Footprint

Inspiration

We took inspiration from the current climate catastrophe faced by our planet as a result of poor and unsustainable practices. As students from developing countries, directly impacted by climate change, we know first hand, the need for action in reducing carbon emissions.

What it does

The app allows users to track their daily, monthly and yearly totals of carbon emission.

How we built it

We built it using Java and Android Studio.

Challenges we ran into

One of the main challenges we encountered was tabulating the accuracy of the values to each individual person as we cant account for the subtle differences and outlying conditions that would differentiate between various people.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Building a viable prototype for an application that can track carbon footprints, granting users climate impact awareness.

What we learned

We learned more about carbon emissions, and the impact of these emissions in relation to climate change. We learned that climate change's has not only damaging effects on the environment, but the livelihoods of populations, thereby making the issue a social one, even more so than environmental.

What's next for Footprint

If given the resources to build the application we hope to create viable applications for both Android and iOS users and incentivize users to take further steps in reducing their carbon footprint via a potential reward system.

Built With

• android-studio
• java