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Transcript of Think Clean, Act Green
The Problem? Communities around the United States
and world are creating a deadly environment to live in.
Producing excess materials, polluting our air and water, and misusing our resources are some of the relevant issues in today’s society.
Why Go Green? We need to conserve our natural
resources Also, reduce the waste of water and
energy which is needed around the world.
Using biodegradable products lowers the amount of pollution and helps keep the planet clean.
The Area of Focus Think Clean, Act Green focuses on
increasing individual’s recycling habits, and enlarging the amounts of recycle in communities.
Also, while giving focus to using less energy at home, and becoming more nature friendly.
Who does this help? This small application is able to help the
community to begin with, as the popularity grows, recycling will become more well sought after and the world as a whole will develop great recycling skills.
In the bigger picture, the whole world will be able to benefit from a greener planet.
Ultimate Goals First, increase in local recycling, and
recycle awareness in communities around the world.
Second, an increase of popularity in parks, bike trails, and hiking areas.
Third, an increase in use of environmentally safe and waste conscious products.
Introduction Think Clean, Act Green (TCAG) is an
application designed for a tablet or touch screen telephone.
Using simple mechanics, users with all levels of skill will be able to navigate through and learn the techniques and advantages of becoming more eco friendly.
How does this work? This app offers multiple options
containing the knowledge needed to act green.
From the opening interface users will be able to click on icons directing them to the corresponding pages. These include, “Give Tips,” “Get Tips,” “Recycle,” “Explore,” and “Donate”
Give/Get Tips Simply give and receive advice about
becoming green and creating a healthier environment.
To give a tip, users type into a text box some advice they want to share with other TCAG users. This advice will be reviewed, and displayed when approved.
To get a tip, users just search the list of helpful advice for becoming green.
Recycle The recycle page encourages users to
improve their own recycling and also their local community's efforts.
This application will use a location finder, able to determine the closest recycling centers to the user.
Explore The explore page is meant to bring
users out doors and discourage the waste of electricity and energy.
This section also uses a location finder to search for near by parks, trails, and hikes.
This supports local outdoor activities, and also focuses on any location within biking distance to limit car use.
Donate The donate page is for users who feel
strongly enough about the cause that they want to give some money to help local and even global foundations.
Donations can also be made from collected recycling codes (discussed next).
Features A unique feature that TCAG will have is the
incentive plan. Starting locally, recycle centers will
coordinate with TCAG ; each time a user comes in and recycles they will receive a code which will be placed into their TCAG account. These codes can be collected and redeemed for coupons for environmentally friendly products. (Such as Brita, re-usable bags, bamboo products, etc.)
Execution This application will be available world
wide, considering the importance of the issue.
Attempts to encourage use from every country will be made, and popularity will continue until every one using this certain media will access TCAG each day.
References http://www.ourearth.org/?
gclid=COeG-4r1pKwCFUJx4Aodt2OgaQ http://
www.globalissues.org/issue/168/environmental-issues
http://www.environmentalissues.net/