crQlr Collaboration at Bangkok Design Week 2022

Day 1 Talk Session Speakers (Feb. 5)

• James Leyson

  Managing Director, SOS – Food Rescue Program

  Scholars of Sustenance (SOS) is Thailand’s first food rescue foundation. Established in 2016, SOS aims to help distribute food in the country to reduce unnecessary wastage and creates equality for those in need by distributing high-quality surplus food from food-related businesses such as hotels, convenience stores, restaurants and entrepreneurs to communities in need of help every day. More than 2 million kilograms of surplus food, or 8.7 million meals, has been passed on by the Foundation to 426 communities, helping to reduce the carbon footprint of 3.9 million kilograms of food from landfills.

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  Scholars of Sustenance (SOS) is Thailand’s first food rescue foundation. Established in 2016, SOS aims to help distribute food in the country to reduce unnecessary wastage and creates equality for those in need by distributing high-quality surplus food from food-related businesses such as hotels, convenience stores, restaurants and entrepreneurs to communities in need of help every day. More than 2 million kilograms of surplus food, or 8.7 million meals, has been passed on by the Foundation to 426 communities, helping to reduce the carbon footprint of 3.9 million kilograms of food from landfills.

• Nophol Techaphangam

  nornnorn CEO

  If we have to prioritize essential household items and other necessary items for living, nornnorn believes that the ‘bed’ should be in the top 5 of every home. Nornnorn wants everyone to have access to high quality bedding while reducing environmental problems thus the nornnorn system has become a turning point in the buying and selling business model. for beds. This rental system provides a bed for people with a limited budget and offers a good solution for providing higher quality beds for all and reducing waste generation caused by purchasing inferior mattresses with short lifespans. which this rental system In addition to reducing the generation of waste, it also helps to bring used bedding back into the recycling process completely.

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  If we have to prioritize essential household items and other necessary items for living, nornnorn believes that the ‘bed’ should be in the top 5 of every home. Nornnorn wants everyone to have access to high quality bedding while reducing environmental problems thus the nornnorn system has become a turning point in the buying and selling business model. for beds. This rental system provides a bed for people with a limited budget and offers a good solution for providing higher quality beds for all and reducing waste generation caused by purchasing inferior mattresses with short lifespans. which this rental system In addition to reducing the generation of waste, it also helps to bring used bedding back into the recycling process completely.

• Assist. Prof. Dr. 
Wechsawan Lakas

  GREEN ROAD Founder

  Assist. Prof. Dr. Wechsawan Lakas (also known as ‘Dr. Pow’), is the the founder of GREEN ROAD and the Project Owner of many recycling projects that not only reduce waste but also help develop public spaces. GREEN ROAD is an upcycled plastic-to-paved-road project that started with a waste separation campaign in small in a residential community. GREEN ROAD was created by using plastics bags that otherwise would have been thrown away. The project aims to improve the road surface for society and has become a plastic waste donation project that helps drive national change.

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  Assist. Prof. Dr. Wechsawan Lakas (also known as ‘Dr. Pow’), is the the founder of GREEN ROAD and the Project Owner of many recycling projects that not only reduce waste but also help develop public spaces. GREEN ROAD is an upcycled plastic-to-paved-road project that started with a waste separation campaign in small in a residential community. GREEN ROAD was created by using plastics bags that otherwise would have been thrown away. The project aims to improve the road surface for society and has become a plastic waste donation project that helps drive national change.

Day 2 Talk Session Speakers (Feb. 6)

• Thidarat Thaiyanon

  ARI AROUND Co-founder & Creative Director

  AriAround started from the association of developers, designers and creators who live and work in Ari-Pradipat. The platform has been created and developed for connecting people and activities in the neighborhood, including the topic of life quality, relationship and sustainability. Our mission is to encourage, provoke and strengthen the power of the community, and to create a sustainable urban living through ‘AriAround’ which is the medium that helps connecting people via the online and offline activities, also the local storytelling, including history and news. All is for delivering local values in every dimension.

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  AriAround started from the association of developers, designers and creators who live and work in Ari-Pradipat. The platform has been created and developed for connecting people and activities in the neighborhood, including the topic of life quality, relationship and sustainability. Our mission is to encourage, provoke and strengthen the power of the community, and to create a sustainable urban living through ‘AriAround’ which is the medium that helps connecting people via the online and offline activities, also the local storytelling, including history and news. All is for delivering local values in every dimension.

• Teerachai Suppameteekulwat

  QUALY Founder

  Qualy Design is an award-winning brand of home accessories, kitchenware, stationery, and pet products hailing from Thailand. Known for their quirky yet functional home decor, Qualy Design products not only accent your interior, but subtly deliver a message of environmental awareness. Qualy Designers continue to focus intensely on sustainability when designing every product in order to create happiness that is longer-lasting, always with the environment in mind, with the new concept of “Recycled Material”. (Credit: thaigroove.com)

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  Qualy Design is an award-winning brand of home accessories, kitchenware, stationery, and pet products hailing from Thailand. Known for their quirky yet functional home decor, Qualy Design products not only accent your interior, but subtly deliver a message of environmental awareness. Qualy Designers continue to focus intensely on sustainability when designing every product in order to create happiness that is longer-lasting, always with the environment in mind, with the new concept of “Recycled Material”. (Credit: thaigroove.com)

• Thanaboon Somboon

  Greenery Founder

  Drinking water with Greenery Water is a starting point to help modern society from increasing environmental problems. Plastic waste from water bottles is not 100% recyclable, unlike aluminum. Greenery water’s alternative material can be reused endlessly which helps to reduce plastic waste as well as the amount of carbon dioxide. Aluminum cans also have the added benefit as the can also be kept cold quickly under clean production. In addition to helping to preserve the environment also help deliver clean water to children in the countryside by donating to the foundation to install water filters in schools.

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  Drinking water with Greenery Water is a starting point to help modern society from increasing environmental problems. Plastic waste from water bottles is not 100% recyclable, unlike aluminum. Greenery water’s alternative material can be reused endlessly which helps to reduce plastic waste as well as the amount of carbon dioxide. Aluminum cans also have the added benefit as the can also be kept cold quickly under clean production. In addition to helping to preserve the environment also help deliver clean water to children in the countryside by donating to the foundation to install water filters in schools.

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