CLIMATE CHANGE CAMPAIGN

Subtopics and responsibilities:
1. Regional sources and sinks of greenhouse gases: Carsten & Daniel
2. The impact of climate change on natural vegetation: Philipp & Martin
3. The impact of climate change on natural fauna (animals): Sebastian & Jörn; Simone & Jan
4. The impact of climate change on agriculture/(food): Ralf & Martin; Matthias & Franziska
5. The impact of climate change on forestry/forests: Christoph & Felix
6. The impact of climate change on weather: Markus & Nino; Jennifer & André; Jens & Paul
7. The BBS 3 as a source of greenhouse gases: Christian& Serdar; Matthias K. & Michael

Date of presentation will be Monday, 18 Dec. .

Sharing information: Task for 11 DEC

Prepare a presentation in which you give a good introduction to the general topic 'climate change' as well as your specific topic.
Present your results in a way that the audience understand well and can memorize what you found out. It would be good to present pictures, photos, diagrams.
Find a good resumé for your contribution.

making public what's 'weak'

Additional Task:
7) Find out about the "weaknesses" at our school, those which lead to the waste of energy and in consequence to the additional emission of CO2 and by this to global heating. You should create an article or flyer that could be send to the local media and handed out to the inspectors visiting our school next week.

TASKS FOR 4 DEC

Dear students, here you find what I want you to do today, Monday 4 Dec:

1. Read the ideas of your class mates here in the blog. Which ideas could be realized, what would be rather difficult to carry out. I want you to comment in class. You can also write your comment directly to the post in the blog.

2. Think again of any new ideas you could add. Tell us about them in class so they can be discussed.

3. Choose one of the topics under activity one in the open campaign, and start working on it in pairs. At the end a presentation about your topic should be held. You can think of different ways to present your results. Tell me on which topic you would like to work and also about your ideas.

Veranstaltungen Klimawandel von Serdar und Christian

1. Aushängen von Informationsmaterial und Erstellung einer Internetpräsents um Informationen für jedermann zugänglich zu machen.

2. Zusammenfassung der Themenbereiche und Unterbereiche:
Klimawandel:
-Ursachen,
-Folgen,
-Gegenmaßnahmen,
-Kosten durch Schäden,
-Kosten die für uns anfallen wenn wir NIX tun,
-Kosten, welche wir sogar einsparen könnten WENN wir etwas tun !

3. Evtl. Wissenschafts- und Technik- orientierte Schulen mit ihrem Fachwissen und technischem Gerät mit einbinden. So z.B. die Entstehung und Reaktion von Ozon in der Atmosphäre (Chemie-Versuch)

4. Einteilung der Arbeitsgruppen, um die Effektivität zu erhöhen. Evtl. auch schulübergreifende Kooperation.

5. Evtl. kleine „Preise“ für die besten Vorschläge zum Klimawandel.
Herbeiziehen der Presse !

Ideensammlung von Franziska und Mathias

Ideen-Sammlung zum Thema: „Climate Change“

1.Das Preisausschreiben

Wir könnten an unserer Schule ein kleines Preisausschreiben veranstalten.
Wir bitten jeden Schüler sich Gedanken zu machen was er unternehmen würde um den CO2 Ausstoß zu verringern. Dabei sollte jedoch darauf geachtet werden, das sich auch die Ideen umsetzen lassen. Ein einfaches. Wir sollten aus der Atomenergie aussteigen, ist keine Lösung. Jedoch die Verknüpfung einer damit in Kraft tretenden Idee schon. Zb. Wir sollten aus der Atomenergie aussteigen und mehr in die natürlichen recourcen investieren. Wenn wir mehr auf die Windenergie uns den Solarstrom oder der Wasserkraft investieren würden, so währe eine Vielzahl von Arbeitsplätzen geschaffen. Der CO2 Ausstoß wurde verringert werden und die Beseitigung von Atommüll würde gänzlich ganz wegfallen.
Die besten Vorschläge könnten Prämiert werden. Sachleistungen oder ähnliches währen dann durch Sponsoren abzudecken.

2.Die Schule der Zukunft.

