There's plenty we can do to help save the planet. Thitinant Sristhita, author of "Loke Ron: Took Sing Ti Rao Tham Plean Plang Lok Samuer" ("Global Warming: Everything We Do Can Change the World"), points out that Thailand ranks 22nd in carbon-dioxide emissions out of 209 countries.
The little things definitely count. Thitinant takes a bowl of her own to work for her lunchtime meal so the vendors don't use plastic bags, and at the supermarket she always puts her groceries in a fabric bag.
"It might be a slight inconvenience, but it's a big part of the solution," she says.
A plastic water bottle takes 1,000 years to decompose - obviously it's better to use glass, which can be recycled. Replace your light bulbs with compact fluorescent tubes, plant trees, unplug any appliances that aren't being used, drive less - and when you do drive, decide first on the shortest route - or better still, walk or bike.
Meanwhile, four young people from the non-profit Volunteer Spirit Organisation, also known as Jitasa, make notebooks from pages of paper of which only one side has been used for writing. Look for their "Paper Ranger" notebooks in the stores.
And drop by TK Park on the seventh floor of CentralWorld in Bangkok, where until January 21 a group of artists, designers, writers and children are demonstrating "1,000,000 Ways to Stop Global Warming". Today at 1pm, anyone aged three to 20 is invited to join a workshop on "art for the environment".
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