Dear Students and Teachers
In the attached word-document you can find our final document which is ready to publish on dont waste my energy.
Feel free to have a look and leave a feedback.
Green Walls final document.docx (2,00 mb)
Best regards
Anja, Manuela, Raffael
Yesterday Schulthess Maschinen AG presented three new colours at Swissbau Basel!
(Names of the colours from left to right: Ever Rose, Solid Gold and Titan Rock)
What do you think about these colours and which design do you like best?
I'm looking forward to your comments!
Kind regards
Raffael
Summary Evaluation of the survey on the life cycle of a local product
Costumers are the important people for farmers as they buy their products, that is also why it was important to obtain not only information from experts, but also opinions and views of the population on the subject "Growth of a local product". For this reason, we started a survey in which we wanted to find out the apple varieties known to the population and additional questions about the cultivation and process of production.
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Hello everyone
Today we changed our instagram name from
@where2where
to
@dontwaste_myenergy
Kind regards,
the marketing team
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
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
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
**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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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...
Who doesn't like the beautiful lights during Advent season?
Walking from school back to the train station we relalized the beautiful winter lights made of recycled material - what a great idea, isn't it?
As we enjoyed them pretty much on our ways during the cold, dark evenings we wanted to share it with you:
Wishing all of you a wonderful Christmas time!
Warm wishes from Wetzikon,
Tamara, Simone, Stefanie
Hi Guys,
Following an update of your project:
Airplane Food
We were able to get in contact with a spokesperson from Gate Gourmet and ask Questions about our project. We'll post the original answers in german and add a short english translation.
1) How can a salad stay fresh at an altitude of 10 kilometers?
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