Apps for sustainability
The listings here are intended to concentrate on the apps which make it easier for citizens and community groups to take action for sustainability. So they are by nature citizen or user-friendly.
They can include apps which help citizens and groups express needs, aspirations and good ideas to improve Quality of life in their communities. Although the listings may be primarily about software, they may also include particularly innovative and similarly citizen (not-bureaucrat) focused projects or resources.
Apps for sustainability is a sub-section of the Resources section in relevant CASwiki place and topic articles.
App is short for Application software
Reviews
Reviews of any apps listed are welcome on article talk pages.
Ideas for apps
If you have an idea for an app for sustainability which needs collaborative development you're welcome to share your idea via the talk pages within this wiki, either the talk page of a specific location, topic or this page.
Resources
Video
from Kenya
News and comment
2021
These apps aim to reduce the social and environmental impacts of food waste, Shareable (Dec 23, 2021)
2017
How Mobile Apps Are Helping People Design and Develop Their Cities, Aug 11[1]
How A Man With No Coding Experience Built An App That’s Bringing Solar Power To Yemen, May 8[2]
2016
You can help NASA track climate change from your phone, Jul 28[3]
2014
Civic Hacking, Aug[4]
2012
Hacking Sustainability: Part 2, June 17,[5] comment re design of travel apps
See also
- Maps for community action
- CASwiki articles with apps (category)
- UK articles with apps (category)
local information and news can be found, or shared, via our many location pages
External links
- Civic Stack, some content in Spanish
- Open311, collaborative model and open standard for civic issue tracking.