The Horse 2019/20

Technology & Environment

Project idea: The life cycle of a local product

Hello everyone!

We have an interesting project idea: the life cycle of a local product. In our view it is very important that we support local farmers and buy regional fruits and vegetables.

We would like to show the different steps from how an apple tree got planted to how and when the apples will be picked from the tree. We want to find out how big or small the ecological footprint of this production and its impact on the climate is. In conclusion: What is needed that such a popular product ends up in the grocery store?


We look forward to find some other people who are interested in joining us and do the same project in their country so that we can compare our results. If you are interested, please comment this post and we will contact you as soon as possible.

Tamara Keller and Simone Etter, TZ 19

Comments (3) -

  • Sharon Sommer & Claudia Betschart

    10/23/2019 3:59:07 PM | Reply

    Dear Tamara & Simone

    I think this idea is really good because a lot of people don't know how far some products in the supermarket travel and it's important to support the local stores. I'm intrested to see the difference of the ecological footprint between local products and products abroad.

    Wish you the best for your Project!
    Sharon and Claudia

  • Warit Thavorntap, Maria Sol Garay & Laurens Janssen

    10/24/2019 1:39:46 PM | Reply

    A very interesting idea. We would like to do this project here in Belgium. We decided that we are going to interview a local farmer in the neightbourhood of our school and ask questions about his products and their ecological footprint.

    These are the questions we got at the moment:
    -  Is it important to you to be to reduce your ecological footprint of your food?
           -    (Yes) Do you have any advice on how to reduce your ecological
                        footprint of your food?
                   -  How do you reduce your ecological footprint of your food?
           -    (No) Why, isn't it important for you?
    -  How does watching your ecological footprint of your food affect the price of
            your food?

    • Simone Etter

      11/20/2019 4:17:05 PM | Reply

      Bonjour Warit, Maria and Laurens

      We sent you e-mails to laurensjanssen15@gmail.com during the last weeks. Did you received it?

      Best regards
      Tamara, Stefanie and Simone

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