«Time is like the wind, it lifts the light and leaves the heavy»
Wind - an important renewable energy source for people and the environment. Since time immemorial, people have tried to harness the wind, be it to start a machine, to boost agriculture or to produce electricity.
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As a team, we were able to gain a lot of experience. There were also some problems that we were able to solve together.
We sat down together and compiled all the experiences and information and put them in order. We also designed an information flyer to give people who don't know log cabins an idea.
We are still working on other aspects and comparisons with the beginning, so that we can see how well we have progressed.
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We are currently working on the texts. Some drafts have already been created. Others are in progress. After we have worked out all the texts, we will hand them out to independent persons.
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With the experiences we have made so far, we would like to make a list of our survey. We will also complete the video on how to build a log cabin.
We will put the video on the website so that everyone has access to it and knows what advantages such a construction brings for our environment.
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For the research of the project we created a survey.
Please take a few minutes of your time to answer our questions.
Thank you for your support!
Blockhütten - log cabins (humanitarianresponse.info)
Meeting from 13th January 2022 at 3pm
Participants: Cheyenne & Alexandra
Channel: via MS Teams
Decisions:
- Date setting for the interview with corespondent in Canada
- Choice of trustfull websites
- Talk again about the concept and our imaginations
- Prepare a survey
Before the experience of the heart project
Through the topic "log cabins", people are encouraged to think. The results of the survey will be very varied, as everyone has their own idea of what a home should be.
But this makes it exciting and we can let the different views be reflected and then think about which aspect we find best.
The contact with Canada brings us closer to the people who invented this "project" of log cabins and are already living it.
We can also learn more about the construction, as we have a contact in Switzerland. It is a company that builds such log cabins here in Switzerland.
log cabin building - picture/movie about the building
Quick facts about David Attenborough:
He is now 95 years old and still trys to help the world become a better place. First he was studying the natural sciences at the University of Cambridge, after that he became a producer at the BBC television. He once said: "I'm not an animal lover if that means you think things are nice if you can pat them, but I am intoxicated by animals.” His lifestyle was not like all others he was interested in the nature and the animals they live on mother earth. Naturalist and television personality David Attenborough is the undisputed father of the modern nature documentary.
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(Alexandra Eberle & Cheyenne Lea Henzelmann)
Rare earth elements
Rare earth = 17 metals --> same chemical properties:
physical properties --> very different
e.g. react magnetically under UV light.
Occur in many places in the earth's crust. Minerals monazite & bastnäsite contain several SEM occurrences above 1% --> rare, therefore "Rare Earth".
Largest deposits in China, Brazil and USA. Originally waste products from extraction of other metals. Today mined for high-tech industry.
Extraction:
Use of acids --> formation of radioactive waste. This makes mining expensive. Low environmental regulations and cheap labor --> development mass production (China) 2010 approx. 98% of SEM production (worldwide) from China. Export restriction kept world market prices high.
Different reactions of the industry:
Mines newly opened or reopened
Industrial processes developed --> raw materials in demand to be obtained by recycling --> e.g. magnets
Consumer side has reduced use of SEM --> replacement by alternative materials.
Rare earth elements