What is our project about? Due to today’s progress and the comfort of mankind, we produce more and more CO2, which results in global warming. The world is warming up, the climate is changing and various living beings such as … Continue reading City Trees in ZH
Is Zurich suitable for e-cars? Is it possible to have only e-cars? How is it to drive an e-car through Zurich? These are all questions we asked ourselves before we started our project, and to answer them we have done … Continue reading Electric cars in Zurich
What to do to stop climate change? Even with little things we can help our environment a lot. That is why we would like to change people’s mindsets with our project in order to help the earth. What was our … Continue reading Survey on climate-impacting measures
Introduction The tiny house movement (also known as the Tiny-house movement) is an architectural and social movement that advocates living simply in small homes. The small house movement has been gradually and consistently picking up steam for many environmentally and … Continue reading Tiny Houses – An Environmental Movement
Introduction The idea for this project is to look more deeply into the issue to find out what can be done about the reduction of CO2 in the city of Zurich and where the strengths and weaknesses of the different … Continue reading City Traffic in Zurich
Some cities have big parks, some cities have none. They’re mostly relatively big and green, full of people and a hotspot for insects and animals. These things are really good in a psychological way on one hand and for the … Continue reading City Parks and their impact on the environment
This article addresses the possibilities to invest money in companies, which are trying to support our environment. It is a win-win situation for the investors and our world. This article is written by me (Emre Kesat) and I am working … Continue reading Sustainable Investments – Investments for the future?
This article addresses the issue of invasive non-native plants. Invasive plants threaten native plants, can endanger animals and humans, and could become an uncontrollable problem in the future, both ecologically and economically. Their intentional spread by guerilla gardeners is also … Continue reading Neophytes – harmless or a hazard?
Surveys on City Climate 1 :: Climate-impacting measures by Lukas, Julian, Livia Dear all, thanks for filling it out! 2 :: Urban gardening by Debora and Melane 3 :: Foreign plants in cities by Tamara and Kevin We are very … Continue reading Please take part in our surveys
Collaborations across countries and continents! Teams from Antwerp (Belgium), Kerala (India), Wetzikon Zurich (Switzerland), Basque Coutry, and maybe Canada, Pakistan and Australia are about to be formed. The participants will have the opportunity of discovering together, discussing, experiencing on site, … Continue reading CITY CLIMATE – collaborative projects published
If we want to answer this question, we have to consider the circular economy system: products, materials and resources are (re)used as long as possible and their value is preserved. In contrast to the linear economic system, less primary raw … Continue reading Is sharing the most effective way to save resources?
We are running out of resources! What can we do to save petroleum? If you want to learn more about this precious resource, don’t waste your … Continue reading RESOURCES SHARING
Report Game sharing Gaming was an essential part in our childhood. From starting with a little Gameboy to owning an own PS4, we both had always a heart of a pure gamer. But never asked us, how bad gaming for … Continue reading Project Game Sharing
Nowadays the non-renewable energy is getting narrow and we need to replace this energy source with renewable energy. This is how Rahel and I got our idea for our second project in T&U. We wanted to research how much energy … Continue reading Energy Sharing
Businessplan Founder: Selina Lehmann Julia Hartmann Address: Ms. Selina Lehmann Ms. Julia Hartmann Accessories-Sharing Street 1 8000 Zürich Phone: +41 79 *55 03 ** +41 79 … Continue reading Sharing Accessories
Book sharing – a great way to help our environment. We can share books through different ways such as sharing between friends or family members or using libraries. You will also read about another way to share books. Own experiences … Continue reading Book sharing
Introduction Everyone who has been to school knows the feeling when a summary of a 20-page chapter has to be made. We know almost nobody who has done this with pleasure or who likes to do it. How would the … Continue reading Sharing summaries
In this article we would like to present you our idea of sharing. Our goal with this app is to show people that you do not have to buy everything new, but that you can reuse it if the item … Continue reading SHARE-it app
Food & Climate – projects on this explosive topic were carried out in collaboration with students from Wezikon Zurich, Kerala, Antwerp and Delhi >see the website creation teams The project started with a “food app”, a collection of the students’ … Continue reading Food & Climate – Collaborations across borders and cultures
Introduction Organic farming is something that we have all heard of thousands of times. But what really is it? Does it help the environment? Is it efficient? Can it bring us more yield; if more research were to be done … Continue reading Organic Farming in Kerala
Hi everyone! Being an Indian, attending Indian weddings is common, for each relative gets married at some point, and organize a grand celebration for the same. The best things there are the celebration of cultures, love between people, and the … Continue reading Food Wastage in Indian Weddings
Hello everyone! We had many questions about this theme, like What is Stubble? What is stubble burning? Why are these stubbles being burnt? What are the effects of burning stubble? What we can do as citizens? What are the other … Continue reading Stubble Burning and Air Pollution in Delhi
Since September, there was an intense collaboration between the Swiss and Belgian classes and teachers. Here you can explore the results : listen, see, read … The students’ teams present their project, both as an audio pitch and a written … Continue reading Showcase “Food and climate” collaboration Antwerp and Zurich
Hello everyone, For our project we chose the topic “Junk Food” as junk food has become a crucial part in daily life. We had a lot of questions about this topic. Firstly, what is junk food? Why is the junk … Continue reading Junk food and the Consumer Blame Game
100 years, ten decades (Jahrzehnte), 1200 months, 36500 days, 876000 hours, a whole century has passed … Close your eyes and image yourself in our world 100 years later … You are standing in the middle of a city. Look … Continue reading What does the world look like in 100 years?
Introduction We all like to have a few beers afters a hard day of work. But have you ever wondered what the impact on the environment is? We asked ourselves the exact same question. For that reason we went to … Continue reading How do alcoholic beverages affect the environment?
From the cacao bean to the chocolate bar by Rahel Künzle, Shana Nieth The chocolate production in Switzerland In the course of the 16th century, chocolate came from America to Europe. In the 17th century the chocolate production in Switzerland began. … Continue reading The chocolate consumption
We both love meat. Chicken, beef and others. We want to show you the consequences of eating meat and how the meat production affects our environment. We are sure that not everything that happens in production is clear to all … Continue reading Is living vegan better for our environment?
Introduction In recent years there has been a lot of discussion in politic and media about food waste. Some countries have made laws to reduce food-waste. In France supermarkets aren’t allowed to waste food. They have to give it for … Continue reading Food waste in supermarkets
Introduction In our article, we will dive in the world of Junk Food with you. You will learn stuff about the definition of Junk Food and its impact on our body and environment. In a self-made survey, we will refer … Continue reading Junk Food in our daily life