Es könnte eine Gruppe ins Leben gerufen werden die gemeinsam schaut, was an unserer Schule modernisiert werden muss, damit diese wirtschaftlicher ist. Zb. Bessere Fenster. Lichtschalter die ab 20Uhr selbst ausschalten. Etc.
Diese Gruppe könnte Vorschläge machen und gemeinsam mit der Schulleitung unter Aufsicht dafür sorgen das gewisse Dinge in Angriff genommen werden.
Da sich dieses Projekt nicht innerhalb einer Schulperiode realisieren lässt, wäre es zum Bestehen der Gruppe von Nöten jedes Jahr neben den Klassensprechern auch eine Umwelt oder Schülergruppe zu wählen. Welche die Vorschläge der Vorgänger umsetzen. Die derzeitigen Umbaumaßnahmen überwacht und neue Vorschläge erarbeiten. Dadurch wäre ein sinnvoller Beitrag geschaffen an dem sicher jeder Schüler der Interesse hat mitzuwirken herzlich eingeladen ist.
Es wäre auch möglich in jedem Schuljahr eine Projektwoche einzurichten, in der sich alle Klassen einem Fachgebiet annehmen und in diesem an der Verschönerung der Schule mitwirken.

3.CO2 macht dumm.

Man könnte Plakate entwerfen und die Folgen auflisten die der Steigende CO2 Ausstoß mit sich führt. Das ein jeder davon betroffen ist und das ein jeder einen beitrag leisten kann um diesen zu reduzieren. Beispiele der Vergeudung von Energie aufzeigen und das gewaltige potenzial des co2 ausstoßes dessen aufzeigen.
Möglichkeiten nutzen wie Öffis benutzen. Spart Geld und schützt die Umwelt. Kleine Plakate mit Sprüchen an die schule heften wie es zurzeit mit dem Raucherplakaten gemacht wurde. Versuchen die Leute auf ihre Fehler aufmerksam machen. Das man schon durch das ausschalten der Steckerleiste einen Beitrag geleistet hat und das es nicht immer so anstrengen ist wie es oft heißt.

Tasks for November 20 and November 27

1. Translate the Intro and the first activity of the campaign.
   
2. Check your translation under http://enocc.blogspot.com under 'Language packs'.
   
3. Find out about the activities concerning 'climate change' at ENO.
4. Take part in the climate change gallup.
5. How do you rate the possibilities of our participation in class? Where do you see them? Please explain!
6. A little brainstorming: How could a participation in the campaign for the whole school be planned and undertaken? Please take notes!

Have fun!!

This is the ENO blog of the BOT13, the German final year of vocational highschool.

More about this schoolform and our school find out at http://enotwins.blogspot.com
This highschool belongs to the 'BBS 3 der Region Hannover', a vocational school in the capital of Lower Saxony, Germany. ENO stands for Environment online and is a global internet programme which focusses on sustainable development and environmental awareness. We have a virtual twin school in Côte d'Ivoire. We maintain another blog with our partner to share information. Look at
http://enotwins.blogspot.com

“IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN MY COUNTRY”

Write an article about the impact of climate change in your country. In your article you could find answers to these questions if possible.

1) Regional sources and sinks of greenhouse gases

2) The impact of climate change on natural vegetation

3) The impact of climate change on natural fauna (animals)

4) The impact of climate change on agriculture (food production)

5) The impact of climate change on forestry/forests

6) The impact of climate change on weather (floods, storms, drought, possible changes in living conditions)

Make this article in your mother language. The recommendable size of final article is one page. Our idea is that you should send this article to your local media. Translate your article into English. This article is your radio story at the same time. When your article and recordings are ready put them to ENO Material. The deadline for this will be 18^th of December 2006.

START YOUR WORK:

• get together in groups and share the topics 1-7 . For an example, one group will find information about regional impacts on vegetation, one studies its impact on weather etc. Try to find material from different sources (web, libraries, newspapers, tv, radio, experts). Get local experts involved!

NOTE: if it's difficult to find information on some topics you can skip them. Our goal is to get information from many schools around the world.

„Hohnhorst“, a small village in the west of Hanover

Hohnhorst is between the „Mittellandkanal“ in the north and the „Deister“ in the south. The railway line from Hanover to Minden is passing across the community. Hohnhorst is in the rural district of “Schaumburg-Lippe”. Here it’s possible to recreate because it is very quiet and there is a nice landscape with wide fields, green woods and some little ponds.
In the past Hohnhorst was called something like “Auf der Hohen Horst” or „Die Hohe Horst“. The small village has been only growing in the last 50 years, because before there were’nt enough jobs, schools and leisure-time facilities like theatres, discos and cinemas.

There are only a few things, which changed.
The village’s landmark is the „Martinskirche“. You can see the tower by a long distance. It was built in the beginning of the 20^th century. Since this time the building has been several times restored.
The situation of traffic isn’t bad in Hohnhorst. You have to drive 10 minutes to the speedway and approximately 30 kilometres to Hanover or Minden. Another point is the good railway connection. A village next to Hohnhorst has a railway station, this is called Haste. By train you only need 20 minutes to Hanover main station.

A part of Hohnhorst developed in the year 1964 and is called Scheller. Furthermore the villages Rehren, Rehrwiehe, Nordbruch and Ohndorf have been integrated in the community of Hohnhorst. Today it is impressive to see the community, where young families have built their houses.

