Project Forward

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Inspiration

We all share the world we live in and therefore it is each and every person's responsibility to care for it. The main rationale for building this project is to act as a steward to inform both ourselves and others of the issues that are occurring around us and how we can solve them.

What it does

Without information nothing is possible; therefore, we decided that in order for people to take effective action we need to inform them first and that is exactly what our product achieves. We selected the three most paramount SDG's—ending world hunger, ending poverty, and encouraging responsible consumption and production on the business level—and researched information on them. Then we selected the most vital information from our research to give the product user a brief but info-packed insight into the issue. We developed Project Forward to educate people and attempt to alleviate problems that prevent our society from reaching a sustainable future by 2030.

How we built it

We used the popular python framework Django to build both the front and backend. HTML and CSS Bootstrap classes were used to style the pages and make them look crisp. The web spiders were also made in python using the requests and beautifulsoup libraries.

Challenges we ran into

Finding information that was relevant enough so that product users would gain adequate insight. Additionally, building web-scrapers was time-consuming as there is little to no data and therefore no satisfactory API's available.

What we learned

How to implement a web scraper, using Django to design an aesthetically pleasing site and team collaboration on group projects. Communication is key!!!

What's next for Project Forward

Expanding the site to include some of the other SDG's and how people can take action to achieve sustainability by 2030. To find quality information takes excellent research skills and that is definitely what we plan on doing to improve our product.