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Water – A Combining Element

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Sewage Water Processing in Northwest Germany

In Nordenham the OOWV, our regional water supplier, runs a test facility to find out how to clean the water that leaves a sewage plant so that our industry can use this water instead of our limited groundwater. The OOWV and the university in Dresden made a huge prototype system in this container with different …

Use of Water on the Albring dairy farm in Westerstede

> German version What do they use water for?The dairy farm uses water to clean the site and machines, such as the vehicles, the milking parlour or the calf igloos. The animals also need water to drink. However, they do not use water to clean the barns. How much water is used? Generally, a cow …

Wassernutzung auf dem Milchviehbetrieb Albring in Westerstede

> English version Wofür benutzen sie Wasser? Der Viehbetrieb benutzt Wasser zum Säubern von Anlagen und Maschinen, wie z. B. den Fahrzeugen, dem Melkstand oder den Kälber-Iglus. Außerdem brauchen die Tiere Wasser zum Trinken. Jedoch benutzen sie kein Wasser, um die Ställe zu säubern. Wie viel Wasser wird benutzt? Generell trinkt eine Kuh ungefähr 80 …

5th Day in Naples

24th May On Friday morning teachers met at school to evaluate the Erasmus meeting, while students made the videos/presentations of the five days in Naples. Finally we took a picture of our friends. The we went out to visit the old city centre, guided by students of G.B.Vico High School. The international meetings in Naples …

No Final Project Meeting in Westerstede

After having worked together closely during our joint Erasmus+ project “Water – A Combining Element” for almost two years, and having already had transnational project meetings in Vera (March/April 2019), Naples (May 2019), Heraklion (November 2019), and Kalajoki (February 2020), we are currently facing an event of force majeure that hinders the ordinary implementation of …

Use of Water in Typical Northwest German Agricultural Activities

Questions Business 1 (cows) Business 2 (horticulture) 1. What do you use water for? Drinking supply for the animals, as well as cleaning of the milking parlour, barn and equipment. They use it to water the plants and to clean the green houses. 2. How much water do you use? Per day 10.000 litres.Per year …

1st Day in Naples

20th May 2019 On the first day we met at G.B. Vico high school, so happy to welcome our European friends! Then we met in Aula Magna and our Principal Ms Maria Clotilde Paisio welcomed our guests warmely. Then a creative workshop: together we worked at decorating a nice Tshirt for our friends! And after …

Day 5. Work sessions, videos, farewell party

Our last day in Kalajoki has started with work sessions for both students and teachers. After watching the videos prepared by the different international teams and also checking out our blog, we have been given our certificates of attendance. In the evening, we have put an end to this meeting at a farewell party with …

Day 4. Museum, games, lessons.

Today we all left our homes in excitement, as most of us were going to experience for the first time how it felt to be at -10º. Well, not all of us, since there are some “specimens”, such as Annie and Marcus, who don’t seem to care about how cold it is for the rest …

Day 3. Visit to Oulu and Hailuoto.

Our Finnish friends may seem a bit shy at the beginning, but once they break the ice, they are really good fun!! Sailing through the ice towards the island of Hailuoto has been quite an experience! After having lunch at a cosy restaurant by the lighthouse, we had some free time to play with the …