Because of these changes the area grew from 5 km² when Hohnhorst was a village of its own, to 12 km² including the other villages. The population has grown from 1097 to 2216.
Another little thing that changed in Hohnhorst: Up to the 80ies the postcode was 3051 and now it is the number 31559.
The community and the rural district have been famous for their extensive farming. That has been the main employment in Hohnhorst.

The culture didn’t change in any point anytime. The farming has always been the most important economic source for the village. But now there are only five farmers, the others have converted their barns into flats.

To come to an end I’d like to say that I’m glad to live here in Hohnhorst. I like the quiet atmosphare, the community and the kindness of people. A lot of friends live here, too. And I need my handballclub! And there are parties with all the inhabitants.

The development of my hometown

Reichenbach/Vogtland

by Ralf Naumann

The town Reichenbach is situated in the southwest of Saxony.

After the Second World War the town was rebuilt too, because many buildings were destroyed through air raids. In 1950, over 32 thousand inhabitants lived in Reichenbach. Most of the inhabitants were workers.

During that time many firms were founded, especially for textiles production and paper printing. After a short time the region became famous and the headquarter of producing textiles for the GDR. Reichenbach had a big train station. From there the goods were transported to all parts of the GDR and the neighbour states east of the GDR.

Reichenbach was a town of the GDR until 1990. In 1990 the state of West Germany and the state of East Germany (GDR) united to one Germany, the Federal Republic of Germany. Reichenbach is also a town of the region Vogtland.

Nowadays Reichenbach has about 22 thousands inhabitants. The citizens of Reichenbach are students, workers, employers, employees, unemployed people and managers.

The old firms in the centre of the town are closed or were relocated. Many firms are now on the outskirts of the town near the highway in a big business park. The train station is smaller then in 1950 and has been renovated. Reichenbach has a good railway connection to Bavaria and the capital of Germany, Berlin. Today the town is not only an industrial point. Many museums, historical buildings, and tourist attractions cause people to visit the town and the region. Near the town is the biggest brick bridge of the world, the “Göltzschtalbrücke”. However, the town also has some ugly parts like dilapidated buildings.

Reichenbach has one college and many schools, especially for textiles and leather technology as well as architecture.

Furthermore, the town is famous for friends of classical music. The reason for this is the “Vogtland-Philharmonie”, which is located in Reichenbach. Since 1988 Nordhorn, a city in Lower Saxony, is the twin town of Reichenbach.

Quelle:http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichenbach_im_Vogtland ;Zugriff: 09.10.2006

Have a look at how the others worked on the subject 'My Place yesterday and today'...
http://eno.joensuu.fi/themes/0607/theme1summary.htm

A Short Essay About Linden Today And 50 Years Ago

by Philipp Puttins

Linden is a district of Hannover. It borders to the center; in between there is the BBS 3, our school.

Its area consists of Linden-Nord, Linden-Mitte, Linden-Süd and Limmer. It has about 45.000 inhabitants.

Linden is characterized by old buildings; blocks of flats made of red-blue clinker which were built in the 1920ies. In this time as an industrial base Linden was seeked after by many people who were looking for work. This is the reason for the self-image as a traditional working class district.

50 years ago the housing conditions of local labour differed much to those of today: The flats were significantly smaller, often two rooms for one family had to suffice. The toilets were separated to stairway or backyard. Taking a bath meant visiting a public bath on Sunday. These baths had nothing in common with the swimming baths we know today; there was no pool but a lot of bath tubs.

Today Linden is not a working class district anymore. Industries moved, social barriers blurred. Linden is now populated by a colourful mix of classes and ethnics. Students love to live in Linden because of its proximity to the Hannover University.

The unification of the intellectual student body, the tradition of progressive labour movements and the great number of immigrants gives Linden a unique climate of peaceful cooperation; alternative structures and ways of life can develop without conflicts.

To draw a picture of Linden's streets there are wholemeal-bakeries, shops selling biological food and goods, oriental traders selling vegetables and almost everything else, alternative nurseries and an endless number of Turkish “Kiosks”.

The students brought another thing to Linden: The pubs and the parties. There are a lot of beer taverns and party-locations and almost every night an event takes place.

Last but not least, you can share a flat with a few students to save money.

So, in my opinion, Linden is ideal as domicile for a student of the BBS 3.

