ASEAN Community Forum and Sombath Somphone Public Lecture

Can We Guarantee Food Security Without Human Security?  2 August 2019, Bangkok, Thailand On 2 August 2019, Towards Organic Asia organized a panel on ASEAN Community Forum and Special Sombath Somphone Public Lecture: Can We Guarantee Food Security Without Human Security? Sombath Somphone is well known as the founder of Participatory Development Training Centre (PADETC) in Lao PDR. His…

Chula Right Livelihood Summer School 2019

“Nature Rights, Global Citizenship and Reclaiming ‘the Commons’:The Rise of Earth   Trusteeship” 7 -22 July 2019, Thailand CURLS 2019 marked the 10th anniversary of the School for Wellbeing Studies and Research. At this occasion the Chulalongkorn University Right Livelihood Summerschool (CURLS) concluded with a two days forum Nature Rights, Global Citizenship and Reclaiming “the Commons”:…

Scaling Out Agroecology Practices in China

27-28 April 2019 Nanjing University, Xianlin Campus The conference organised by School of Geography and Ocean Science of Nanjing University,University of Waterloo, and Geographical Society of Jiangsu Province The conference on Scaling Out Agroecology Practices in China was held at Room 401 Kuang Yaming School, Nanjing University, Xianlin Campus from 27-28 April 2019. The conference goals, to engage with…

Mindful Markets Social Enterprise Course 2019, Apply Now!

“Community Design for Food Citizenship”6-7 September 2019Room 701, Chaloem Rajakumari 60 Building, Chulalongkorn University Content : The 4 modules  “Mindful Markets Social Enterprise Course” Towards Sustainable Food Systems Module one : Sharing Vision – Participants share and develop their social enterprise vision and mission. A number of experienced and successful social entrepreneurs share their work,…

Young Organic Farmers (YOF) 2018

Strengthening Young Farmers:  from Local Actions to Global Impacts 14 – 18 December 2018, Vientiane, Lao PDR In the collaboration with Participatory Development Training Centre (PADETC), Rural Development Agency (RDA), and College of Natural Resources in Bhutan, a group of Young Organic Farmers from Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam participated in the 6th…