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- Source: Safe Planet
Safeplanet is a Thai indie-pop band of three people led by the main vocalist Thitiphat “A” Arthachinua a music that combines guitar pop with DIY ethic in opposition to the style. Safeplanet (Safe Planet) means "Our safe area, it's an area where we can perform our work comfortably.”
Band members
Thitipat "A" Arthachinda (Thai: ฐิติภัทร อรรถจินดา (เอเลี่ยน)) - Lead Vocals - guitarist
Aphiwich "Doi" Khamfoo (Thai: อภิวิชญ์ คำฟู (ดอย)) - drummer
Chayapan "Yee" Chantranuson (Thai: ชยปัญญ์ จันทรานุสนธิ์ (ยี่)) - bassist
History
= The beginning
=Safeplanet is made up of three people who are all studying music in the Faculty of Music and subject of jazz. ‘A’ studied at Silpakorn University. Doi and Yi studied at Mahidol University.
The band was formed by former members of the band 'Shadow Flare', ‘A Thitipat Attchinda (Thai: เอ ฐิติภัทร อรรถจินดา)’ lead vocals – guitarist and 'Doi Aphiwit Khamfu (Thai: ดอย อภิวิชญ์ คำฟู)’ drummer and they are a back-up for Jelly Rocket band. As a result, a new band was formed by Doi invited ‘Yee Chayapan Chantranuson (Thai: ยี่ ชยปัญญ์ จันทรานุสนธิ์)' bassist, who was previously the back-up for Jelly Rocket band to record a song which would later become a member of Safeplanet.
'Safeplanet' is to describe a planet that is "Their secure zone with a comfortable environment in which we can perform ". They are a self-contained band that specializes in indie-pop music.
They had a very first single named “Klong Dam (Thai: กล่องดำ)” which was released in 2016 and had a very popular song such as “Khamtop (Thai: คำตอบ)” and “Kot Khwam Chep Cham (Thai: กอดความเจ็บช้ำ) which are in “Safeboys” album. Also, they had a first concert which held on July 6, 2019, in the name of “Safeplanet Neonplanet Concert” at Montri Studio (Thai: มนตรี สตูดิโอ).
‘A Thitipat Attchinda (Thai: เอ ฐิติภัทร อรรถจินดา)’ lead vocals – guitarist: graduated with a bachelor's degree from Faculty of Music Silpakorn University.
'Doi Aphiwit Khamfu (Thai: ดอย อภิวิชญ์ คำฟู)’ drummer - graduated with a bachelor's degree from College of Music Mahidol University.‘Yee Chayapan Chantranuson (Thai: ยี่ ชยปัญญ์ จันทรานุสนธิ์)' bassist - graduated with a bachelor's degree from College of Music Mahidol University.
Safeplanet's identity: “Safeplanet's signature sound is guitar-banded. We use the guitar as a drive. And then there is a layer of chorus that is a unique singing. Consists of percussion We mix many types of music as if combining many pop music. type together Most of which, when incoming calls He will immediately know that it is us.”
Safeplanet's identity: “The inspiration for making music comes from real events that we felt at the time. For example, the song “Khaeng Khuek” comes from the people next to me. And I want to encourage him like "I'll take you." The people beside me are my girlfriends, friends, and family. Other than my girlfriend Ket and all the fans, of course, he's the one next to us, without them there wouldn't be us.”
Discography
Tours
Neonplanet Concert (6 July 2019)
This is their first concert in five years since the debut of the song, which took place at Mon Tri Studio (Thai: มนตรีสตูดิโอ) and featured Anatomy Rabbit as a special guest. The concert's theme and title were inspired by classical space and neon.
Bon Voyage Concert (4 June 2023)
After completing their 2nd album 'Cap, Capo, Cigarettes & Beer', The band played their first arena-scale concert at Thunderdome Stadium in Muang Thong Thani, Celebrating their 8-year journey. The name 'Bon Voyage' is taken from the first song in the 2nd album.
