One of the groups in our class designed an app called SOS, which is intended to help people save resources and prolong the Earth's life. This app intends to accomplish this by helping the user switch off breakers for unused rooms, by helping them pick food that is better packaged and less likely to be wasted, and by helping them find more sustainable ways to travel, such as by carpool or bike.
This app will incentivize people to live sustainably in two ways: the first way is by showing the person the exact amount of time they've helped to extend the life of the Earth. This number is likely so extremely small that measuring it would be nearly impossible, so the developers are attempting to find a more compelling way to present this number. The second way is by offering rewards to users once they reach certain milestones of earth preservation time. These rewards, such as free Uber rides, breaker home installation, and free purchases to make at organic grocery stores, are intended to be environmentally friendly and to further the preservation of the earth.
This app is great for people who want to live eco-friendly, as it makes it easy to keep track of the progress you're making, while giving out rewards. A major problem with this app, though, is that it needs some way to convince the average person to download it. The average person, I feel, although they see conservation as a good thing, will not go out of their way to accomplish it. The average person still would not go out of their way to preserve the Earth using this app despite its simplicity, unless the rewards system was somehow designed to give substantial rewards. If the app's rewards are worth at least 25 cents of every dollar (of money or of effort) contributed, the average person, rather than just those who are heavily concerned with preservation, will be more likely to use the app.
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