Hello together

Soon we want to start our project about mineral oil. Below you can find ou coception and planing.

First of all we want to calculate how much mineral oil is used in one specific product. So the Energy consumption, the packaging, the Transport and all other influences.
It would be really interesting to find out if there are differences of the mineral oil consumption for the same product in different countries.

If you are interestet in our project idea and like to join us, pleas leave a comment and let us know!

We look forward to an interesting collaboration.

Best regards
Rahel & Shana  

How much food gets wasted in our supermarkets?

We want to find out how much food get wasted in our supermarkets and how we can reduce food waste.

We will interview owners of supermarkets about foodwaste in their shops. We will search solutions how we can reduce food waste in supermarkets and as well at home. We will research why exactly so much food get wasted. Is it because the best before date or is it because we have too much food?

Best regards

Nathan & Anja

        The Chocolate Production in Kerala

         Everyone like chocolate, it is a usually sweet, brown food prepared from its main ingredient roastedand ground cacao seeds along with sugar,cocoa butter etc.

 In Kerala, cocoa is cultivated about 15, 894 hectares in 2016-17. The crop is now cultivated in an area of 10708 ha with an annual production of 6100 tonnes and productivityof 685 kg/ha. 

 Cocoa is a tropical crop grown under equitable climate with well distributed rainfall. In majority of the regions, where cocoa is cultivated, a high but often unevenly distributed annual rainfall occurs, resulting in fairly well defined dry and wet seasons. These seasonal changes exert marked effects on the growth of cocoa tree, and on its cycle of flushing , flowering , and fruiting. Shade studies on cocoa indicated  progressive increase in yield       ( with the use of chemical fertilizers ) and progressive decrease in vegetative growth with decreasing levels of shade (Nair et al.,1996).

From this its clear that change in climatic conditions in Kerala effects the growth of cocoa which is  one of the main ingredient for the preparation of THE CHOCOLATE.

Looking forward to your comments ,

Thank you

Hi Friends,

We all love food and some of us in fact are the biggest foodies in the world.But while relish its taste did we ever wonder if these foods contribute to the global warming.

I am sure the answer is a no. But its true. some of the food that we eat daily like meat ,pork etc can contribute to the major problem that the world is currently facing.

Sounds interesting,isnt it?I feel this as an interesting topic and something to research further.

If anyone is interested in joining our project,please let us know in the comment box.We are looking forward for your comments so that we can collaborate and get to know more of it.

Kindly regards

Shreya and Anjali

grade 11 kerala

Dear Students from Belgium and India

We are still looking for some collaboration partners for our project Green Walls for a Green City.

If you are interested in our project and would lile to work with us please don't hesistate to contact us.

Here you can find the informations about our project:

green walls for a green city and our project plan

We are lookinkg forward to hearing from you.

Anja, Raffi and Manuela

Dear all,

We are searching YOU for a collaboration. Our project idea is: Airplane Food: How can salad stay fresh in 10'000 meters a.s.l 

If you are interesting to work with us please feel free to leave a comment!!

We are looking forward to read your comments. If you have a similar idea we would also like to work together with you and make the best out of our ideas.

More info’s about our project: Project idea

Regards,

Jeff & Loris

Agriculture is a major part as it provides the much-needed food products and other materials. But our current agricultural trend is doing nothing but harm the environment, reduce the nutritional value of the plant and deteriorate the natural fertility of the soil. The first part of the project will contain the causes for the crisis such as:

• Excessive use of chemical fertilizers
• Over irrigation
• Destroying large areas of forest land to convert into agricultural area
• Deteriorates the natural fertility of the soil
• Reduces the nutritional value of the crop
• Harmful effects of the use of fertilizers

The second part will contain ways in which we can reduce some of these problems, such as:

• Educating the farmers on a better and rational way of using fertilizers
• Organic farming

Organic farming would the main part. While researching on organic farming, I found that there were many old farming techniques which are way cheaper to make and also doesn’t harm the environment. Thus, I found that our ancestors have left us many such methods. Some of the methods that were used back then in India are:

• Jiwamritha
• Bijamritha
• Agnisastra

Feel free to check the video out to get more idea about this project. 

I would love to know about any such organic farming techniques that your country may have. And I would also love to hear your opinions on my idea so feel free to comment what you think.

With Regards,

Sivani

We would like to put forward our view on the increasing usage of fertilizers and pesticides in crops and their impact on biosphere.

The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of united nations has issued a sobering forecast that world food production needs to be increased by 70% inorder to keep pace with the demand of growing population. In order to keep up with the race we have increased the amount of fertilizers and pesticides to increase the produce. But taking into consideration the consequences we are facing like direct poisoning, high risks  of cancer, deteriorating climate ita high time we look into this matter seriosly. 

The long term fertilizer and pesticide application disturb the biochemical process of nutrient cycling. 98%of sprayed insecticides and 95%of herbicides reach destinations otger than the target species. They are carried to aquatic environments ans cause damage to aquatic life. These toxicants get into the food cycle and we consume these toxic subatances.They also contami ate the atmosphere. What we do not realize or tend not to  is the fact that we are  the ones who face the consequences.

Alternatives:Use of pesticides and fertilizres tgat can be degraded and assimilated by microorganisms that is organic matter.

Using the appropriate amount of fertilizers after proper analysis in laboratories.

Hai, everyone, we are having an idea on the topic "Climate Impact on Agriculture and Food Supply".we think that this is would be a best topic as it can be connected to food and climate very easily. as nowadays climate is a main challenge for the farmers to do agriculture.

If the agricultural products get decreased due to climate change then it will result in food insecurity.

The flood that affected in Kerala last year has caused a total agricultural loss of 6,281 crore Indian rupees and 25138 tonnes of production in spices itself.

So we think this would be a great topic.

pictures of Kerala flood and agricultural failure are following.

Anyone interested may be please comment on it or give suggestions for improvement

Hello everyone

Lars and I from Switzerland have an other idea for a collaboration project. We have no definitive idea now, but maybe we can work out one with your help and your additional ideas. At the moment, our imagination is to compare the water consumption from Switzerland with your country. Maybe you have an idea how we can connect this topic with the main topic "food and climate". We thought about the question if you have in your country enough drinking water for every inhabitant like Switzerland has. We think this topic could interest a lot of people all over the world.

We are looking forward to your comments and a nice collaboration.

Kind regards
Lars and Dharany

We all eat different kinds of meat but did you ever think about the consequences?

Its not only about the animals but also about the environment.

Listen to our audio and join us if you are interested.

 Mohamed and Cem