Environmental Awareness? There's an App for That

@Nicole...I believe such apps are meant for the people who are serious about it. If somebody doesn't want to pay heed to such issues... you can't force him to correct the situation. Humans by instint want to keep things in order and prefer to stay in such arrangment. In my personal opinion...if this app was introduced people can make a conscious effort to correct the things. I think we should take it positively as such apps are meant for serious contenders. 

It's so encouraging that somebody has given a serious thought to environmental degradation. Somehow we have forgotton to preserve it for our future generations. I hope such applications would raise awareness amongst people to care for environment and make efforts to preserve it as far as possible. A conscious thought  to keep a healthy and safe evironment is first step towards a better world for next generations. This app would surely help sensitive individuals to make best use of it so that the environmental contamination could be controlled. 

Superb app really worthful for awaring people about ecofriendly products!! Will try this soon as i work for recycling products it going to help me a lot!! The best thing is that as you say this app classifies the recycled products in different categories so if I am search for recycled plastic products it will directly enlist such products....

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Just saw this example of "constructive gaming."

Very interesting. And good point that if folk are going to become addicted to online gaming, it would be terrific if something useful to society could be underlying the activity. It would be wonderful to see more venture capital investment in this kind of constructive gaming.

If people are seeking rewards and points in everything they do, it's best that they get involved in something that has useful consequences at the end of the day. I certainly think gamification can become a great factor in spreading awareness and motivating people.

I recently came across this award-winning game related to urban planning and environmental management.

Your suggestions below are among the best for gamification I have seen. Now perhaps we can see environmental gamification combined with virtual worlds.

Sunita,

Realistically, I picture this is one of those apps that may not be popular among the masses unless among people of certain environment relevant proffesions or interests. But like has been suggested here, i think gamification of the app would be a great idea to attract more people into using it.

I agree with you while the information is all over the internet, the difference is about that handy app that keeps nagging into you that information that you would otherwise ignore.

Take for example a responsible nutrition app that send you random tweets from time to time such as the one below:

BREAKFAST HALL OF SHAME: Burger King's Ultimate Breakfast Platter has 1,310 calories & 1.5 days' worth of saturated fat!

It keeps you awake to the realities of how some foods affect your health.

Right, antonis. I'm not even one who typically gets enthused about the whole gamification idea. But, if we're going in that direction, let's really leverage this opportunity where it counts. Let's identify areas where activism is needed and see if gamification can encourage people to get involved.