The Horse 2020/21

Environment & Technology

Corals and our environment

1. September 2020 Naomi-Nievergelt Corals vs trees, Project Ideas, Team Zurich M18a (0)

In Our Project, Jana and I would like to know more about the coral reefs.

Land plants only produce 1/3 of the oxygen we breathe, the rest comes from the ocean. The dying of the coral reefs affects all species from marine life to human kind.

  • How exactly does the death of the coral reefs affect our lives?
  • What can we do to prevent all coral reefs from becoming extinct by 2050?
  • Is it possible to restore the riff like before?
  • Are there organizations that already help?
  • Are there any statistics that show how the reef is doing at the moment?

in progress

What could do with the sun?

1. September 2020 Dylan-Buergin Team Zurich M18a, Project Ideas (0)

What could do with the sun?

The sun is a very interesting planet. You could change the whole world with the sun and its incredible energy.
Many have already shown that you can do certain things with the sun, such as solar cells.

What I could present as a project idea:

Is it possible to create even more energy with the sun?
Are there other possibilities than solar cells?
Is it possible to store the energy from the sun?
Could the sun be equated with nuclear fission and even replaced for you?

(in progress)

Environment & Technology - The Beginning

26. August 2020 Karishma-Mappalakayil Team Zurich VZ20A (0)

What I already know about E&T

  • Environment
    • Climate change
    • Environmental pollution (e.g. we're using too much plastic)
    • Too much food waste
  • Technology
    • Digitalization
    • More and more new devices like smartphones and laptops are being used all over the world
    • Social Media (many methods of communicating with people around the world)

What I would like to know

  • Background of technology (How does it work? How is it developed? etc.)
  • How do we handle digitalization?
  • How can we stop environmental pollution?

Environment and technology

26. August 2020 Kamanya-Paheerathan Team Zurich VZ20A (0)

What do I know about E&T?

  • I think environmental technology is the technological process of protecting the environment as well as restoration of already damaged ecosystems. 
  • What to do against environmental protection: Recycling, waste disposal, sewage treatment, reduction of air pollution, use of renewable energy 

What I would like to know?

  • How are the funds used to protect the environment?
  • How the people get motivated to do something against the environmental pollution?
  • Has the situation improved compared to the past?