Green up Zurich – Züri begrünt, second focus group

Züri  greening  participatory – on Tuesday, 7 July 2020, 14:00-16:00, we will organize the second focus group via video conference (zoom, held in German). You are cordially invited to participate! Contact us at zuericooldown@su-pa.net

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Green up Zurich – Züri begrünt
Participatory Academy of Science, UZH | ETHZ: Project description (citizenscience.uzh.ch)
Project page: zuericooldown.ch

Newly published contributions by student teams about ...

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don't waste my energy - a website project for sustainable learning
Initiated and supported by THE ! association (the-horse.education)

Since 2016, young people have been publishing their collaboratively created environmental projects on dontwastemy.energy. Meanwhile 128 contributions carry the newly gained knowledge and experiences of the learners all over the world - in the month of March '20 we registered 9'931 visitors from over 140 countries on the website!

LWR tool released

Tool for calculation of the extinguishing water retention volume of warehousesThe first version (beta) of the LWR tool (lwrtool.ch) is released.

We transformed a leaflet (Löschwasser-Rückhaltung, PDF, awel.zh.ch) into a web app conceptualized as a Progressive Web App (PWA). It is a supracantonal tool used for the calculation of the extinguishing water retention volume of warehouses.

The LWR tool (lwrtool.ch) is intentionally reduced to the essential, intuitive and can be used across devices. At the same time it is educational and informative - if required, calculation bases, tables, additional information or tools can be accessed directly.

Features
Install it as an app on your device; use it offline; check necessity of fire water retention; calculate the required fire More...

Green up Zurich - Züri begrünt

Green up Zurich

The first steps towards a "Züri begrünt" web app are being taken using a participatory approach!
Among others, the following questions are in focus:
How can incentives be created to motivate city dwellers to participate and proactively promote the greening of their living and working space?
Which needs are in the foreground?

How can a "Züri begrünt" web app be set up or function so that the feasibility of greening projects is high? How can users be supported on the way to More...