References
Montipa / Gandit Panthong, " พื้นที่ปลอดภัยสําหรับบทเพลงของ Safeplanet ", published by Fungjaizine on April 8, 2016
Warittha Saejia, " วงการเพลงไทยไปได้อีกไกล แต่ทําไมไม่ถึงฝันเสียทีคุยเรื่องทิศทางวงดนตรีกับ Safeplanet ", published by the matter on December 2, 2020
จิรภิญญา สมเทพ, " Safeplanet: ดาวเคราะห์แห่งเสียงดนตรีที่ออกจาก ‘กล่องดํา’ ด้วยฝันอยากโคจรรอบโลก ", published by the people, January 20, 2021
Mover Team, "การเดินทางของ Safeplanet วงอินดี ้สุดคูลกับคอนเสิร์ตครั ้งแรกของพวกเขา ", published by Mover on May 30, 2019
pphtphat, "#Jellytalk ทําความรู้จัก Safeplanet 3 หนุ่ม กับแนวดนตรีอินดี้ที่คุณฟังแล้วจะรัก! ", published by Jelly on June 13, 2019
Vanrasa J., " รู้จัก Safeplanet วงดนตรีแนวอินดี้ป็อป ขวัญใจวัยรุ่นยุคใหม่ ", published by Thaiger on May 31, 2021
" 'SAFEPLANET'วงดนตรีอินดี้ขวัญใจมหาชน ปล่อยเพลงใหม่ 'ถ้าเธอได้รู้'ทะลุล้านวิว ", published by Naewna on December 8, 2020
" “Safeplanet Neonplanet Concert” จักรวาลนีออนอันแสนสง่างาม การเติบโต และการเรียนรู้ที่ไม่มีวันสิ้นสุด ", published by Sanook on July 29, 2019
Safeplanet BON VOYAGE The First Arena Concert, published by Thunderdome in 2023
Safe Planet: the United Nations Campaign for Responsibility on Hazardous Chemicals and Wastes is the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and UN Food and Agricultural Organization-led global public awareness and outreach campaign for ensuring the safety of human health and the environment against hazardous chemicals and wastes.
The Secretariats of the Basel Convention, the Rotterdam Convention and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, the three leading global chemicals and waste management instruments, provide the measures, new initiatives and solutions to deal with the growing problems of hazardous chemicals and wastes. Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions encompass the management of hazardous chemicals, especially the persistent organic pollutants (POPs), which are covered by all three treaties. The Conventions target chemical pollutants like dioxins and furans, hazardous pesticides and DDT, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), PFOS, and the heavy metals: arsenic, cadmium, mercury and lead.
Objectives
Safe Planet supports the life-cycle approach to chemicals and waste management and is working towards finding the solutions to the challenges posed by toxic chemicals and wastes. The Campaign also seeks to involve people working at all levels of society in action against hazardous chemicals and wastes. Participants include Government, industry, educational institutions, community-led initiatives, grassroots organizations, individual households and consumers.
The main goal of the Safe Planet Campaign is the pursuit of a safe and sustainable planet.
History
The Safe Planet Campaign was created in order to increase synergies among the three Conventions and to improve the cooperation and coordination of the management of chemicals at the global, regional and national levels. The Safe Planet Campaign was launched in February 2010 during the coinciding extraordinary meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, held back-to-back with the UNEP Governing Council meeting in Bali, Indonesia, at a special event – The United Nations Body Burden Forum.
Since its launch, the Safe Planet Campaign has obtained partners around the world. The events and exhibits prepared for the Campaign have been covered by the mainstream and new social media. The participants collaborated in arts, culture, sports, science, education, business, and politics to motivate governments, industry, communities and individuals to respond to the need for action.
Events
= United Nations Body Burden Forum
=The United Nations Body Burden Forum has introduced the Campaign’s flagship human biomonitoring project. This project exposed the presence in human bodies of hazardous chemicals covered by the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, for example persistent organic pollutants, pesticides and heavy metals.
