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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls

SLEEPY BONUS! Kotchakorn Voraakhom: Ebb and Flow

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls

Rebel Girls

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids, Education For Kids

4.57K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Kotchakorn Voraakhom makes sure nature comes first. As a Thai landscape architect, she works with new realities like flooding and rising waters, using her ingenuity and out-of-the-box thinking to revolutionize public park design. This podcast is a production of Rebel Girls. It’s based on the book series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. This story was produced and directed by Haley Dapkus with sound design and mixing by Mumble Media. It was written by Nicole Haroutunian and edited by Abby Sher. Fact-checking by Joe Rhatigan. Narration by Sura Siu. Original theme music was composed and performed by Elettra Bargiacchi. Thank you to the whole Rebel Girls team who make this podcast possible. Stay rebel!

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0:00.0

So what dikha?

0:09.0

Dikha. Hello, Revels.

0:13.0

Ah, it looks like you're just in time for the rain.

0:18.0

Can you hear it?

0:20.0

The clouds have gathered together in a soft blanket overhead, letting go of all the water they have stored.

0:30.0

Just relax as you listen to their gentle pitter-patter.

0:35.0

You are safe, you are calm.

0:40.0

You are part of nature's ebb and flow.

0:44.0

Did you know that water moves in cycles?

0:52.0

When the clouds get too full overhead, they release water as

0:57.3

raindrops, or snow, sleet, hail, depending on how cold it is outside.

1:09.0

Once the water falls to the ground,

1:11.0

it gets absorbed into the soil, feeding plants and trees, or it flows into lakes, rivers and oceans.

1:20.0

Eventually, the sun heats the water so much that it evaporates into gas particles that float up, up, up into the atmosphere, where they join the clouds and

1:37.4

the cycle starts all over again. Learning about water in its cycles is very important for humans,

1:51.0

particularly in places where it rains a lot, like the lush mountains and valleys of Thailand.

1:58.0

Let's travel there now to see what it's like.

2:01.0

And meet a clever rebel named Kojagon Warakom.

2:05.0

Kojagon designed a spectacular park full of twisting paths, tropical plants, and wide open fields.

2:14.3

Later in the story, we'll visit this winding green landscape

2:18.6

to see how she's made something beautiful

2:21.6

by following nature's course.

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