The changes of the area of Schaumburg

between 1956 - 2006

by Martin Kappmeier, corrected and edited by K. Lange

County of Schaumburg Lower Saxony
Emblem county of Schaumburg

Past 1956 : In the 50´s of the last century the business activities in Germany began to rise, which means that a lot of companies were founded or increased their production.One could notice this in our area too, there were many jobs for the workers e.g. in the industry, the trade or at the coal mining. And all the jobs were not far away from home, therefore most of the workers went to work by foot, bicycle or motorcycle.At that time no supermarkets existed, all the food you needed came from private greenhouses, the weekly market in the next town, or a little shop in the village.People used their time off for joining clubs or they became members of different activities e.g. the sportsclub, a traditional dancing club or the volunteer fire brigade. In that time the government began to set up a social network to support the deprived.

Present 2006 : Right now we have big problems with unemployment in our country.Due to high wages in Germany a lot of companies produce their products in other countries. The unemployment has a strong impact on our county,as one can´t find a job in the domestic industry or on the crafts market. One is forced to drive longer ways to nearer cities by bus, train or car, to get a good job. Mostly people with good qualifications are preferred.Today,we buy all our food in supermarkets, because it is easier and more convenient than getting it from one's greenhouse. People use their free time in another way than in the past, they try to relax or go for a little bit of sport. Many clubs have problems with new members,because only few people want do do something without being paid. Our social system is a huge problem, there is financial disaster,for the very reason that our country has too many people who are not employed. One can see that there were big changes in the last decades.

Natural environment
In the early years there were only farmhouses and everyone more or less bought products they really needed, not what they wanted.Therefore the industry didn´t have to produce as many things as today(e.g. one or more sorts of washing powders or something alike).The result of the lower production was that less waste existed. Today many families want to live in our area,because it´s more quiet and cleaner than in a dirty city. Therefore they build a lot of row houses which spoil the natural atmosphere in the villages of our county. This problem is becoming bigger and bigger. That´s how the natural environment has changed in my area.

My Hometown Gardelegen

By Nino Hinte, corrected and edited by K. Lange

Gardelegen is a little city in northern Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen Anhalt). The region is called “Altmark”. Today more than 11500 people live in Gardelegen. 50 years ago it belonged to the German Democratic Republic. Many things were different then than they are today, for example the educational system, the appearance of the people and things you can do in your spare time. In this time (1956) teenagers had no computer or mobile phone. TV was very rare, too. Often they played soccer or did some other activities in sport clubs. These clubs were paid by government taxes so the teens could do sport for free. Today many young people are “couchpotatoes”, they only sit at home and don’t do any sport. A reason could be that today many sport clubs are very expensive. The consequence of which is that 30% of our teens are too fat. They eat too much candy and fast food. 50 years ago that was not possible because sugar was very expensive and fast food wasn’t invented.

But everything was much better than it had been in the 1940’s. The “Second World War” was over and the people had much more food and other things than during the war. The destroyed city of Gardelegen was rebuilt and many more buildings were built, like schools and churches. Today many ruined houses are still to be found in Gardelegen. Some ruins will still get restored as some others will be kept original.

In the years after the Berlin Wall collapsed, Gardelegen has become a beautiful city with many companies. 40 years before there was absolutely no industry there, only some cows and pigs in an animal farm. For some years one company has been producing some parts for cars (VW) and another company has been manufacturing wooden parts for IKEA. That’s a great economical gain for the whole region because many people have been employed. In the 10 years before many workers had lost their jobs because many companies had run bankrupt. Now the workers have got a new chance... .

The tree is planted! And it is a beautiful sycamore which is a sort of maple tree, too. In German we call it 'Bergahorn'.
Have a look at the little sketch a little below. Thank you very much for all the troubles you have taken.
I just watched the video we've made - it turned out quite nicely.

My Place or Profession Today, Yesterday and Tomorrow
Sep-Nov 2006

CONTENTS

Student descriptions of their cities, villages or a location they have a special concern about, or their learned professions:
today 2006, in 1956 and in the future 2056.

GOALS

to find out how local physical, social and natural environment have changed in 50 years (photos, information)
to find good and bad changes in the environment
to share the results locally and in the ENO website

END PRODUCTS

Our Places or professions1956-2006 (a booklet): see some assignments here above!!
ENO Radio Stories (interviews) -just for volunteers
My Place in 2056: An Essay Collection - just for volunteers

ACTIVITIES AND DEADLINES

ENO Tree Planting Day
21st of September 2006

Activity I: A Fact Sheet:
My Place or Profession today and 50 years ago/ by 8th of October 2006


Optional activities

ENO Campaign Week:
Week 45 (1-7 November)

What would I like to learn more about this theme?

The Tree Planting Event

Dear students of the BOT 13,
here you are! Welcome to the show!

Links:
http://enotreeplanting2006.blogspot.com/
http://enotwins.blogspot.com/
http://eno.joensuu.fi/themes/treeplanting.htm
http://dict.leo.org/ (this is a good online dictionary)