About the challenge

GreenGlobal Hacks was brought to fruition to bring awareness to environmental science issues through technology. As the future of the globe depends on today’s thinkers, Green Global Hacks promotes innovative solutions and applying computer science and engineering to real-world issues. GreenGlobal Hacks is a beacon to expose people to the interdisciplinaryness of the real world.

Cross-submissions with other hackathons are allowed!!

Requirements

What to Build

Build something that solves or brings awareness to an environmental issue! Whether you build something on the theme or not, focus on learning and having fun!

What to Submit

We require all individuals or teams to submit a 2-minute or less demo video. Publish your code on a public repository for us to see. Submit your project on Devpost.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

6 non-cash prizes
Best Environmental
1 winner

GreenGlobal Hacks Shirt + Grove Beginner Kit + Taskade lifetime upgrades

Second Environmental
1 winner

GreenGlobal Hacks Shirt + Bluetooth Earbuds + Taskade lifetime upgrades

Third Environmental
1 winner

GreenGlobal Hacks Shirt + Plushie animal

Best Overall
1 winner

GreenGlobal Hacks Shirt + Mysterium game + Taskade lifetime upgrades

Second Overall
1 winner

GreenGlobal Hacks Shirt + Redragron Gaming Mouse

People's Choice Award
1 winner

GreenGlobal Hacks T-shirt + Reusable Sticky Notes

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Saranya Anantapantula

Saranya Anantapantula

Judging Criteria

  • Originality
    Has this project been done before at hackathons in the past? How creative or innovative is their project in solving the problem at hand?
  • Adherence to Theme
    Does the hack adhere to solving or bringing awareness to an environmental issue? Does it implement that theme fully or just partially?
  • Completion
    Does the project work? Is it functioning? Did the team achieve everything they wanted, or is the project incomplete?
  • Learning
    Did the team (or individual) try to learn something new? What kind of projects have they worked on before? Have they tried something different?
  • Design
    Did the team (or individual) consider the user experience while developing their project? How well-designed is the interface?
  • Technology
    How technically impressive was the hack? Was the technical problem the team (or individual) tackled difficult? Did it use a particularly advanced technique? Did it use many different components?

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