Letter of the week

NICE NATURE Recently on a weekend, I attended a volunteer activity event at Kaeng Krachan National Park. We planted grass for wild animals. The next day we explored traces of wildlife and made an artificial salt lick. From this activity, I learned about problems in national parks. Now I want to conserve nature more. Nature can survive without humans but humans can't live without nature. Krit, Bangkok That sounds like a fun and productive weekend, Krit. It always feels good to get out of the city once in a while and spend some time in more natural surroundings. And it's great that activities are being run that can teach people to think more carefully about sustainable ways of living. — Editor

 

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GETTING AHEAD

Recently, I have been reading through interesting articles relating to science. One topic that I think is particularly eye-catching is about a head transplant!

This idea is very polemical and may seem ridiculous at first, but it is actually happening soon! Science is clearly progressing at an exponential speed.

Patcharapol Lee,
via email

Thanks for your letter, Patcharapol. I don't know too much about the developing possibilities of head transplantation, but I believe that scientists have already managed to do this sort of thing with various animals. You're right about science in general though — developments in some scientific areas seem to happen frighteningly fast! — Editor

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TRAFFIC TROUBLES

Traffic jams are a big problem in Bangkok. For decades the huge number of cars has been increasing. Spending hours in a vehicle without moving causes stress, and it also wastes fuel and energy.

I think I am lucky because my house is near the Skytrain and my school is also close to a BTS station. We must try to prevent travelling in private cars and use public transport.

Theethad Thipsoda,
Bangkok

I agree, Theethad. There's no way I'd want to own a car as long as I live in the middle of a big city — especially a city with major traffic problems like Bangkok. Fortunately, it looks like the BTS, MRT and other public transport systems are gradually being expanded to cover more areas of the city. Hopefully that will eventually lead to there being fewer cars on the roads. — Editor

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