Lesson learned? Tell the world about it!
It’s time to summarize our work and tell the world about. Earlier we’ve talked about making interesting movies to tell the world about our thoughts and ideas during this project.
Author: ckleinmann
Visit to Rapsodine
Are there any changes in consumer habits when it comes to single use and/or reusable plastic? What sort of possibilities are there in our communities. We visited one of our commendable local businesses, namely Rapsodine.
Identify different Plastics
We have done some experiments to identify different plastics. We investigated what happens when we burn them, do they float or sink and how do they sound? After that we looked in a chart to find out which plastic it was and we managed to find out really well.
Spread the Results from our Survey
To mediate the results of the investigation, we were forced to mostly use the internet due to COVID-19. However, it worked out really well as we got attention in the local news and municipal management.
Solution for Plastic Disposal in Hallways
This week we were invited by the municipality to an online meeting with the education committee to talk about our project. It’s so fun to share our lessons and experiences.
Case Study – Teachers Coffee ☕️ & Plastic Waste
It is no secret that teachers love coffee, but maybe they love it a bit too much? Are the teachers at our school contributing to more pollution, simply by drinking their favorite beverage?
Make a difference – Waste management in the municipality
The students in Sweden did recently do a survey where they investigated the possibilities to recycle on some local places in the municipality. The results where interesting as it turned out that the differences between the places where big.
Visiting Dalenium Science Center
Groups from the project “Blast the Plast” in Sweden was participating in a lecture made by John Downey from Dalenium Science Center. Throughout the day both Iceland and Germany could follow all contents as a virtual mobility.
Small, Smaller, Micro Plastics
As we learned it takes hundreds of years for plastic to decompose. And even when it is not visible to our human eye anymore little bits and pieces still remain. Those debris can come in all shapes and sizes. Per definition one calls them “microplastics” if the reach a size less than five millimeters in […]
Aaaaaaaaaaaand … action
In order to get the message spread we had the amazing opportunity to be part of the LKJ BademWürttemberg project “YourStory”. The really nice team gave us an inside on how professional film making is done and helped us create our own master pieces