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Vision and imagination for our project Green Gaming

Whats the Diffrence between Vision and Imagination?

Imagination is the Tool our heart uses to get what it wants. It does so by producing a vision that is motivation enaugh for you to act upon. Visions basically mobilizes your mind and body for action. Not only that, a vision allows you to act coherently and with focus and determination over long spans of time.

Vision and Imagination for our project:

The Vision for our Project is to show, how we can make gaming more ecological with simple steps that are possible for everyone.

The Imagination is, that we can play Video Games, without the thoughts, that we are constantly harming the environment because of the gaming.

By Christian and Damian

 

Interview with Ukrainian refugees

This is the Script of our Interview with the Ukrainian refugees regarding our project.

Our goal is to create a realistic insight into the situation in the conflict area. Therefore we chose to Interview the affected people living in Switzerland. 

These are our Questions:

 

For our project, we will interview three Ukrainian refugees. I will introduce them to you now:
The first person is Nastya, she is 30 years old and lives in Wald and works as a waitress and nanny. Mykola is our second interview partner, he is 18 years old, lives in Horgen and goes to school. Marta is the third and last person we plan to interview. Marta is 23 years old, lives in Horgen, and works as a waitress. (Step 2+3)

We'll keep you updated...

By Marina and Pascal

Status of collaboration "Penan from Borneo"

Status:
Unfortunately, there was no one who was interested in a collaboration from India nor Dubai. The collaboration with Rudolf Isenschmied, Cambodia, is still going on. We are still in contact on a regular basis and are waiting until there is a proper window for an interview and the collaboration work. Because Rudolf is still working and is in the jungle (No internet) and additionally, we have a big time difference, there is a minor issue with meeting up for a phone call.

Communication tools:
WhatsApp, Video chat

Next steps:
The interview is almost ready and I'm planing on finishing this task during this coming week. There might will be an option for an interview in person, because he is planing on coming to Switzerland, but for now it is unclear when this is going to happen.

Status of team composition - waste water

Before the sports vacations, a short presentation about the projects of us students took place during a Zoom session. Unfortunately, I had decided on a new project shortly before and there was not much to show. I also think that's the reason why I couldn't find any collaboration partners (yet).

I will add a more detailed description in "Mural" in the near future, so that other people can imagine my project better and might want to collaborate with me.

Another option for collaboration may be offered to me by my employer. During the vacations, I was already able to send an email to the wastewater treatment team and expect a response soon. An "extended interview" is still planned. That is, I will not only ask questions but have everything explained to me on a grand scale.

A week later I received an answer. For Andreas Friess, the head of the sewage treatment plant, it's no problem and I should just get in touch. -> But here I first have to consult with Ms Sutter again.

 

Update 17.03.2023: Today I went to a possible collaboration partner. My primary school teacher lived in Thailand for a few years. Already there, the world of wastewater should look very different. For me it is an optimal solution. I have arranged with him on March 31, so that he can tell me about it. --> Unfortunately he cancelled the appointment

Update 16.04.2023: It was possible for me to win Alexandra Kappeler as a partner. (See also:the-horse.education/post/status-of-team-composition)

(This post is related to task 21 and befter step 2)

Status of our project - Green Gaming

Status:
Before the sports vacations we presented our project idea at the Zoom meeting. In the Zoom meeting were our class of BMVZ 22 and a school class from India. During the sports vacations Damian and I were busy elsewhere. We saw only at the end of the vacations that people were interested in our project. They wrote their mail and name in the mural. We plan to contact these people and tell them more about our project. We haven't arranged a meeting yet. We are still discussing how we want to do the experiment(s). 

Interested participants from India:
Manas
E-Mail: manasjishith@gmail.com

Advaith
E-Mail: advaithnair28@gmail.com 

Next Steps:
Discuss whether collaboration is an option
(- if a collaboration is in question, establish contact)
- Final decision which games to take and how exactly we want to measure/do it
(- explain the further procedure to the collaboration partner)
- Write down and compare our results
- Summarize and document everything
- more to come...

This post was published by Christian and Damian together

Concept for "Penan from Borneo"

Teams:
Team Schweiz: Yuri Dobler
Team Kambodscha: Rudolf Isenschmied

Questions:
Who are the Penan?
What is their connection to their environment?

Information:
Interview: Rudolf Isenschmied, evt Freunde von Frau Suter
Online Recherche: Wikipedia, Hilforganisationen, Bruno Manser Foundaiton
Experts Comment via Interview, Rudolf Isenschmied

Working material:
Laptop, Internetzugang

Time management:
Due to the problem of communication with Rudolf (No internet) it's hard to create proper timetable. My work schedule is based on the requierement of publishing the project around the beginning of May. The exact Timetable looks something like this:
14.03.23 - Befterstep 3
04.04.23 - Befterstep 4
18.04.23 - Befterstep 5
09.05.23 - Beftersteps 6&7 -->  Latest publication of my project

Additional:
Workload Rudolf: Text regarding personal experience with the Penan
Workload Yuri: Interview, creating the project, organisation, etc.

Goal:
My goal is to bring the way of living from the Penan closer to the people. I want to show what connection these people have with the environment around them and show the differences between the lifestyles we're living.

Vision & Imagination - Thoughts of my Project

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