Sustaining Our Planet for Future Generations
Sustain and Redeem
Summary
Sustain and Redeem encourages the involvement of a major part of the responsible population towards health sustention of the planet. With this target, the web-based application credits an individual or a group contribution to heal the environment, no matter how big or small, with exciting schwags based on points earned via contribution level thus bringing in more participation and ultimately recuperating earth.
How We Addressed This Challenge
What is it?
Sustain and Redeem is an exciting web-based application where user can showcase any kind of environment- friendly activity performed by him/her via video upload and in return earn points. These points can be exchanged for the offered goodies on the site.
Why it is important?
The earth environment is continuously degrading and along with government -
"It is the little things that we as citizens can provide to bring about a change"
These little contributions will bring in a great improvement as a whole.
What does it do?
There are two phases involved in the project-
1 -Develop interactive interface-
Make a user-friendly interface available to all.
-Take video, update and store-
The video added by user is added to the database, points updated.
2. Analyze database continuously-
A mechanism would be employed that continuously maintains
a top performer , and his details. Finally this top performer will be given a chance to attend a
MUN conference as a delegate.
What do we hope to achieve?
The chosen challenge itself is enough to enlighten our hope of seeing the planet with healed wounds to it and make it's purity and eternity available to future generations.
How does it work?
Working goes very simple-
1 user visits site , registers and uploads video.
(a demo video and instructions would be available for user reference).
2 Database and user profile updated .
3 user redeems point for goodies.
4 data collected over a period of time is analyzed using ML models to keep tracks of best performance , and the region it comes from.
5 Every year top performer attends an MUN conference concerning environment issues.
However the prototype presented here focuses only on web part of the project idea.
How We Developed This Project
Where did we get ideas from?
The most important and exciting part of the Project that is the redeem option for exciting schwag available. Highly inspired from the offset game interface-https://climatekids.nasa.gov/offset/
In the game you earn money for shutting down(offsetting) a co2 emitting source. Once earn enough money You have an upgrade option that further offers you with extra powers.
Problems Faced and achievements
- Failed on implementing an initial idea of developing a game due to lack of knowledge.
-In addition to a failure it took a great time finding something that was attracting and unique as website is something very common , finally the idea of video and redeem for schwag helped.
thanks to the NASA resource- https://climatekids.nasa.gov/offset/
How We Used Space Agency Data in This Project
Learning about Pressing conncerns-
Apart from usual degrading factors knowledge some useful articles from NASA proved helpful
to learn about serious issues prevailing. Some of the references being:
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2014/11/05/earths-disapearing-groundwater/
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/91614/air-pollution-shrouds-the-pearl-river-delta
-These resources also worked as an inspiration to contribute towards this rising issue.
Project Demo
Project Code
Data & Resources
Helped In Understanding People And Social Work:https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/index.php/csw/article/download/5831/4792?inline=1
A Game Which Helped The Most In This Project, The Same Concept Is Applied In The Real World (Providing Points To The People):
https://climatekids.nasa.gov/offset/
Wildlife is also a part of the the environment and they plays an important role in making the environment sustainable. This also inspired us to show the importance of wildlife to the users.
https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal15
Helped In understanding the concept behind App development. Although we have chosen web development but an app can also provide the same system to the users with greater attraction.
https://www.nasa.gov/stem/nextgenstem/moon_to_mars/adc_guide_and_coding_components.html
Loved the concept behind this finding the sun game. This inspired us to build an attractive platform for the users which provide entertainment with knowledge. Here we are providing goodies to the people of every ages which will attract them and we are forcing them to get knowledge about the sustainable environment and apply for the same in the real word for goodies.
http://multiverse.ssl.berkeley.edu/Solar-Week/Monday/Play-the-Game