For our IDAF we have contacted a few more media outlets. We send E-Mails to general media outlets and as well to those which focus on nature and enviroment. We have also made an effort to ask our families and friends if they have any contacts which could help us publish our article. Sadly no one of us knows someone who works for a media outlet.
1. WOZ Die Wochenzeitung (contacted on the 15th april 2023), reply received! Check seperate post.
2. Züriost (contacted on the 15th april 2023), no reply yet.
3. Pro Natura (contacted on the 15th april 2023), no reply yet.
We have started contacting different news outlets, such as newspapers.
This was our first effort in trying to contact a newspaper:
Umwelt Zeitung (contacted on the 11th april 2023), no reply received yet.
Zusammen mit dem Team von Coral Reefs (Edmond, Mia, Yannick) haben wir ein Brainstorming durchgeführt für mögliche Medien Kanäle bei welchen wir anfragen können ob wir einen Kurzbericht über unser Projekt veröffentlichen können.
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.
Hey, Daniel and Celine (and maybe Leon?)
It was interesting reading through all of the posts you have uploaded so far. It is impressive to see how much work all of you, put into this project, you went into a kindergarten to work with kids on your project, you had an interview and so much more. Your dedication is truly wonderful!
Especially, the interview seems really well-thought-out, it is visible that you put a lot of work into it!
It is also really cool to see how much your project has grown since the beginning, from the vision and imagination until now! Keep the good work up, and I am excited to read more of your content!
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.
What has been done:
- Purchased green roof material for our miniature green roof (Do-It Migros)
- Contacted Kindergarten
- Contacted ETH student - sadly, he couldn't meet our requirements for our project.
- Set up an interview with an Israeli environment student. He will additionally give us a feedback and constructive critique on our project.
What will be done:
- This Saturday (18.03.2023) we will build the miniature green roof.
- The interview will be conducted via Zoom due to the long distance this Friday (17.03.2023 14.00 CET)
- Set a date for our visit to the Kindergarten to build the miniature green roof with the children
- Summarize the interview, our visit to the Kindergarten and document the growth of our miniature green roof.
- Prepare for the IDAF with German class.
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!
#GreenRoofs #EnvironmentEducation #YoungMinds
(I) Names of collaboration team members (Who?):
Team from Wetzikon: Celine & Daniel
Potential-Team: Inter-Community-School Zürich or International School Zurich North
(II) Your Research Question (What?)
Wider question (with link to your post):
What are green roofs and how do they operate?
Refined question:
- How does a green roof function?
- How much does a green roof cost per m²? (Cost estimate)
- What are the different types of green roofs and what benefits do they have to offer?
- How is a green roof built? How do we build one in miniature form?
- How will the young students (from the school) take to our project? More...