We were able to complete our mission in bringing the future generation closer to green roofs. 🌱
Our visit to the kindergarten was a great success and the children were enthusiastic and inspired. 💡
A huge thank you to everyone involved! 💯
To learn more about our project "Green Roofs: The return of Nature to the City" you can check it out here:
https://dontwastemy.energy/2023/05/23/green-roofs-the-return-of-nature-to-the-city/
WE ARE ONLINE!!!
A huge thank you to my group partners, the teacher, collaboration partners and everyone else involved. This was an interesting project to be a part of, and we feel that we have made a change and were able to achieve our goals.
To learn more about our fascinating green roof project, klick here:
Green Roofs: The Return of Nature to the City
The kindergarten teacher was nice and sent us some images of the green roofs the children and us had built together. We are thrilled with the results (and so is the kindergarten teacher)!
She said that the children enjoyed learning about green roofs and were able to understand its purpose better, due to the fact that they had a "hands-on learning experience". The first thing the children do in the morning when they get to class is check on their green roofs to see how much they have grown.
So the cress we planted won't go to waste, the children will eat the cress as a snack with a slice of bread. Cress is very healthy and rich in vitamin C.
***ACHTUNG**** DAS IST NICHT DER ARTIKEL FÜR DIE PUBLIZERIUNG (NUR FAKTEN)
Da unsere Städte immer weiterwachsen, ist die Bedeutung einer nachhaltigen Stadtgestaltung wichtiger denn je geworden. Einer der neusten Trends im Bereich des nachhaltigen Lebens in der Stadt, ist die Verbauung von grünen Dächern. Dies sind Dächer von Gebäuden, die eine Vielfalt von Umweltvorteilen anbieten und die Lebensbedingen in Städten erheblich verbessern können.
Verbesserte Luftqualität
Grüne Dächer können die Luftqualität verbessern, indem sie Schadstoffe aus der Luft filtern und durch Photosynthese Sauerstoff produzieren. Dies ist besonders wichtig in städtischen Gebieten, wo die Luftverschmutzung erhöht ist. Durch die Aufnahme von Kohlenstoffdioxid und weiteren Schadstoffen können grüne Dächer dazu beitragen, die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die Umwelt zu reduzieren.
Reduzierter Wärmeinseleffekt
Grüne Dächer können ebenfalls dazu beitragen, den städtischen Wärmeinseleffekt zu verringern, ein Phänomen, bei dem Städte deutlich wärmer sind als die umliegenden ländlichen Gebiete. Die Vegetation auf grünen Dächern trägt dazu bei, die von den Gebäuden absorbierte Wärme zu verringern, und kühlt durch den Prozess auch die Umgebungsluft ab. Dies verbessert, die Lebensbedingungen für die Bewohner und den Bedarf an Klimaanlagen in heißen Sommermonaten zu verringern.
Erhöhte Artenvielfalt
Grüne Dächer schaffen für Insekten, Vögel und andere Wildtiere neue Lebensräume. Dies kann dazu führen, dass die Artenvielfalt in städtischen Gebieten erhöht wird und fördert die Koexistenz zwischen Menschen und der Natur. Die Pflanzen und deren Vegetation wirken zusätzlich als natürlichen Puffer gegen Lärmbelästigung und somit werden Städte ruhiger und friedlicher.
Energie-Effizienz
Grüne Dächer tragen sogar zur Senkung des Energieverbrauchs von Gebäuden zu. Durch ihre Isolierung werden die Innenräume der Gebäude kühler und im Winter wärmer, wodurch der Bedarf an Klimaanlagen und Heizungen sinkt. Dies vermindert die Energiekosten für Gebäudebesitzer und kann die Energieeffizienz des gesamten Gebäudes verbessern.
To-Do-List
- Write an article for "Züri-Oberländer" (IDAF)
- Contact more Media-Outlets
Our highest priority for today's lessons is writing and perfecting the article for the newspaper "Züri-Oberländer". After completing the article, we would like to send it to Ms. Mittelholzer for correction and feedback.
So far we have conducted our interview with an expert and have also had a successful visit to the kindergarten. (See other "Green Roofs" posts). We have additionally completed the IDAF-Worksheets.
Media outlets are powerful tools that can be used to promote projects and ideas. Our green roof project is a perfect example of a project that can benefit from the use of various media outlets.
Social media is a powerful tool that can reach a large number of people in a short amount of time. By using social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, we can create posts, share images, and videos about our green roof project. We can also use hashtags (Just like we did for our social media post on Instagram).
