Thanks to Mrs. Suter I found out about the Climate Now Competition. This Organisation reads through your project concept and then evaluate it. The Top Projects recieve funds for their project.
Here is the project concept I handed in:
Clima-Now_Mission_TreeNovice.docx (89.61 kb)
Sadly I didn’t here back from the competition. But during christmas and new year I visited their website and listen to all the presentations. And I can say that the project “Climate Fresk” is a deserving winner.
I will include the link to the top evaluated projects down below. I can really recommend all of you to listen at least to one of them and let yourself get motivated by the different ideas that might save our planet.
Presentation of the top projects: https://climanow.ch/de/spotlight/pitch-night-2021/
Wish me luck, because I’ll be competing in this competition next year again :D
So what have I done over the time span of my first semester?
I launched a website for my project using wix.ch. But why do I need a homepage? I need one so people can inform themselves about my project. Besides the information, I'm also hoping to recieve donations through my website.
I went to one of our local framers to ask for permission to plant trees on their land. After a few meetings I was able to come to an agreement. So can I just start planting? NO! I need to get permission from the local community. And I got it.
But why haven't you not seen any results? All the steps above need a lot of time and a lot of different meetings with different people. But now that I've got all the "legal" work done, means now comes the fun part. Now I can start talking about Trees and their positive affect, why we need trees & the lifecycle of a tree.
I hope you guys stay updated and if their are any questions just ask me in the comments :)
So now that I had achieved a collaboration with one of the most popular start-up's in switzerland, I had to start working on my own project. So what does a non-profit organisation need to work?
- A Landing Page for informations & donations
- Social Media channels for promotion
- A bank account to receive donations
I began by designing my homepage on wix.com. This is a website which provides website templates & editor, which makes creating a website very easy. I'll be using the website to inform students outside of our school about this project and the main goal would be to receive donations for my project.
Promotion. The most important Tool to attract attention to Tree Novice. Because of this pandemic most students use social media more than ever and that is something I'll be trying to profit from. I'll be using Instagram & TikTok and creating content and building up a community. If everything goes as plan I'll be able to raise attention for my project and the Horse in general, so students can also see all the other amazing projects being created by my fellow students.
The easiest way to donate or just send money in general in Switzerland is obviously TWINT. So I created an account for this project. I've also received QR-codes to put on my posters so students can directly donate with their phones.
If anyone has got any questions or feedback I'll happily receive your comments & try an answer them as fast as possible!
Kind regards
Tree Novice :D
After planning my raw project ideas I started by writing a Collaboration Inquiry to NIKIN. NIKIN is a clothing brand from Aargau that has gained a lot of attention since covid-19. The start-up wanted to give something back to our environment. So they plant a tree for every item of clothing that is purchased. I sent them an inquiry hoping to team up with them and learn how they do everything.
Following you'll be able to read my inquiry that I sent to the CEO. I got an answer that wasn't to positive put I was happy to receive an answer. They said the had enough ongoing projects already so they won't be able to do an exclusive collaboration, but they'll answer any questions that I would have. I really appreciate this opportunity and I've been staying in contact with them to learn more about the whole planting process they go through.
P.S be sure to check them out: https://nikin.ch
My Inquiry (in german):
Sehr geehrter Herr Hänny
Ich habe mich bei Ihnen über Tiktok mit dem Usernamen «centerbender13» in den Kommentaren, bezüglich meiner Vertiefungsarbeit gemeldet.
Ich möchte mich erstens einmal für die Möglichkeit bedanken mit Ihnen direkt Kontakt aufnehmen zu dürfen.
Ich heisse Iain Weder, bin 19 Jahre alt, habe meine Lehre als Kaufmann EFZ 2020 abgeschlossen und absolviere momentan die Berufsmaturität. Im Schulfach Technik & Umwelt habe ich den Auftrag erhalten ein kleines bilinguales Projekt über ein Umwelt Thema zu erarbeiten. Doch statt einfach ein wenig Recherche zu machen und eine Arbeit schreiben, möchte ich gerne der Umwelt mit meinen Taten helfen und dies dann dokumentieren.
Mein Ziel wäre es Spenden zu sammeln und mit diesen spenden Bäume zu pflanzen. Doch als ausgebildeter Kaufmann fehlt mir einiges an Fachkenntniss um mein Ziel zu erreichen.
Dank der Social-Media Präsenz auf Instagram und Tiktok Ihres Unternehmens «NIKIN» wurde ich auf Sie aufmerksam. Nun wollte ich fragen, ob es möglich wäre mit Ihnen ein Interview zu führen, um einerseits mich mehr über «NIKIN» zu informieren und falls möglich von Ihnen Tipps zu erhalten, um mein Konzept ausführen zu können. Wo ich die Bäume kaufen sollte? Wo ich diese pflanzen darf oder wie ich die Genehmigung erhalte, um dies auszuführen.
Ich würde mein Spendenprojekt verfilmen und einen Bericht schreiben. Dies würde auf zwei Umwelt Websites publiziert werden und auch auf meinen Sozialen Medien.
Gerne würde ich mit dieser Möglichkeit auch in meinen Videos, Posts und Bericht für Ihr Unternehmen werben, da ich euer Konzept verfolge und gerne Unterstützen möchte. Falls Sie eine konkrete Idee hätten wie ich am besten für Sie werben könnte oder konkrete Vorschriften haben würde dies gerne mit Ihnen Besprechen.
Mit Freundlichen Grüssen
Iain Weder
There are brand new project categories:
- Project Medical plants
- Project Textiles
- Project Tree Novice
- Project Glacier melt
- Project Future mobility
- Project Littering
- Project Wild bees
- Project Surviving
[in progress]