Обсуждались горячие экологические темы, участники конференции обменивались информацией по уже реализуемым путям решения экопроблем в России и Германии.
Гости подготовили для нас викторину на 2 команды. Победителям досталась немецкая модель ветряка... на батарейках)
В результате экологической русско-немецкой конференции во дворе гимназии обосновались 3 саженца. Насколько прочно, покажет время...
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Докладчики в целом подготовили насыщенные актуальными фактами выступления, ниже привожу фрагменты презентации моей ученицы Соны Аджамоглян (10 класс).
It is no secret that we are a wasteful society, strongly influenced by consumerism. Humans now produce more waste than ever before, and while much of this can be recycled and reused, much more is not. And no doubt that you`ve heard this before: infinite growth is impossible on a finite planet. It`s something of a mantra for environmentalists and is used as absolute proof.
But also there is a limitation of just 88 keys on the
piano. But if we instruct ourselves to focus primarily on this limit, we won’t
get very far in creating beautiful sound. It is the possible variations on
these eighty-eight keys that are important. And they are virtually endless;
some are gloriously harmonious, others harshly discordant. We need to
re-examine the idea that we’ve had it too good, must “power down” and learn to
live within the limits of a finite planet. So we should find the ways out. And
right now we already know some of them to follow.
Eco-friendly clothes and footwear, organic fabrics, recycled zippers and buttons and natural dyes.
It was then, in the early nineties, that the
seeds of sustainable fashion were sown and the concepts of recycling and
environmentally friendly fabrics began to grow. Sustainable fashion, also
called eco fashion, is a part of the growing design philosophy and trend of sustainability,
the goal of which is to create a system which can be supported in terms of
environmentalism and social responsibility. Sustainable fashion is part of the
larger trend of sustainable design where a product is created and produced with
consideration to the environmental and social impact it may have throughout its
total life span.
Shop like your life depended on it
Electronic cars
If we switched every car to electric, that would mean
590 million passenger cars worldwide would need to be plugged into some kind of
outlet for recharging. Wouldn't that strain our electrical grids? Wouldn't we
need to burn oil, burn more coal, create more power plants to produce more
electricity? We could further improve the situation by switching to clean electricity
sources like renewable energy (in areas where they would be feasible), and most
importantly, nuclear energy (which would of course require proper storage, but
its less damaging than all the CO2 we put out.
Last year AVTOVAZ presented electromobile
“ELLADA”, developed in Togliatti, Samara region. The tests have proven that
one-night eight-hour charge of the electromobile from a usual 220 kV socket is
sufficient for an urban drive of up to 150 kilometers. Its maximum speed is to
be 140 kilometers per hour, speeding to 100 kilometer per hour takes about 12
seconds. But it’s too early to speak of the series production. For that a chain
of charge stations needs to be installed in the country, and the Government
needs to develop stimulating measures for the buyers of electromobiles. As for
now, first vehicles will be used this summer in Krasnodar region resort areas,
in Anapa and Gelendzhik.
Solar panels
SOLAR panels have been fitted to more than 1,300 city
council homes in just five weeks I Nottingham city, USA, in 2011. Solar power
utilises sunlight instead of our depleting fossil fuels and as a result, it
produces no waste and no harmful emissions. This makes it one of the most
clean, efficient and direct ways to supply electricity for your business or
home.
Sugar cane is grown in some areas, and can be
fermented to make alcohol, which can be burned to generate power.
Alternatively, the cane can be crushed and the pulp (called
"bagasse") can be burned, to make steam to drive turbines.
Other solid wastes, can be burned to provide heat, or
used to make steam for a power station.
"Bioconversion" uses plant and animal wastes
to produce "biofuels" such as methanol, natural gas, and oil.
We can use rubbish, animal manure, woodchips, seaweed,
corn stalks and other wastes.
Biodegradable
urns
You don't find many designers working in the funeral
business thinking about more creative ways for you to leave this world (and
maybe they should be).
However, the product designer Gerard Moline has combined the romantic notion of life
after death with an eco solution to the business of the actual, you know,
transition.
His Bios Urn is a biodegradable urn made from coconut
shell, containing the seed of a tree. Once your remains have been placed into
the urn, it can be planted and then the seed begins to grow. You even have the
choice to pick the type of plant you would like to become, depending on what
kind of planting space you prefer.
(P.S. I, personally, would much rather leave behind a
tree than a tombstone)
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