The Horse 2020/21

Environment & Technology

Collaboration work - ways of communication

- 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

Our Progress - Update

Last week we contacted some clothing stores in Switzerland and asked them if we could do an interview and if they could answer some of our questions. This is the update so far (until 22th of April 2021):

  • Tally Weijl
    We didn't get an answer yet.
  • H&M
    We didn't get an answer yet.
  • New Yorker
    We didn't get an answer yet.
  • C&A
    We didn't get an answer yet.
  • Zebra
    We didn't get an answer yet.
  • Chicorée
    We got an answer. But unfortunately they said that they could not help us and do an interview with us.
  • Brandy Melville
    We didn't get an answer yet.
  • Dosenbach
    We didn't get an answer yet.
  • Walder Schuhe
    We got an answer. They told us that they could not help us with our project because they don't have a production by themself. They also don't produce their shoes in countries abroad.

We are still waiting for some positive responses but it could be that we will not get them.

[in progress]

Glacier melt - Interview with Team Basque

Questions:

- How many glaciers do you have in your near?

Since 2011, the Pyrenean glaciers have lost 63 hectares of ice and some 19 million tons of water. It is more or less what a small reservoir fits. In 1850 there were 52 glaciers in the Pyrenees. In 2020 there are only 19. Their disappearance, which is expected in just 30 years, will not be an environmental disaster, as they store relatively little water.

- Which school subjects are talking about "glacier melt" in your school?

We in our school have subjects to choose from and in our case we have not chosen that syllabus, that is, biology and geology, but we have asked our classmates and they have told us that they have not studied it yet.

- Do you think that something could happen, if a glacier starts to melt interely? (Natur catastrophes like a Zunami, an earthquake...)

We believe that if the glaciers began to melt, the world would have many consequences, such as the increase in sea water levels, the disappearance of many species, and there would be much more salt water and less fresh water.

- Why do you think are glaciers melting? What's in your opinion the main reason?

We believe that glaciers are melting due to the rapidity of climate change, the reason is us because we are destroying the world by extinguishing animals.

Genti and Tiziano