Waste not, want not
Siam Discovery celebrates World Environment Day on Monday (June 5) with a range of activities on the theme “Eco Wanderlust”.
They include the launch of a campaign to reduce energy consumption by cycling, free health check-ups from a leading hospital, workshops teaching how to make chic items out of natural materials and an eco market.
“This green market is designed to raise awareness of eco-friendliness and brings together a range of eco-friendly products from 18 shops,” says Chanisa Kaewruen of Siam Piwat, the operator of Siam Discovery.
Among the items are sale will be fashion by Basic Teeory, Run Ga Run & Homlom and Yen Design; skincare and beauty products from Cosmos & Harmony and Softcream, food by Urban Tree, Baimiang, and Ampolfood as well as stationery and furniture from PDM, Soontaree and Labrador.
The Sakonhead collective – a gathering of Sakon Nakhon natives – will conduct indigo dyeing workshop on June 5. A workshop on book making from banana leaf sheaths will be held on June 6 while on June 7 members of Kasetsart University’s Faculty of Architecture will demonstrate how to make a tote out of a dialysis solution bag.
