The Horse 2023

Entwicklung des Projektes

Inspiraton

In der Sekundarschule hatte Mia im Englisch Unterricht das Thema Korallenriffe. Noch nie hatte sie so im Unterricht zugehört, wie bei diesem Thema. Im Frühling konnte sie nach Thailand in den Urlaub und war zum ersten Mal schnorcheln. Obwohl sie Angst vor Fischen hatte, welche ihr zu nahe kamen, war sie von den bunten Korallen fasziniert. Sie sahen friedlich und farbenfroh aus.

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In the last posts we had some good inputs, which explain how the machine works and what the duty of this machine is. In conclusion the machine transforms ambient air into co 2-filtered air. So the question is: How many kilograms of co2 filtered air does this machine produce per day?

Me and Sascha think that this machine produces 1 kilogram co2-filtered air per day.

To compare, estimates suggest that trees can sequester about 10kg of CO2 per year on average globally.

Write your answers in the comments:)

The right answer will be on our next post.

Luftreiniger 3000

Es war einmal eine Maschine namens "Luftreiniger 3000", die auf wundersame Weise die Luft von CO2 filtern konnte. Die Maschine wurde von einem jungen Erfinder namens Max entwickelt, der besorgt war über die zunehmende Umweltverschmutzung in seiner Stadt.

Eines Tages ging Max in den Wald, um den Luftreiniger 3000 zu testen. Er stellte die Maschine auf und schaltete sie ein. Sofort begann der Luftreiniger zu arbeiten und saugte die verschmutzte Luft ein. Max konnte es kaum glauben, als er sah, wie schnell die Maschine das CO2 aus der Luft filterte.

Als er die Maschine ausschaltete und die gereinigte Luft einatmete, fühlte er sich erfrischt und belebt. Er dachte darüber nach, wie viele Menschen von seinem Erfindung profitieren könnten, um saubere Luft zu atmen.

Max beschloss, seine Erfindung der Öffentlichkeit vorzustellen. Er organisierte eine Veranstaltung in der Stadt und lud alle ein, den Luftreiniger 3000 in Aktion zu sehen. Die Leute waren erstaunt, als sie die Maschine in Betrieb sahen und die Luft in der Umgebung sich verbesserte.

Schließlich erhielt Max für seine bahnbrechende Erfindung Auszeichnungen und wurde als Held gefeiert. Der Luftreiniger 3000 wurde weltweit eingesetzt und half dabei, die Umweltverschmutzung zu reduzieren und sauberere Luft für alle zu schaffen.

Status:

We got in contact with Sivani Kerala, a student from India and asked if she knew someone she can interview regarding our project. She is currently looking for someone and collecting some questions. We have trouble facetiming her because of our different schedules. 

We also contacted the diver from Indonesia. We tried calling him but had problems with the internet connection. As to why we then texted him the questions and are hoping for a response. 

Next Steps:

• Get in contact with our Dubai collaborations
• Write to our diver to get some answers
• Contact Sivani to see if she made some process

This post was published by Edmond, Yannick and Mia together.

My thoughts on the project:

I'm curious about how much plastic I use and about how long it takes to fill up a bottle. How can I produce less plastic waste? Are there alternatives to plastic. What can we do with bigger plastic pieces / hard plastic?

Ideas:

•Choose other packaging

•Bring food from home

•Eat out

•Use reusable bottle

•Tote bag

•Use scissors to make smaller pieces that fit in the bottle

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. 

1. What are the main steps involved in treating wastewater?

—> Obviously, this is my main question. After hearing the answer for this question I want to show the process in steps to make it clear for everyone.

2. How is the quality of the treated water monitored and ensured?

—> Well, this question was not my own idea but I think it is important as well. After hearing a few informations the quality of the the treated water must be really good. 

3. What are some of the challenges you face in your job on a daily basis?

—> This is a very subjective questions for my interview partner. For sure, I want to ask this questions but I am not sure yet if I want to use the answer for everything to come.

4. How does your facility handle industrial wastewater compared to domestic wastewater?

—>  Here I am not sure, if there is even a difference. So, I will see what the answer is. If there is a difference it is nice and if not it is not a problem.

5. What is the most rewarding aspect of your job?

—> Also a subjective question. Maybe I will not use it afterwards.

6. What kind of technology do you use to treat wastewater?

—> I want to ask this question, because I am also interested in the technical aspect of the process.

7. Are there any new technologies or processes being implemented in the industry?

—> Another interesting questions and follows the one before. From what I already heard is wastewater treatment in a constantly changing process to make the process more easily, energy-saving and more futuristic.

8. How does your facility ensure compliance with environmental regulations and standards?

—> This is also a subjective questions. Maybe I could ask what are regulations and standards at all.

9. How does the treated wastewater get reused or disposed of after treatment?

—> To be honest, I do not have a specific reason why I want to ask this question. It just seemed important.

10. What is the evironmental aspect of wastewater treatment?

—> This question has another aspect of my project. I want to know, how the environment would be, if there was no wastewater treatment.

11. Can you share any interesting or surprising facts about wastewater or the wastewater treatment process?

—> Maybe I can get a interesting fact, which make it even more interesting.

My vision and imaginations for bottle bricks:

My thoughts about the project:

• I'm curious about how much plastic waste I produce.
• I'm curious about how long it takes to fill up a bottle.
• Does Switzerland use bottle bricks?
• Is it useful?
• How can we produce less plastic waste?
• Are there alternatives?
• What can we do with bigger plastic pieces / hard plastic?

Ideas:

• Choose other packaging
• Bring food from home
• Eat out
• Use reusable bottle
• Tote bag
• use scissors to make smaller pieces that fit in the bottle

Any thoughts about the project:

• Does the war have an impact on the environment?
• How did people live before the war?
• What is the situation now with water supply, electricity and waste disposal?
• Can you put the whole thing at different times (before, during, and after the war)?
• I already have an interview partner
• Is there any improvement or deterioration since the beginning of the war?

Vision: We would like to provide a realistic insight into the ecological/crisis situation in Ukraine. Therefore the best idea that came to our mind was to ask the people affected. An interview is the best option to reach this goal. We would like to interview several people in order to create a more differentiated insight. (Step 1)

By Marina and Pascal

Concept: 

- Team: Alicia, Leonie, Luana

- Research question: How much plastic waste do we produce (until bottle is filled)?

We have to look up where and how we can donate these bottles to factories/if they need it.

Is it even possible to give them away in Switzerland?

- Our answer (Project description, methods/techniques):

 We start putting our plastic waste in a plastic botte to see how long it takes to fill it up and how much waste we produce, take a picture every day of bottle and plastic piece that goes in the bottle.

We estimate the duration of the filling process up to 2 weeks.

Rules: cut up big plastic pieces so that it fits, use evian 75cl bottle

-->if the small botte fills up too fast we try to redo the project with a bigger bottle

- Material & difficulties:

1 Evian 75cl bottle, plastic waste we produce ourselves

Difficulties may be the bigger plastic pieces that don't fit or hard plastic that can hardly be cut smaller. 

-goal/result: Find out how long/how much plastic it takes to fill up such a bottle, measure how much waste there is in a period of time. 

Time plan:

How to make bottle bricks