Space Apps Challenge 2017

Our ecological neighbourhood

Our planet, our home

Team: ground jupitors

We think that earth has faced many problems as:

Deforestation, desertification, water quality and quantity, air pollution and global warming. The most dangerous problem is global warming. Global warming can cause a whole chain of events to rupture ecosystems, wheather patterns, and a variety of other factors. Our today activities affect the environment and increase the global warming.

Idea: to reduce the global warming, awareness is the solution as people must know how danger is the global warming and how its activities increase this so we make a series of videos including the reasons of global warming and why is it dangerous and easy ways to stop it.

Techniques and technology: we make an online survey and use social media to make people know how it a huge problem and know about our solutions as:

- replace regular incandescent lightbulb with compact

fluorescent light.

- It is most effective of the three R’s. It simply says cut back from where are you now. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle : Reduce your need to buy new products or use less, resulting in a smaller amount of waste. Even if you need to buy, consider buying eco-friendly products.

-Many people have caught the energy efficient band wagon of solar energy. Having solar panels installed is something readily possible and available.

-Reduce Waste: Landfills are the major contributor of methane and other greenhouse gases. When the waste is burnt, it release toxic gases in the atmosphere which result in global warming.

- Use Less Hot Water: Buy energy saving geysers and dishwasher for your home. Avoid washing clothes in hot water.

-Turn Off the Lights: If you’re not using a room, there’s no need for the light to be on.

- Turn off Electronic Devices: Turn off electronic devices when you are moving out for a couple of days or more.