Today
Today we concluded our personal research for this project. We find that the information we have now is enough, otherwise our project post would become out of hand.
Also we contacted the people responsible for the clima pavillion in Zurich to find out, what they need for us for our collaboration.
Our collaboration team from Kerala has exams at the moment, which means they will send their document with their research as soon as their exams are through (estimated in about one or two weeks).
In three weeks
Due to final exams which are held here at our school, we will not have school for the next two weeks. That means we will not be working on this project as actively until the 24th of June.
On the 24th we will evaluate and analyze our survey and add it to our final document.
Also we will include the research of the team from Kerala into our document as well.
Livia and I are collaborating with two teams from the Basque Country:
Team 1
- Ane and Ibai
Team 2
- Izar and Roman
With both teams we are communicate per Whatsapp. So far it has worked out very well. We update each other as soon as we did something for our project.
- Anabel Burkhalter --> in-house, exchange of experience, optimization --> during school days
- Manex and Jon from Basque Country --> by mail, project collaboration work --> once a week
- Mr. Bieri --> beekeeper, collaboration for an interview and a visit about his passion --> once
- Wildbiene + Partner --> supplier of my bee's, here if questions appears about working with them --> if necessary
Karla and I work together with Aaron, Abhishek, Jyothi and Tanya, the team from Kerala.
So far it has worked out really well. We update each other every week about our progress in our project via Whatsapp.
1. What do we need for a collaboration?
- Communication tools (Zoom, Whatsapp, E-Mail, etc.)
- Schedule for meetings
- Good and clear communication / instruction
- Post our progress on the horse
2. What are the important questions?
- How do we start?
- How can we find the perfect cooperation?
- How do we structure our project?
3. What are the advantages of the international collaboration project?
- We can compare our country to another one abroad.
- We can improve our english.
4. What difficulties could arise?
- The time until the submission date could be too short.
- The different timezones could become difficult.
5. How can you get connected and involved?
- Contact the collaboration team and see if they would like to collaborate with you.
- Get in closer contact with the team (zoom meetings, phone number, etc.)
6. How can you become a team?
- Tell them your imagination and explain everything clearly.
- Listen carefully to the collaboration team and their opinions.
- Be prepared for compromises.
Livia and Sandrine
1. What do we need for a collaboration?
- Good communication in general
- Ways of communication (Teams, Zoom, Whatsapp, etc.)
- Clear instructions (Who does what?)
- The horse (to update everyone on our progress)
2. What are the important questions?
- How do we divide the project work on the teammates?
- How much time do we have?
- How do we set the timelines?
3. What are the advantages of an international collaboration project?
- We can get an insight on how their country is different from ours
- We can use our english and maybe improve it even
4. What difficulties could arise?
- The different timezones could become difficult
- If communication isn't going smoothly
5. How can you get connected and involved?
- First concact them and see if they would even consider to collaborate
- Get their contact information (phone number, E-Mail adress, etc)
6. How can you become a team?
- Be friendly with each other
- Be considerate and accept all opinions
What is our progress on collaborations with other teams?
We saw a post on the horse by a team from Kerala about medical plants. We thought it would be a great idea to collaborate with them, so we contacted them by commenting on their post. They luckily commented back to us and agreed to collaborate on this poject together. Now we are waiting to exchange our contact information and start to work on our project.
Anabel & Karla
How will the trees of the big concrete jungles be threatened in the future?
The health of our trees reflects the health of mankind. The threats are growing, so WE must act NOW!
In the city of Zurich there are several tree diseases with different causes, effects and appearance. Not every tree is healthy just because it looks normal on the outside. It is not easy to find out which trees are sick and which are not, but it is very important that sick trees are felled. After all, as everyone knows, diseases spread very quickly and can cause great damage to the trees, as well as harm people.
Foreign plants that are invasive, which means that they spread too quickly and too much, are also a great risk for the city of Zurich and for Switzerland itself. These plants are harmful to the environment because they do not belong there and if they spread so fast, they destroy plants that belong to the Swiss environment.
There is a lot to read about this topic, so stay tuned!
Source: (Benoit Moser/ Paris Fire Brigade via The Associated Press)
What is the most eco-friendly building material?
We decided to answer this question in our project. During the last months we used selfmade graphics, calculations and science-based data for a result.
If you are interested we would be happy if you visit our post on Wordpress by the folloying link.
What to do to stop climate change? Even with little things we can help our environment a lot. That is why we would like to change people's mindset with our project in order to help the earth. To start, we decided to take a survey to get people's opinions and to find out what they already know and do for our environment. We are going to create a German and English version of the survey, which we will post soon.
Julian, Lukas and Livia
From 17 liters per week to 500 grams per month: This is how it lives as waste-free as possible!
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