Task 8 - c-project
Wir hatten ein super spannendes Meeting mit Valeria einer Sportmanagement-Studentin aus Chur, welche nebenbei surft und verschiedenen Kampfsport ausübt. Sie hat uns eine Anmeldung bei "ibelieveinyou" empfohlen. Dies ist eine Plattform für Sportler, um Sponsorengelder von bekannten Sportbrands für ihre Ziele, Visionen oder Projekte im Sportbereich zu erhalten. In Valerias Ansicht würde auch unser Projekt dort grossen Erfolg feiern. Zusätzlich steht Valerias Angebot uns bei unserem Projekt zu unterstützen, sowohl im finanziellen sowie im managenden Bereich. Sie könnte uns Projektpartner aus Brasilien, welche Surfsport ausüben, und Gynastiklehrer aus Zürich vermitteln.
We know what our main questions are on which we want to focus on. We also know which methods we want to work with. Also we have found our collaboration partners. We have found some information sources from which we want to get information.
We do not have many results yet. Because we have already done a lot of preliminary work, we will now approach our results step by step. Currently we are preparing interviews that we want to send to our collaboration partners in Kerala. We also want to get in touch with experts in Switzerland from whom we can get more information. We have already selected some experts for this aim.
Teamwork: Brian & Lara
Sponsoringlist project: sweat money
Following our small Audio-visual presentation about our collaboration project with Izmir, Turkey. The topic is our survey and that we want to plant trees. If you're interested click on the following link:
Audio-visual presentation
We hope you like our project.
Embodied Energy
In today's world, we try to reuse as many as possible, but this consumes large amounts of energy, which is not very good for the environment.
Embodied energy is energy that is created when we try to recycle certain things. So, for example, if a company wants to make pet bottles reusable, it needs machines for that, which also use electricity and energy, which are not very good for our environment.
Of course, they emit less Co2 than the recycled product, but isn't there another, more environmentally friendly solution?
Quizquestion
Name 2 things that use a lot of energy to recycle
1.
2.
Technical Terms
- Embodied Energy = Energie, welche beim recyceln von Material entsteht
- reusable = Wiederverwendbar, wiedergebrauchbar
- environment = Umwelt
Nicola & Simon
"The new iPhone has been released, I no longer need my old one!"
This days, too many goods are simply thrown away, even though they are still in perfect condition. Just because it's no longer the latest thing, people don't want it and don't consider the ecological consequences. This is called a linear economy. Raw materials are mined/collected/produced, a product is made from it, then it is packaged, sold, used and finally ends up in the rubbish.
The idea of a circular economy is becoming more and more lucrative. The idea is to reuse existing products and not simply dispose of them. For example, with maintenance, repairs or recycling.
The figure below shows the linear economy (red) and the goal of the circular economy (green).
Vocabulary:
circular economy -> Kreislaufwirtschaft
recycle -> rezyklieren
remanufacture -> wiederherstellen
refurbish -> restaurieren
redistribute -> umverteilen
reuse -> wiederverwenden
maintain -> instand halten
discard -> wegwerfen
landfill -> Deponie
Eco Design has a lot to do with this topic also look at that post :)
Kreislaufwirtschaft
"Das neue iPhone wurde released, mein altes benötige ich nicht mehr!"
In der heutigen Zeit werden noch zu viele Güter einfach weggeworfen, obwohl sie noch einwandfrei sind. Nur weil es nicht mehr das Neuste ist will man es nicht mehr und beachtet die ökologischen Folgen nicht. Dies nennt man Lineare Wirtschaft. Rohstoffe werden abgebaut/gesammelt/erstellt, daraus fabriziert man ein Produkt, anschliessend wird es verpackt, verkauft, benutzt und landet zum Schluss im Müll.
Die Idee von einer Kreislaufwirtschaft wird immer lukrativer. Die Idee ist, die bereits bestehenden Produkte wiederzuverwenden und nicht einfach zu entsorgen. Zum Beispiel mit Instandhaltung, Reparaturen oder Rezyklieren.
Die Obige Abbildung zeigt die Linearwirtschaft (rot) und das Ziel der Kreislaufwirtschaft (grün).
Teaser:
Like any product, an eco-design product has to be attractive in order to be manufactured and appeal to consumers. Designers therefore need to meet a variety of requierements.
Quiz: What products do you think are made to last very long? (Answer in the comments)
Vocabulary: ...
Teamwork: With Florian
Resources such as minerals are getting degraded and depleted by us very quick. What can we do against it? The things we throw away still can be used.
Solutions:
Recycle: Make out of your old products new ones!
Remanufacturing: To refurbish your products is better than manufacturing something new!
Redistribute: Reuse those products that are in a usable condition!
Maintain: With a good maintenance you can extend the life of your products!
Quiz question:
1. What do you do with a car that has broken brakes?
a) throw it away
b) recycle
c) maintain
2. What should you do with a ripped shirt?
a) remanufacure
b) throw it away
c) throw it in the ocean
Vocabulary:
depleted - aufgebraucht
degraded - degradieren (herabwürdigen)
hazardous waste landfill
Team: Sarina und Jasmin Schmid
Teaser: In a hazardous waste landfill are products gone to, which are dangerous for our health and the environment. The hazardous waste landfills have to be particularly guarded, because it is really delicate to store these special materials. This process is very bad for nature, because toxic substances can get in touch with the ground water.
Question: Why are hazardous waste landfills dangerous?
Vocabulary:
hazardous waste = Sondermüll
landfill = Deponie
guarded = bewacht
ground water = Grundwasser
solvent = Lösungsmittel
