations Bhutan is struggled with a carbon neutral policy. Long known for its philosophy on Gross National Happiness, as development is setting in the...

Emerging Cambodia resort destination Koh Rong is being touted as the first environmentally planned resort island in Asia. Planning for environmental impact and development is being lead by the Scott Wilson Group's...