One More Tree

Inspiration

Our carbon emissions must be drastically reduced to prevent the most dangerous effects of climate change. And how do we do that? By planting trees. One tree can sequester more than one ton of carbon dioxide in its lifetime. Our goal is to simplify the process so everyone can contribute, from individuals/volunteers to nurseries and companies alike, to help save the earth.

What it does

Is getting outside and physically planting a tree not an option for you? Do you still want to do something? OneMoreTree has some great and easy steps for you to follow. You just have to go about and select a tree and get your saplings into the earth. This initiative works with people all over the world who depends on tree planting for their businesses. Contributors can pick the type of tree they want, from neem to a eucalyptus, their quantities and place an order. Following that, those orders will be assigned to the trees selling businesses that act as a distributor for us.

How we built it

The frameworks used were next.js, a tailwind for the frontend, node.js, express.js for the backend, PostgreSQL for the database, CockroachDB and Azure cloud services.

Challenges we ran into

On the server-side setting up the Cockroachdb client to access our PostgreSQL database was the most challenging part. For the front-end integration, making all the different parts work smoothly and displaying the data in an intuitive manner were the biggest challenges.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We were able to devise and build a platform that pays heed to the need of climate change.

What we learned

There were a lot of things that our team learned from this process. Mainly time management and organization are the key factors when it comes to working on an application.

What's next for OneMoreTree

Integration of payment gateway and also we have to make the server-side code highly optimised to minimize the overhead.

Built With

• azure
• cockroachdb
• express.js
• next.js
• node.js
• postgresql
• tailwind