The Horse 2019/20

Hello!

In my holidays, I did something that I never would have expected to do. For one whole week, I only ate non-animal food.

Usually, I eat at least one time a day meat and one snack a day which contains milk. So it was a very rough start. More...

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Hello everyone

In this lesson we transfered our text for the post from german to english. We asked Elizabeth from India how far she have been coming with her part of the Project and she wrote, that she will finish it soon.

Our text is now ready to publish, we only need some pictures and the part from Elizabeth of course.

Unfortunately we coudn't visit a chocolate factory but we found lots of interessting facts in the internet which we could use.

Best regards,

Shana & Rahel

Here is our text for the post:

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Hello everyone

Today we changed our instagram name from

@where2where

to

@dontwaste_myenergy

Kind regards,

the marketing team

We conducted an interview with Prof. Dr. Martin Grosjean. He is a professor at the University of Bern and director ot the climate research center in Bern.

summary questions and answers

1. Close you eyes and describe the world in 100 years according to your personal imagination and research knowledge

In 100 years, the world will probably have 10 - 12 billion people, the rainforests will be largely cleared. The world will not look peaceful because the scarcity of resources, water, food and habitat leads to conflics and wars. Unless every person in Switzerland, in Europe and in the world changes it.

2. How has the climate developed?

The climate has always changed but the fluctuations have remained within a relatively narrow range over the last 10 000 years. Since about 1970, the global climate left the range of natural fluctuations, becoming warmer and more extreme.

3. What is your position on climate change?

For Prof. Dr. Martin Grosjean, global warming is one of the greatest threat. He himself will not feel it as much as his children and grandchildren do.It is high time that young people take to the streets and protest loudly. 

4. What Impact will climate change have on the world in 100 years?

In all countries it will be around 6-8 degrees warmer. Hamburg will have a climate like that of southern Italy today, in areas with water shortages it will be even drier. The Arctic will have thawed and the glaciers in the Alps will have largely disappeared.

5. What could be done about?

We should reduce and avoid everything that produces greenhouse gases and promote renewable energy. For example:

• Be more economical driving a car - use public transport or bicycle.
• Fliying only for professional reasons - holiday flights one time every 10 years and cancel weekend flights
• (More ideas in the pdf document)

6. What else would you like to say on this subject?

Get involved and fight for a future worth living, your future. Talt to colleagues, to adults. There is no reason why today's adult generation should be alloved to take the right to leave a huge problem for today's young generation.

You can find the whole interview here.

Emanuela D'Andrea and Vanessa Nauer

Hello,

In the end we post the answers of our interview with a owner of a local farmshop.

Our next aim is to translate all our interview in english, that we can use the results.

Best regards,

Anja and Nathan

Answers from the interview with a owner of a local farmshop: (German)

1. Fast nichts. Nur Produkte wie zum Beispiel Eier die sehr heikel sind zum aufbewahren.
2. Eier, da dies am heikelsten ist und sehr schnell schlecht wird.
3. Weil man ansonsten sehr leicht eine Lebensmittelvergiftung bekommt und dies wäre für unseren Ruf schädigend und wir könnten verklagt werden.
4. Nein, es gibt nicht wirklich massnahmen, da die Nachfrage nicht genau planbar ist. Wir schauen jedoch darauf das wir bei anderen Lebensmitteln möglichst wenig bis gar kein Food Waste produzieren.
5. –
6. Ja, jenachdem um was es sich handelt in jedem Fall. Einzig bei Milch- und Fleischprodukten sind wir sehr vorsichtig. Aber verkaufen können wir abgelaufene Lebensmittel natürlich nicht mehr, das erlauben uns die Vorschriften nicht.
7. Nein, weil wir nur Lebensmittel wegwerfen die man nicht mehr konsumieren kann wegwerfen.
8. Das man die Lebensmittel zu einem billigeren oder gratis weitergibt an bedürftige zum Beispiel.
9. Tendenziel für das Frische jedoch würde ich nie ein Produkt wegwerfen, welches nur das Mindestdatum überschritten hat aber noch geniessbar wäre.
10. Nein, tendeziell nicht, denn ein äussere Makel bedeutet nicht, dass das Lebensmittel nicht mehr geniessbar ist.

Hello everyone

To date, we have received 120 responses to our survey, which makes us very happy. However, the survey has not yet been completed and we are still waiting for more responses.

If you have not yet filled out the survey, you are welcome to do so!

Link to our Survey

Attached you will find our prepared excel file for the analysis of the survey, which we will also implement in our web-post.

Stay tuned for our final results!

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Hi guys,

For the next step of my project, I have decided to conduct a survey.

The main goal of this survey is to find people's thoughts on organic farming, chemical fertilizers and harsh farming techniques. Through this survey I am trying to find out whether people think that organic farming could help us and is it sustainable?

Link to the survey, please send it to all your friends and colleagues!
=> https://ee.kobotoolbox.org/::SeeCSYTc

Many thanks for your support!

Sivani from Kerala, India

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Hy together!

Did you know that there are new laws in the world of the ship transportation:

Then: In a new regulation, the International Maritime Organization (a specialized agency of the United Nations) has determined that from 1 January 2020 the sulphur content of ship exhaust gases may only be 0.5 percent.

So the world is from now on a little bit more sutainable.

Team Transportation,

In addition to the development of an apple, our project also aims to analyse the effects of apple production on the climate. For the necessary information we have contacted the agricultural school Strickhof in Lindau and have done research on the internet to supplement this.

Apple production has both positive and negative effects on the climate. Every production process has a negative impact on the climate, including the use of machinery, pesticides etc. in apple production. But with apple production a new plant grows, which takes the CO2 out of the atmosphere and produces oxygen from it. The change in the climate in apple production is mainly noticeable in the fact that weather extremes such as frost, hail etc. are increasing. Due to climate change, new investments had to be made in the area of weather protection for apple trees. Many plantations have to be irrigated (bewässert) by longer periods of drought. However, climate change is making it possible to grow thermophilic crops such as apricot trees in regions where this was previously not possible. The ecological footprint of an apple depends on the variety. Depending on how long an apple can be kept and which measures are taken to extend its shelf life (Haltbarkeit), more or less greenhouse gases are released. If a lot of effort is put into the shelf life (Haltbarkeit) of an apple, it is quite possible that an apple imported by ship from abroad will emit fewer greenhouse gases. In today's society, we want to have apples and other fruits on offer at any time. This also applies even if it is not in season. In order not to interrupt the supply of apples, we have to store and import apples. For a better ecological footprint, the supply of apples should be limited to the apple season in Switzerland. The production of apples is highly professional. Companies produce apples that meet the requirements of the trade and consumers. Changes would only be possible if the demands of the trade and consumers changed.

Stefanie Kunz, Simone Etter, Tamara Keller, TZ19, Wetzikon

Hy together 

Here you find our experiance about the project.

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