Save Koh Tao festival 2018

Once a year the Koh Tao community comes together to celebrate Save Koh Tao festival. This year CoralGardening was present with a booth and workshops for young and less young ocean lovers. While Frank was still in the Netherlands to help his parents move to an elderly home, Vera had to organize our booth with local volunteers. Like always, it is a challenge to get things done in Thailand. Our aim was to re-use as many materials as possible or buy materials that could be re-used after the festival. It is not easy to do a lot of things only few days in advance, but on the final day of preparations, everything worked out well.

The empty coconut field North in Sairee is transferred to the free Save Koh Tao festival.
The empty coconut field North in Sairee is transferred to the free Save Koh Tao festival.
The beautiful decoration on the Save Koh Tao festival.
The beautiful decoration on the Save Koh Tao festival.
Emiel, Katie, Chris en Sean are working hard to get the CoralGardening booth ready on time.
Emiel, Katie, Chris en Sean are working hard on the CoralGardening booth.
Our booth after a hard day working!
Satisfied after a day of hard work in the hot tropical sun. We made both the CoralGardening and Get Involved booths!

Opposite the main bar, there was a water station where you could get free water refill. The Get Involved booth was located next to the water station so you could buy a stainless steel Trash Hero bottle if you didn’t have a refillable bottle yet. All profits made from the sale of the bottles were donated to the local action group “Save Koh Tao” for future sustainable solutions on Koh Tao.

We organised two CoralGardening workshops. Create your own artificial reef with selfmade play dough and draw marine life on our wavy walls of sheets. Here is a short photo impression of the festival.

The entrance of the Save Koh Tao festival.
The entrance to the Save Koh Tao festival.
Our booth a day time, created with the finger from our next statue: the hands.
Our booth before the start of day one. we displayed the fingers from our next statue: the hands.
The CoralGardening booth at Save Koh Tao Festival
the CoralGardening booth at the Save Koh Tao Festival
Young and old are designing a house for fishes.
Young and less young are designing a house for fishes
CoralGardening workshop building a house for fishes.
Education and creation of a house for fishes go hand in hand
New ideas….

 

They made a really big effort to decorate the Save Koh Tao festival.
They made a big effort to decorate the Save Koh Tao festival.

 

Creative way of using your refillable water bottle.
Creative way of using your refillable water bottle….

 

Live music at Save Koh Tao festival
Live music from Koh Tao, famous Thai and international artists.

Live music at Save Koh Tao festival

 

Thanks to everyone who helped to make the Save Koh Tao festival a success!