The first UN Body Burden Forum featured UN Messenger of Peace and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Professor Wangari Maathai and UN Under-Secretary General Jan Kubiš. The Campaign supporters, like American actor Bryan Cranston, Indonesian environment activist Yuyun Ismawati and Peter Kenmore, Co-Executive Secretary of the Rotterdam Convention, committed to undertake testing of their chemical body burdens.
The second forum, the United Nations Champions Body Burden Forum, took place in New York in May 2010 at the 18th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development. Among the participants there were the American screen actor and eco-activist Ed Begley Jr. and Norwegian Olympic Gold Medalist Stine Lise Hattestad Bratsberg.
= Safe Planet Films and Adventure at Sea
=Body Burden and 5 Gyres are the first of a series of Safe Planet films. These films contributed to the elevation of awareness and spread of the idea of chemical body burden and plastic pollution of the oceans. The films carry the message that no one is immune from exposures to hazardous chemicals. They highlight how vulnerable communities face heightened risk of exposures to toxic chemicals and how action is needed to protect people and the planet. They also elevate awareness and support for the Global Monitoring Plan of the Stockholm Convention, which tracks levels of persistent organic pollutants in humans.
The Sea Dragon, an NGO-led research vessel collecting plastic drift waste and fish samples from the oceans’ 5 gyres, has raised awareness of the 9 new POPs covered by the Stockholm Convention, protection of marine life and global food security. The expedition to the South Atlantic gyre landed in Cape Town, South Africa in early December and then set out of Montevideo, Uruguay in early January 2011. Mary Osborne, a professional surfer and model participating in the transatlantic voyage, announced her support for the Safe Planet Campaign at a press event at the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, South Africa.
= Allies in the Animal Kingdom
=The Campaign supports the efforts to redirect electrical and electronic waste – e-waste –away from environmentally unsound landfill, open-pit burning and harmful recycling operations. Safe Planet seeks to protect the environment and improve the health and welfare of workers in the informal sector as part of UNEP's efforts to build a global “green economy” of green jobs. In the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity, the Campaign’s slogan “A Planet Safe for All Living Things” served as a link of the chemicals and waste management to the protection of endangered species.
The international project “We Help Gorillas” was launched by Prague Zoo as the Safe Planet project to foster mobile phone recycling and to raise awareness of the threats to gorilla populations living in Africa’s Congo Basin. This project spread to thirteen zoos in the Czech Republic and served as a model of public involvement in e-waste recycling, which is promoted by Safe Planet and the Basel Convention.
= Visual and performing arts for a Safe Planet
=The first Safe Planet exhibition, Substantialis Corporis Mixti (Substantial Form of the Blended Body): The Synergies Exhibition of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, took place at the Czech Center's Bohemian National Hall in New York City. It was held on the occasion of the 18th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (May 2010). Ten artists from five countries presented works that questioned the sustainability of our current path while offering new perspectives on balancing humans´ relationship to the natural environment.
WHAT WILL BE was the second exhibition that was curated for the 16th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (November/December 2010), demonstrated the works of artists from the Czech Republic, Mexico, Pakistan, South Africa, UK and USA. The artworks contested the perceptions of hazardous chemicals and wastes.
Cooperation
The Safe Planet Campaign is collaborating with stakeholders that are cooperating on achieving sound chemicals and waste management. It works with:
Basel and Stockholm Convention regional centers
UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Kyiv Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers to the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (UNECE Aarhus Convention)
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
UN Regional Commissions
UNEP and FAO regional and sub-regional offices
UNEP / DTIE Chemicals Branch
World Health Organization
The Campaign cooperates with specific programmes and initiatives as well, including the Basel Wastes Solutions Circle, Green Customs Initiative, International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN), OzonAction, and Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment (PACE), PCBs Elimination Network (PEN), Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM), as well as academic, business and community-based organizations.
See also
Basel Convention
Food and Agriculture Organization
Rotterdam Convention
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
United Nations Environment Programme
World Health Organization
References
External links
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
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