01. Question 1

Our Question: If you could choose anyone in the world to be your special climate hero or role model, who would it be?

02. Question 2

Our Question: Magic Johnson said: “I believe in the power of heroes. What is a hero? There are as many different answers to that question as there are people in the world, and that’s a good thing: we need different kinds of role models for different kinds of people. I personally think a hero is a leader who has a positive impact on people. A hero is someone who acts and through those actions changes the world.” – Tell me your definition of a hero.

03. Question 3

Our Question: A group of students thought it would be great to collect portraits of climate heros from all over the world. That’s what they say: “If we show people that if those local climate heros can make the effort, then anybody can. Let them see that what they are doing is rapidly becoming the norm, not the exception. Your climate heros don’t need to be famous. We’d like to show people just like you and me – with the little difference that they care. The goal is to realize an impressive exhibition of portraits from all over the world.” a) What are the most important things people in your country need to change in order to become climate heros? b) Some participants of this projects don’t like the word “hero”. Which other words could we use instead?

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01. Question 1

Our Answer: My mother. She really cares about the environment. She has no car, she is vegetarian and she has a beautiful garden where she has rare plants to attract wild bees. Nadia Al Gore. Ben Luis Palmer. He has a solar taxi and drove around the world with it. I think he is a real hero. Jan

02. Question 2

Our Answer: a real hero is someone who never gives up. he might be frustrated by something that doesn't work but he still tries to complete the things he is aiming for. Katinka A hero is someone with muscles in his brain and body. Kathrin A hero is someone who loves life. Sibille

03. Question 3

Our Answer: a) people should become more relaxed, doing things at a slower pace. no rush. if you have time to enjoy things you get closer to nature and you want to protect it. Like this you care! We should use less electricity, should be more careful with the water (how often do you take showers - in switzerland we take showers every day and this is just too much, isn't it?), we should heat less and in summer we shouldn^t use air conditioner (we should just dress accordingly to the weather. in winter warm jumpers and always with slippers in the appartment no bare feet.... in summer no best suits in the offices but t-shirts instead. we should drive less. Almost every family has one or two cars, that's just absurd. b) an inventor could also be hero

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