InstaGreen

Inspiration-

Carbon footprint & their contribution to global warming needs some awareness with tax rebate people would want to know more! The increasing global warming and climate change is serious issue. We got inspiration from Social Media platforms like Instagram and Twitter and research to solve this. There are more than 2.6 trillion tons of trash produced annually in the world. We were inspired to create Instagreen as a way to help people realize how much they impact our Earth by including features like the Carbon Calculator, making resolutions, and looking at real-time data.

What it does-

it provides people a worldwide perspective of their contribution and provides tax rebates as a driving force to work for the environment, resolution inspires young children to recycle plastic, blog, and give innovative ideas about bringing a change, carbon footprint calculator allows people to calculate their footprint and provide credit for excess. the web application- It is a web application with a minimalistic design. It asks users to enter their city name, state name, and country name. Based on the input received it shows them the air pollution in their area. It has a feature by which users can make a resolution and complete it at their pace. There is a carbon footprint calculator embedded in it which is the coolest feature we have provided and will be a major step in making people realize do's and don'ts.

How we built it-

used Figma for prototype, canva for design

Challenges we ran into-

The biggest challenge for all of us was to provide authorization for public users of the application, but we finally got the idea of two-tier authorization by pan card, adhaar card, or passport number for a tax rebate. we are all newbies either in the frontend or backend. The challenge was learning the backend development one day and implementing everything in the web application the next day. Although the continuously leaving team members made us worried and to change our plans almost every day. When our entire schedule and plans were affected, a lot of time was wasted in finding members for the team. At the time we realized to connect the backend with the frontend part, we were very late and we had to cha

Accomplishments that we're proud of-

We have deeply researched the facts and concepts before implementing our ideas. We read about the human tendency to get attracted towards credit offers and towards the habit of making resolutions to thoughts on sustainability. We are proud that our web application provides very unique features to users which we as a human would love to use. We came up with effective solutions for our. I have worked on the backend after learning it in a very short time is something I am proud of. The continuous efforts of my team members in designing and getting good content were immense.

What we learned-

We learned the importance of time management and decision-making. We learned to have backup plans for every project as in the beginning 3-4 team members left our team during the starting period. Also got to know how important is team, as we got unique ideas from each other. Learned cooperation, teamwork, and a lot from each other.

What's next for InstaGreen-

We wished to make it like Instagram and Twitter. Where users can post their pictures and tweets in Green Feed so that others can appreciate them. In the next release, this project will allow users to create a profile, get scores after the completion of resolutions, and make streaks when completing resolutions in the sequel and authorization of tax rebate purposes in carbon footprint calculator by collaboration with the government of India. Users will be able to like and comment on the posts and it will be an engaging web application that will contribute faster to saving the earth.

Built With

• canva
• figma
• forms
• google