Home+2010-2012

=Hello and welcome to the __University School of Milwaukee__ (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA)/ __Gymnasium Am Breiten Teich__ (Borna, Germany) Challenge 20/20 wikispace! =

Here is the product of our research about biodiversity, alternative energy, and water reclamation in post industrial areas (2010-2011) as well as our continued research of invasive species and biodiversity (2011-2012). Last year, both of our groups studied how to reclaim water in post-industrial areas, as both Milwaukee, WI and Borna, Germany are making the transition into the post-industrial world as once big manufacturing (in the case of Milwaukee) or coal-mining (in the case of Borna) hubs. Borna also looked into the development of alternative energy, replacing lignite with solar and wind power. It also noted how Saxony is rediscovering its agricultural roots and is fostering the return of bio-diversity after the calamatous environmental degradation of the German Democratic Republic. This year, with the help of the research compiled from the previous year, we looked at the water sources in these post-industrial areas, and looked at how invasive species and changes in biodiversity have further changed these environments.

Our next step will be to examine how to take ideas developed in these two post industrial areas and apply solutions to environmentally degraded areas elsewhere. 