Yui and I are trying this on Landy this week – we want to make a simple tower of packed tires to become a water tower for the bathroom. It is hard work – takes about 15 minutes (if you are really good) to pack a tire with dirt. This is our first try at Earthship construction – maybe our last if this back-breaking work kills us.
“This episode includes an interview about history and political protest with Professor Thongchai Winichakul from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and a discussion with Andrew Walker focused on Thailand’s agricultural budgets.”
is a scenic artist and filmmaker who lives part time in Ohio and Khon Kaen. He first came to Thailand in 1972 as a child and returned in 2004 with the Phuket Project to aid in the Tsunami relief effort.
Yui
is a doctor in Khon Kaen. She has studied in the U.S. and Great Britiain but is happiest on a bike riding around Thailand with the Khon Kaen Mountain Bike Team
Tom and Shampoo
are English Cocker Spaniels who live in Khon Kaen, but often travel to other planets in a spaceship they designed and fight alongside Hanuman against all evil. They also like swimming and sleeping.