Presentation at Pattana (BPS)

On May 20th I presented to teachers and students at Bangkok Patana School about environmental actions a school could be involved with. The theme was LESS TALK... MORE ACTION. It showed things that can be done in class, with an environmental group and events a whole school can get involved with to change businesses. See both presentations below.

Carrotmob - Ban the Bag on Prezi

Bps presentation

View more presentations from Kerry Dyke.

Link to all various things shown in the presentation here

Carrotmob Winners!!!!

Finally, we can announce the Carrotmob winners. First I would like to thank New York Diner, Que Pasa, Subway, Slider Shack and Twist for participating in the 2nd Bangkok Carrotmob.

Based on what all 5 companies have done we have selected 3 winners and they are:

1. Twist
2. Slider Shack
3. Que Pasa

Have a look at what all 5 companies have done by clicking here.

There were some significant changes made in certain areas.

Friday after school (2:15) the mob will meet in front of the ISB zig zag to get everyone together. Twist has agreed to come to us and will be set up in front with us and will have 200+ smoothies ready to go (60 baht - please have correct change).

From there we will march out to reward Slider Shack and then branch off to reward Que Pasa too. You can buy as little or as much as you like, but I recommend having 100-300 baht.

We still have no idea how many will turn up. I suspect about 200, but it could even reach 500 or more. We welcome anyone and everyone who wants to make a difference in the world and would like to reward businesses for making eco changes.

Remember the Carrotmob only works if people show up to support it.

Eco-mmercial contest # 2 - Plastic Bags!

I'm not here to promote Central over other shopping centers since I like to work on projects with all of them, but I do have something cool to tell you. For a while now I have been trying to contact businesses to look into reducing plastic bag use around Thailand. Perhaps, even taking a European approach and charging for the bags. Central has responded and we met last week. Don't worry there are no current plans to charge you for a bag, but they have a plan to reduce bags by at least 25% in the next 2 years. The Green Panthers will work with them on some areas. For example, the first step is to have Eco-mmercial contest # 2. However, this time all the videos should focus on plastic bags. We know plastic bags are terrible for the environment, there are solutions, and your video should prepare customers to make a lifestyle change and not use plastic bags.

The point of the commercial is to convince people to use less plastic bags, and in particular to purchase one of the eco bags that Central sells for 60 baht. This bag can be used as a points card. The bag has a bar code and every time you use it you get points. How cool is that!

CONTEST DETAILS:

1. Video length must be 60 seconds or less. This will be strictly enforced and any videos longer than this time will not be eligible to win.
2. Video can be done in English and/or Thai.
3. At some point in the video it must have the Central logo and it must show the Central eco bag (I think any winning video would have this in it anyway)
4. The winning video will get a 5000 baht gift voucher and have their videos shown at Central Changwattana every hour.
5. All videos can be turned in to Mr. Dyke (PE office) or Ms. Tananone (activities office).
6. Deadline for submission is April 22nd (Earth Day), 2009.

If interested, please send an email to kerryd@isb.ac.th to let me know who you are.

This video from You tube and this website might get you started, but don't copy it. Remember to follow the guidelines above.