Koh Lanta – an island along Thailand‘s Andaman coast – saw its first ever plogging event last week, according to the Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok.
There’s nothing worse than a beautiful landscape spoiled by plastic waste and debris. A movement in Sweden has come up with a solution.
‘Plogging’ is an activity that combines jogging with picking up litter.
Over 300 people joined forces to join the ‘Sweden Plogging Day’ in Koh Lanta, Krabi province, last week.
The event was led by Erik Ahlstrom, the founder of Plogga, a growing environmental and fitness movement.
Plogga’s website describes the activity…
“Plogga is a growing movement founded in Sweden, with the simple idea to pick up garbage and jog. The name is an acronym of the Swedish words for picking and jogging—’Plocka och jogga’.
“But it doesn’t need to be jogging. You can walk, canoe,…
