Perfect sized apple?
Any apple with a calibre smaller than 7cm or bigger than 8cm is classified as "2nd Class". Why? In schools all kind of sizes are welcomed since every child prefer a different apple, however, grocery shops only order the "perfect sizes". What do you think about it?
Please let us know your thoughts!
Simone, Tamara and Stefanie
Since we already promoted our idea with a small film at the beginning of the school project, we wanted to work with films in the main project as well. In a simple learning video we wanted to explain in a simple way what the challenges in shipping are.
The first thing we thought about was, which 3 challenges come first. So it was possible for us to split up and collect each of us on the various challenges on the Internet. After the text was written, we created the appropriate videos.
On the Internet, we searched for suitable programs in the field of animated films that can be used free of charge. We chose the "Animaker" website. First we had to get to know the program and understand how to use it. Since not all applications within the program are free, we had to be creative. The time per film was also limited to 2 minutes. So we had to limit ourselves in terms of content and bring only the most important facts.
So that the educational films had an appealing background music, we searched the internet for music that could be used free of charge. We were able to find the right pieces of music on Bensound and mentioned the source accordingly in the films.
We wanted to reproduce the interviews as we had conducted them with the two companies. We therefore decided to make the interviews available in PDF form in English and German at the end of the article.
Team Transportation, Wetzikon, Switzerland
Matthias and Jeannine, BM2 TZ19
Reflexion
The project gave us the opportunity to see ship transport from another side. We were initially impressed by the size of the ships and the amount of cargo on the ship.
It was very interesting to see what difficulties arise in shipping. It is astonishing how much attention has to be paid so that the ship can get safely from A to B.
Fortunately, we were able to count on two very friendly companies who stood by our side and answered questions about less or more critical issues without any problems.
We noticed how important the ship is in the transport chain. Without this ingenious invention, fewer people in the world could benefit from globalization. It is an elementary part of human care.
Team Transportation, TZ19
Filming Day on the Farm - drone video
Some weeks ago we did an interview with the Farmer, Mr Keller. As pictures and videos bring closer looks into projects, we decided to go for it. A friend of mine flies drons and offered us new opportunities for the project.
On Thursday, 2nd January 2020 the day finally came, it was an incredibly cold afternoon, after two hours of filming, the feet were already frozen and of course the hands as well. We were really happy and lucky to get a cup of tea afterwards to defrost ourselves.
The filming was very interesting, the drone flew from here to there, back, and did some turns... absolutely flexible! Check our finale post on befter (coming soon) to watch the video.
Cheers,
Simone, Tamara, Stefanie
New category: Team Stubble burning
**A happy new year to all of you!**
Let's start with something we think is an important theme.
Christmas time and New Years Eve are over now and a lot of you received beautiful presents or made great gifts by your own to the persons you love.
Can you remember the way the presents were wrapped in?
A lot of the bought gifts are firstly packed in plastic and afterwards in a cardboardbox. Don’t forget the gift wrapping paper in the next step, fixed with adhesive tape which is made out of plastic.
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To all "The Horse Whisperers", teachers and students
* Wish you all the good old and
the good new for the New *
Galloping into 2020 with lovely energy!
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Try a mouse over or tap the horse.
Many thanks for your engagement! We are looking forward to all the awesome contributions going to be published soon on dontwastemy.energy
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New super battery (srf.ch, in German)
Can this tower secure our energy future?
Admired by Bill Gates, funded by a Japanese telecom giant: Swiss engineer Andrea Pedretti's idea is being built in Ticino.
Summary of the Interview with the local farmer Martin Keller
The journey to the local farm was a great experience as we learned a lot about apples and gained knowledge about farming. Martin Keller didn’t just told us the answers to our questions, he also showed us the apple plantation, other fruit trees and told us about differences between the sorts, he gave us apples and apple cider (Apfelmost) to try and he told us different stories about his job which actually is also a big part of his life.
Arriving at the farm, first of all, Martin showed us around. Interestingly, the local farmer owns more than 12 different sorts of apples as well as pears, cherries, grapes but also horses, cows and the naughty (frech) cat called Flocke.
The lifecycle of an apple trees starts with choosing and growing the baby tree, they are grown in tree nurseries (Baumschulen) and can bought with an age of one or two years. Martin Keller personally tend to buy two years old trees as first apples can be harvested from the apple trees third living-year on. More...
To good to go (Switzerland: togoodtogo.ch)
In Europe (togoodtogo.com)
Is it a movement, a business or both?