The World Doesn’t Want a Carbon Footprint Tracker App
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10 min readJun 19, 2020
Are you passionate about the subject of climate change?
Do you wish more people were engaged with the issue?
So I know…let’s build an app! What we need to help people change and adapt is the right tools. Once they have that — then maybe we can help get people to change. That’s what I thought.
Now….I am not so sure.
Over the past few months, I have been investigating the notion of building an app to track people’s carbon footprints and to help them reduce it.
I thought….
- People are confused by all the data there is on the topic: We could make this clear for people in a simple app!
- People are reluctant to make changes if others don’t: We could build a community so people can see what others are doing and see others are playing their part!
- People don’t feel they can make a difference: I developed a (non-sophisticated) wildlife model which could demonstrate impact in terms of wildlife saved on an individual level. People could feel they are making a difference!
- People have other concerns which dominate their lives right now, whilst climate change is an issue which is abstract and in the future: We would make it seamless and easy for them to use the app by…