Eco-Town : The Development a System of Environmental Management on Buddhist Ecology Approach of Temples in Bangkok

Abstract

This research purposes 1) To study pattern and environmental management on Buddhist ecology of temple in Bangkok. 2) To system development for environmental management on Buddhist ecology system of temple in Bangkok and 3) To integrating Buddhist ecology concept for development temple and community to Eco-Town in Bangkok, this research is action research by collecting data from four temples and forty key-informants who responsibility about “Happy Temple” and “Inspire Temple” projects in Bangkok. The data analysis presents the path of environmental management of This research purposes 1) To study pattern and environmental management on Buddhist ecology of temple in Bangkok. 2) To system development for environmental management on Buddhist ecology system of temple in Bangkok and 3) To integrating Buddhist ecology concept for development temple and community to Eco-Town in Bangkok, this research is action research by collecting data from four temples and forty key-informants who responsibility about “Happy Temple” and “Inspire Temple” projects in Bangkok. The data analysis presents the path of environmental management of temple and community in Bangkok. 

In other that the result found:

1. The most of pattern and environmental management on Buddhist ecology of temple in Bangkok is temple and community planning relied on the old landscape. The management, maintenance, preserve, waste management also environmental management have still low concerned. Since the temple participant “Happy Temple” and “Inspire Temple” projects, they initiated to new environmental management by using 5 S (5 Explanation), landscape architecture, and Buddhist ecological management. 

2. The result of system development for environmental management on Buddhist ecology system of temple in Bangkok found all of temples have increasing concern about management system. They plan to study Buddhist cultural, landscape architecture, sustainable Buddhist ecology and urban society management, then the temples are changed landscape to charitable to small size landscape planning. By conduct from network of environmental development and community way in Bangkok. 

3. The integrating Buddhist ecology concept for development temple and community to Eco-Town in Bangkok found the concept of Buddhist ecological can push forward monks and community accept the importance of sustainable environmental management for making temple to be part of Eco-Town.