Jon Jandai (Jo) is foremost a farmer, secondly the most widely known earthen builder in Thailand. He is from Yasothorn Province Thailand and has been farming all of his life. He also began building earthen homes on his family farm in 1997. He began doing workshops on earthen building in 2002, initially traveling the country and voluntarily teaching farmers’/villager groups ,NGOs, etc creating what is now a widespread earthen building movement in Thailand.

He co-founded Pun Pun in July 2003 and is most interested in preserving our heritage in seeds.

Peggy Reents is initially worked with NGOs in Northeastern Thailand on earthen building, alternative agriculture, and grassroots development projects before together co-founding Pun Pun with Jo in 2003.

She from Colorado, USA and has been living in Thailand since 2001.

Tahn Jandai became an addition to Peggy and Jo’s life as well as the rest of Pun Pun on 9 July 2004.

He is presently most interested in hammock naps and playing in the dirt.

Rachabodin Boonchaiyo (Dtai) is an architect who left his private company to devote himself to working on the earthen building movement in Thailand.  He has been at Pun Pun since its beginning in 2003.  He has traveled extensively, assisting with workshops and building projects.  He is from Khon Kaen Province of Thailand and now is running Pun Pun Restaurant in Chiang Mai city.

Michel Spaan is a seed collector and has come to Pun Pun from the Court of Eden seed center in Holland. He also has extensive experience in building both with mud and bamboo and has lived in various parts of Thailand for many years.

He has been living at Pun Pun since 2003.