Self-reliance and sustainable living | #SDGtalks | Jon Jandai of Pun Pun Center in Thailand
Channel: CNS
Date: 06/05/2020

Khun Jon Jandai, shared his insights on "self-reliance and sustainable living" while being the keynote speaker for the Sustainable Development e-Talks (SDGtalks) series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore.

Our close friend Khun Warunee Kuthithamee from Sankampaeng, Chiang Mai, Thailand, introduced and welcomed khun Jon Jandai to SDGtalks. Warunee has worked on development issues since almost 20 years now and comes from a farming family. Currently she works with children with special needs and who are dealing with autism, as well as orphanages in northern Thailand.

Jon Jandai (Jo) co-founded Pun Pun Centre for Self-Reliance in northern Thailand. "During his younger days, Jon was drawn by the bright lights of big cities and left his family farm to seek the richness of Bangkok, but after a number of years there, he decided to return to his village." Pun Pun doubles as a centre for sustainable living and seed production, aiming to bring indigenous and rare seeds back into use. "We believe in learning by doing and that there is not only one way of doing things. We do not believe in experts, but in learning together by sharing our collective experience. We have seen that through opening the door for further exploration, new developments can occur. 'Mistakes' are simply opportunities for more learning." 

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