The Horse 2023

Environment & Technology

Use of Media "Green Gaming"

There are many different ways to use media. In our project we needed Zoom for the meetings with the students from India and Outlook for the communication as well as Whats App.
For publishing following possibilities are considered: 

  • Interview: Audio or Video
  • Results: Calculations
  • Numbers to calculate the results: World Wide Web
  • The whole documentation: Article and evt. visit to a radio station

We already have some of the results of the experiment and are now calculating them. Our friends from India are eventually writing a small article as well.

This post was published by Damian and Christian

Next steps

Our next steps are:

- Meeting with Advaith and Abhinav, hopefully they can have some interviews for a comparisation.

- Meeting with two skier and ask them about their nutrition.
   - Hopefully they can send us pictures of their food. (What they eat in one day)

 

Survey results about animal welfare

From 22.03. until 25.03.2023 we did an online survey on umfrageonline.ch. 100 selected people took part in this survey. Of the 100 respondents, 60 were under 20, 20 were between 20 and 30 and the remaining 20 are over 30 years old. 9 of the respondents eat vegetarian and the rest eats also meat. 

The first question was, how important animal welfare is to them in relation to the food they consume. 69 % pay attention to special labels and 31 % just buy something.

The following question was, if they are willing to spend more money on animal products for the welfare of animals. They answered yes with 85 % and the rest isn't willing to spend more money on animal products.

Another question was that they compare the Swiss livestock farming to the EU and USA. The surveyed think that the Swiss livestock farming is with 76 % better than the EU and with 80 % better than the USA. 5 % think that the Swiss livestock farming is as well as the EU and USA. Nobody thinks that it is worse than the EU or USA.

The fourth question was, if they think that animal welfare in Switzerland can still be improved. And of course 84 % think that this is possible but 16 % also think that it's enough. 

The next question was, how many kilograms of meat do they think they consume per year. 12 % think that they consume more than 100 kg. 15 % think that they consume between 70 - 99 kg. 34 % think that they consume between 50 - 70 kg and 39 % think that they consume less than 50 kg.

And last but not least we asked them, if they think that the demand for meat can fully be covered by domestic production. 26 % answered that with a Yes and 74 % with a No. 

Update on our project status

Hello everybody!

We are pleased to announce that we will be conducting an interview with Fabian Wolfsperger from the Davos Snow and Avalanche Research Institute (SLF) next Tuesday, 4 April 2023.

We are looking forward to an exciting exchange and valuable input for our project!

 

Draft of our survey - Bottle Bricks

Description:

Bottle Bricks are a simple and accessible technology that can transform everyday plastic materials into a useful building material plastic bottles stuffed full of trash until they are as compact as bricks.

Think about it: Bottle bricking is a recycling solution of sorts, which makes it good for the environment in some ways. But bottle bricking is not just a way to keep trash out of landfills and waterways. For some, bottle bricking enables them to have a better life: a life with shelter. Bottle bricks are used to build houses for people living in 3rd world countries. 

1. How old are you? (Important to see which age category uses the most plasic)

- Under 18

- 18-24

- 25-34

- 35-44

- 45 or above

2. How much one way plastic do you use per day? (Important to see how much plastic is used)

- none

- 1-3 pieces

- 3-6 pieces

- More

3. Have you ever tried to reduce your plastic consumption? (Important to see if people have already had experience with reducing plastic waste and if they are interested in helping the environment)

- yes 

- no

4. If you answered Question 3 with „yes“, how was it for you? (Important to know if they would do it again and if it was difficult for them)

- easy

- neither easy nor difficult

- difficult

- I didn‘t try to reduce my plastic comsumption

5. What of the following things would you use to help the environment? (Important to know if people are open to alternatives)

- tote bags

- reusable bottles

- cardboard/paper straws or packaging

- use tupperware

- all of the above

6. Would you be open to switch from plastic to reusable bottles (f.e. glass)? (Important to know if people are open to alternatives)

- yes

- no

- maybe 

7. Have you heard of bottle bricks before? (Important to know if people deal with topics about recycling)

- yes 

- no

8. Would you be interested in following our project about bottle bricks? (Important to see if people would be interested in reading our end result)

- yes

- no

9. Would you like to also make bottle bricks? (Curiosity)

- likely 

- unlikely

Peer feedback - Animal Welfare

Dear Ella and Michelle

This is our feedback for your Animal Welfare project:

Can I get an impression of the project in a short time?
We were able to find all the necessary information at first glance and immediately had a great insight into the subject of the project.

Are all steps clearly communicated?
Yes, all the steps are described in detail and the posts are very informative.

What already looks promising, interesting?
The interview, the vision board as well as the self-made pictures are very promising. The project seems very high quality and well thought out.

What could be added?
We would love to see more of these beautiful homemade images. Otherwise, we are not missing any information in the sense that the project is not finished yet.

In your opinion, where does the project stand on a scale of 1-10?
9/10, because there is always room for improvement.

Philipp, Sedric and Janik

Preview of upcoming weeks

Team with Nina, Inês and Alisha

DI, 28.03.2023
Unfortunately Inês wasn't able to attend today's group collaboration, so we had to postpone the discussion of the survey questions. Instead we worked with the Wind Power Team to create the peer feedback and then started to use their feedback to improve our project. Start discussing the questions for the survey.

DI, 04.04.2023
Receive an introduction for the survey tool, as well as getting to know the tool and make the final selection of the questions. Contact different schools to ask if they can forward our survey to their students. More...

Feedback to the project apple leather

From the very beginning, you showed great effort for your project and in the horse we have a well organised overview. The development of an eco-friendly and cruelty-free leather alternative using apple waste was a stroke of genius, and your commitment to ensuring that every aspect of the production process was inspiring.

We overall think it's a very interesting topic, because we never heard about leather from apples.

Hopefully your Interview will workout and we're looking forward to see your results.

Kind Regards
Pascal, (sick) Amil and Tom