Day 1

Departing from Bangkok about 10 p.m. on 29 Jan at Khao san Road, the bus that I take it can load about 40 people. It is a NGV bus which is more environmentally clean alternative to other fuels like gasoline, and it doesn't increase the concentration of carbon in the atmosphere. About 7 hours that it takes to get to Chumphon (Thung Makham Noi Pier) at 5 a.m. and everyone has to check in and wait for 2 hours until 7 a.m. because it is a boat's departing time. The boat can load 350 people and it is a speed ferry even though it uses petrol and releases some pollution in the air but it takes only 2 hours to reach Koh Tao. On the other hands, the normal ferry would take times as double which is longer and the amount of carbon dioxide that it releases each time would also less than the speed ferry, but the small amount of pollution that released from normal ferry in longer time would probably be the same as speed ferry in short time.


New Heaven Diving School



When arriving to Koh Tao and get in the resort, my room is on the third floor which just open the door we can feel the wind access through the room without turning on a fan. In the afternoon, everyone has appointed to meet at New Heaven Diving School to see the staffs which they give some information and brief about Koh Tao. Then we talk about sustainable design so staffs take us to see the obvious problem in Koh Tao which is the waste on the beach. It flows into the sea because there are some people left it along the beach, when the sea wave hit the coast then it brings the waste into the sea.


Waste along the beach go into the sea

 

Staffs also take us to look around at the resort which has a design that use scraps of wood that were left from other works to make the pattern of ceiling, even the woods that are damaged from weevils the designer brings it to  be decorated and become outstanding in the resort. This is one way that designer can do to save an environment by creating things with something that are useless before.



At Viewpoint Resort

Inside the resort use most of nature materials

After we finished surveying this resort, we go back to the New Heaven Diving School. Staffs explain about the missions to save Koh Tao and the projects that they did about coral reefs nursery.   



Signate to remind people to save island's enviraonment

Discussion about coral reef nursery project

The structure that helps to create marine life habitat

They also talk about the main problem in Koh Tao which is obviously the exceeding waste in here and then make the plan for tomorrow to survey the waste problems in different location. After the meeting, staff suggests us to the New Heaven local restaurant which provides the local food. So we walk up and down the mountain instead of taking any car so that no pollution created.