Newspapers are a great way to reach people locally who may not be active on social media. By writing an article about our green roof project and submitting it to local newspapers, we can get our message out to a wider (maybe even elderly) audience.
We will also write an article about our green roof project and post it on dontwastemyenergy.
We can create posters about our green roof project and hang them in school hallways or on the classroom doors. By doing this, we can raise awareness about the project (and as a part of the social media team, we can do this for all projects) and encourage students to get involved.
Our Interview has already been conducted and we recorded the interview. We made a video with an audio.
After reading your posts on the horse, we were able to get a short overview of your project CO2 Capture and what you would like to do. You have written a great "Vision and Imagination" and we can see that you have potential in the future. It is clear that this project is still in its beginning-phase and is still being defined. The CO2-Machine is certainly useful and valuable. Additonally, it is important that you raise awareness about this matter. What really caught our eye is that you wrote your post like a fairy-tale, and this sets your project apart from others. Maybe you could compare the machine to trees and flowers and find a difference. We are sure that you can find a collaboration-partner and this project could be a success.
We rate this project a 7/10. Keep up the good work!
From: The Green Roof Team (Celine, Daniel, Leon)
Today we are joined by Tom, who is a student and has taken the time to sit down with us to answer our burning questions concerning green roofs.
First a little bit about you and your background.
- Could you introduce yourself please? And where are you from? How long have you lived in Switzerland?
- What is your current educational background?
- What do your studies involve and how long have you been studying for?
- How much experience have you made with green roofs?
- Do your studies involve practical learning or just in-class studies?
- What does the situation with green roofs look life in Israel? Are there green many roof advocates?
- Please give us a general explanation on how green roofs work?
- How important is a green roof? Does it have impact?
- How can green roofs be implemented in Switzerland?
- Are there different types of green roofs?
- Why do you think that green roofs are still rather uncommon in our architecture? Is it too costly? Are building requirements not met? Is the government to strict?
- In your opinion, what is the best way to raise awareness about green roofs?
- How can green roofs benefit our environment and way of life?
- What benefits do green roofs offer?
- Are there any downsides to green roofs?
- How is a green roof most effective?
- What kind of plants are planted on a green roof?
- In what environment do green roofs work/grow the best? Are there noticeable differences between tropical countries and colder countries?
- Do you think that educating young children about green roofs is important?
Explain project to Tom.
Do think this method is a good way to do so?
And on that note, we would like to thank you for your time and really appreciate you joining us for the interview.
--> This interview was recorded and conducted via Microsoft Teams. We will use extracts from the interview for our project.
We have found multiple potential collaboration-partners:
- Student from the ETH: Will hopefully construct a heating lamp and a water dispenser for the advanced green roof.
- Kindergarten teacher: Here we will build the "simple" green roof together with the children.
- Student from Israel: Has the know how and experience to help envision and construct an advanced green roof. Additionally, we will conduct an interview with him, and he will give us constructive feedback to our project.
Sadly, the student from the ETH, did not meet our demands and was not able to support and guide us which our idea of building our own watering-system for our miniature green roof. Therefore, we had to lose one of our three collaboration partners.
We have set up an appointment with the kindergarten teacher. We will go to the class in the afternoon to conduct our miniature green roof building with the older kindergarten students in the afternoon. There will be approximately 12 students.
We were able to conduct our interview with the student from Israel. We asked our questions and recorded the interview. Additionally, he gave us feedback to our project and highlighted how important green roofs are.
Furthermore, we have decorated our miniature green roof last weekend and have plated the seeds for our roof. Surprisingly, they have already started to grow. We also went to a shoe store to ask for some empty shoe-boxes and were able to take 5 pieces. These will be used in the kindergarten.
In conclusion, we have two collaboration partners for our project.
Imagination: We would like to find a collaboration partner for this project, with whom we can build miniature green roofs with to demonstrate how a green roof really works and how it is constructed from the inside. These small green roofs will be built in a kindergarten class made out of a shoebox.
Additionally, we have contacted a green roof specialist. He is an Israeli student and will give us feedback to our project and we will conduct an interview with him.
This would allow us to show how the environment influences the growth and maintenance that is necessary for a green roof. This will also give us the opportunity to teach young children about green roofs and how important they are.
Vision: Our Vision with green roofs is that more cities install them to use the space that we do not need/use either way and help our environment with that.
Exciting news!🌿We're embarking on a project to educate young children about green roofs! 🌱 We've created a self-made model and will be discussing the benefits of green roofs with a specialist in environment technology.
Stay tuned for updates on our progress!
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