The Horse 2019/20

Technology & Environment

Research

The second and one of the most important steps is research. We already informed us at the beginning of the project about bio packaging. I worked 5 years for the company Wipf AG, so I visited them and organised already some material. Now we have a data sheet and a documentation from the bio packaging foil with all the information about the raw material and production. We also got a sample of the bio packaging foil which can be used in different ways.

The following step was the reasearch in the internet. We found some different sources and saved them on the OneNote. Yesterday Sharon and I met to prepare the questions for our interview.

The next step will be to summarize the collected information to be well prepared for our interview with a specialist of the packaging department from Wipf AG.

We're looking forward to gain some new experiences.

-Sharon Sommer, Claudia Betschart TZ19  

Imagination

Airplane Food: How can salad stay fresh in 10'000 meter a.s.l

When I'm thinking about our project, in my mind came that it is a really interesting topic. However, it is a long way till we have finished our project. In my opinion it is important that we are working according to our plan which we made. Secondly, we need now to get in touch with companies which are working in that specific area to make an interview.

Additionally, I want to find out how the food is produced and how the meals are prepared, that they stay fresh. If possible, I would also like to ask some critical question at the interview, to find out a little bit more.

 

Concept of our post on dontwastemy.energy

Green walls for a green city

Today our Team started to plan the post on dontwastemy.energy. We started Looking for some interesting Topics for our Project post. 

First of all, we want to explain what green walls are and where they can be found. Moreover we want to Show, what effects green walls have on the air in Citys. As well we want to contact an architect to learn how a green wall is created and if there are any regulations. 

The final summarize of our Topics:

1. What are green walls?

2. What effects do green walls have?

3. How is a green wall created?

4. Are there any regulations to build a green wall?

Here you can find our Project planning outline (as a mind-map):

 

We are Looking Forward to the Research!

Raffael, Manuela and Anja

Project - Step One - Imagination

Project: Green walls for a green city

Step One: Imagination

When I think of our project, it remembers me of all the green houses in the villages. I imagine a big city full of green walls everywhere you look with a lot of insects having their habitat there and a lot of healthy people living in those green houses.
More and more I recognise that green houses are most common in villages and not in big citys. I think in Citys green houses would be much more effective for the air and the whole environment as the villages are already located close to the country side. Furthermore I would like to write about the impact the plants really have on the air pollution. It would be also very interesting to get some statements from people who are living in a green house or at least next to one. Do they really feel the good impact of the plants in their habitat?

I am looking forward to work on our project!

The lifecycle of a local product | Interview questions

Next Wednesday, 13 November 2019, we are going to do a interview with a local farmer. We hope to get a closer view of the lifecycle of apples and gain more information about how those fascinating trees are grown. We prepared some questions for the interview below to get a detailed description from the farmer, let's see if we gonna grow our own tree soon. ;) More...