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Family helps clean beaches

Friday, 22 June 2012 From Issue Vol. XX No. 25

Editor;

This past Sunday, June 17th, the Pollution Solution Group was removing broken parts and pieces of plastic and flotation foam from the swim buoys that are supposed to protect the swimmers but are now more dangerous then protective to swimmers, sea life, ocean craft, and ocean.

While we were working, a lovely family also began to help us; it was the Mr and Mrs How family from Sriracha, and their two sons, 20 year old Sukrit and his younger brother, visiting Jomtien Beach.

They shared their concerns on what a mess the beach and ocean was.

Surkit goes to the Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University in Sriracha. Realizing his studies and our mission were so closely related, we asked Sukrit if he would like to take the PBS Thai documentary video about beach & ocean pollution and our posters (to school).

We asked Surkit to ask teachers to please share the informative PBS Thai and English documentary and to please, make enough copies of the posters to give to each student to take home and share with their families.

We put the ball in this smart young mans court, now only time will tell.

Thank you,

Gerry Rasmus

This article was published in the Pattaya Mail newspaper on Friday June 22, 2012 (Vol. XX No. 25).

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2 comments

Comment Link Monday, 25 June 2012 23:05 posted by Gerry Rasmus aka KOTO
Aloha Rab

With only so much time, in any given day, we find that one of the main problems, in "our minds" which are getting worse, everyday, Is "WATER" Salt or Fresh, we find that the last hurrah's, are at the Storm Drains and Shore line, before it inters, our Waterways, contaminating, killing.
"WATER IS OUR LIFE'S BLOOD"
We have not seen any Jet-Ski scams, we just see most of them, doing nothing, like most beach chair vendors, to improve the beach, like removing dangers, like broken swim buoys and other dangers that are right in front of them between them and their Jet-Skis.
We have been cleaning Jomtien Beach for 10 + years, working with Pattaya City Hall, we sometimes clean Hat Nang Ram Beach in Sattahip, also putting up posters at Pattaya Beach, or wherever, we are at.
Only so much time in any given day my friend.
We move grains of sand, daily
Comment Link Monday, 25 June 2012 00:58 posted by Rab
Why are you always on Jomtien beach, your reports are good but I have never heard you speak of the Jet Ski scams and the robberies that occur on a daily basis you must see these...One more question why do you alernate your days with beach Road the situation there is far worse!