INTRODUCTION
This project focused on the environmental impact of animal husbandry. Cows produce a great amount of methane
every day, which is one of the main vital sources of the greenhouse effect. In this project, We explored different
interventions for "cow's methane" through design, including public events and engagement.
i. Facts of Methane Emission
ii. Design Documentary & Performance
iii. Proposals
iv. Design
v. Live Performance
CONTENT
i. Facts of Methane Emission
110kg methane produced annually by :
The footprint of the cow in farm
ii. Design Documentary & Performance
Fieldwork & Performance
We wear masks to buy beef in the market and walked on the road, attracting the attention of passersby with this behavior
We pretended to be cows in the park, which
attracted the pedestrians who asked us what we
were doing. We explained that we want to arouse
attention to animal husbandry and the
environment. They said we did a meaningful thing.
A: It probably depends on the feeding methods. I don’t smell the gas, but there’s a lot of cow dung...very smelly.
Q: How do you think about the review that the gas from cows farts and burps is harmful?
iii. Proposals
PROPOSALS：MILK COW DINNING CAR BROCHURE
Place to make it happen: Park
Stand the food card on the side of the street------
fix the stall------sell milk------Attract public attention
Milk
MILK PIPE
Mathane
Food car
Model
Selling milk
iv. Design- Methane pool
DESIGN METHANE POOL WITH COW DUNG
We collected cow dung from a rural cattle farm and made a methane pool that extracts methane gas for cooking.
iv. Design- Engagement event
We planned a picnic in the park and invited neighbors to participate. We used methane from beef fart as fuel to make stir-fried beef with green pepper, beef brisket stewed with tomato and minced meat with onion.
During the meal, we discussed the impact of cow farts and cow burps on climate warming. We recorded some process with video.
We have noticed that someone had realized the environmental impact of beef consumption, which is what we want to achieve in this design. we designed an installation that collects cow farts to make methane and designed a dialogue to trigger audience participation in this way, thereby arousing the audience's attention to cow environmental issues.