The Horse 2019/20

Technology & Environment

Our project idea: Food Wasting

Hello everyone!

Today we receive the task to collect project ideas.

Our own idea was food wasting because it is a very important topic which effect all of us.

Our aim is to find more information about it and what we can do against food wasting.

If you are interested in our topic you can listen to our short introduction and after this you can contact us anytime.

We look forward to hearing from you! :) 

Best wishes

Selina Lehmann & Julia Hartmann

 

Junk Food - Production and Impact

Hello everyone,

For our project, we want to do some research about Junk Food. We want to focus on the three following questions:

- What is Junk Food?

- How is it produced?

- Which impact has the production of Junk Food on the environment?

 

In addition, we plan to make a survey with the Junk Food costumers and one of the big Junk Food companies. 

We hope that we made the topic tasty for you;)

It would be very nice, to welcome you in our Team.

Best wishes from Switzerland,

Noémie and Lisa

Palm oil — why is it in so much products?

Hello everybody

We want to introduce you our idea for a brilliant collaboration project. Our project is about palm oil and why it is included in so much products.
For further informations we recommend you to listen to our recording:

We look forward for your comments and for a nice project enforcement.

Kind regards,

Lars and Dharany 

Happy Diwali (Shubh Deepavali)

Special Food Items Popularly Eaten on Diwali

What is Diwali and why is it celebrated?

DiwaliDeepavali or Dipavali is a four-five day-long (varying as per the Hindu Calendar) festival of lights, which is celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and some Buddhists every autumn in the northern More...

What's the climate impact of container shipping?

Stormy days on the red colossus

They are getting bigger and bigger and travel around the globe with fewer and fewer personnel and cheaper goods: container ships have become a symbol of globalization. A trip from America to Europe [Antwerp] - and a conversation with a former Swiss captain

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How efficient are hydrogen cars?

Fuel cell vs. battery storage
In traffic, however, the fuel cell faces a powerful competitor: battery storage. In comparison, hydrogen has serious disadvantages. If fuel cell vehicles are really to conquer the roads on a grand scale, this requires a new infrastructure, starting with the electrolysers through to the filling stations. The driver, on the other hand, can charge his electric car with mains power from any socket.More...

Project Idea: Digitalisation

Interested in doing a project on a real future topic?

Technique is proceeding very fast, a lot of new ideas were implementet until todays time and they are on doing every day. Therefore digitisation is a very common and also important topic for all of us. It's also a topic supporting a well-balanced environment in different aspects. We'd like to do cross-comparisons through different countries, analyze what people think about it and where which kind of efforts have been made.

We think, this topic can also be linked with food and Climate because digitalistation is also a big topic in agriculture.

Do you also like real future projects? Let's work together! :)

Best regards from cold Wetzikon, Switzerland

Tamara Keller, Stefanie Kunz, Simone Etter

Food blogging with the KoBo Toolbox

One of our tasks was blogging our food on the KoBo Toolbox. Unfortunately, I missed the interduction class to this task due to sickness. However, once I joined the class, I found the experience really interesting. Eventough it was difficult to Keep up with documenting everything I consume, it really made me realise how I fuel my body. I started to be more aware of what I eat, for my health as well as for the enviroment. I started eating healthier and feeling better thanks to that. I also ate more homemade meals, because this way I knew exactly what I was eating and where it came from.

Since I stopped blogging my food experience, I have notice that I am less conscious of what I eat. I could feel the Impact the unaware eating had to my body, so I am thinking of documenting my nutrition on my own time!

In conclusion, this project was a interesting learning experience about the food, it's origin and ingredients as well as the impacts my eating habits have for my health and the enviroment.

Project Idea: Sustainable Hotels

 Hi you,

Tourism creats a big income for the country. However, it's also a part which causes pollution and destroys the nature. Maybe there is a possibility to get a better balance for this sector? Check my recording about sustainable hotels to get an idea what my thoughts for an upcoming project is and let me know your feedback.

Best regards, Stefanie Kunz