Be the Tree Hugger
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Mother Nature is unpredictable just as Vardah was. We did not stand a chance to defend, but we have a choice to rebuild. Aspire to be a Tree Hugger!
What is 'Be the Tree Hugger'?
Be the Tree Hugger is a green movement to identify the uprooted trees via GPS and restore the lost greenery with the spirit of Chennai.
Why don't we recap what happened?
On the 12th of December 2016 in a matter of a few hours Vardah descended upon ‘Singaara Chennai’. Hours later we walked into what felt like a ‘Green mile’. What can you do to get that old tree that you played under? The tree that gave your car the much needed shade? The tree that was one of the reasons for you to inhale oxygen?
How can you contribute as a Tree Hugger?
- Report uprooted trees via GPS!
- Participate in planting saplings at uprooted locations
- Track the growth and see it grow into a tree
- Hurray! You stand a chance to hug a tree
Do we have a plan to execute this mission?
Yes, thanks to our partners for this campaign including SPI Cinemas, The Hindu Friends of Chennai, Bharat University, NGOs, Volunteers and well-wishers. Here is a high-level plan.
- The volunteer network (all interested citizens) will install the app and report uprooted trees via GPS
- The uprooted locations will be mapped and can be tracked by everyone from the app
- We will have experts on this campaign who would be the guiding force to recreate the greenery
- We will have a mechanism for sapling donation that will be used for plantation
- The reported locations will be surveyed by an expert and marked for replantation
- The location will be assigned to a volunteer who would be responsible for planting
- The place will be prepared as per expert advice and replanting will be done
- The citizens of Chennai will be able to track the growth of the plant/tree and keep updating pictures
- We will all see a beautiful forest growing over time
What is 'Be the Tree Hugger'?
Be the Tree Hugger is a green movement to identify the uprooted trees via GPS and restore the lost greenery with the spirit of Chennai.
Why don't we recap what happened?
On the 12th of December 2016 in a matter of a few hours Vardah descended upon ‘Singaara Chennai’. Hours later we walked into what felt like a ‘Green mile’. What can you do to get that old tree that you played under? The tree that gave your car the much needed shade? The tree that was one of the reasons for you to inhale oxygen?
How can you contribute as a Tree Hugger?
- Report uprooted trees via GPS!
- Participate in planting saplings at uprooted locations
- Track the growth and see it grow into a tree
- Hurray! You stand a chance to hug a tree
Do we have a plan to execute this mission?
Yes, thanks to our partners for this campaign including SPI Cinemas, The Hindu Friends of Chennai, Bharat University, NGOs, Volunteers and well-wishers. Here is a high-level plan.
- The volunteer network (all interested citizens) will install the app and report uprooted trees via GPS
- The uprooted locations will be mapped and can be tracked by everyone from the app
- We will have experts on this campaign who would be the guiding force to recreate the greenery
- We will have a mechanism for sapling donation that will be used for plantation
- The reported locations will be surveyed by an expert and marked for replantation
- The location will be assigned to a volunteer who would be responsible for planting
- The place will be prepared as per expert advice and replanting will be done
- The citizens of Chennai will be able to track the growth of the plant/tree and keep updating pictures
- We will all see a beautiful forest growing over time
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App History & Updates
Version update Be the Tree Hugger was updated to version 1.15
What are users saying about Be the Tree Hugger
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Amazing app!! " Kudos to the ddvelopers
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We see many apps which are not helping the nature and made people's life is difficult. Only few apps are helping to improve people's lifestyle and the environment we live in. I feel happy that I am contributing a little help to the society due to this app. It's very easy way to report the uprooted trees in your area. Appreciate the initiative to the team. Great Job!
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we need this app to change our chennai green
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Bakwas
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Wow, fantastic, excellent, creative, greeny, well-thought! I wanted to put more adjectives seeing this idea going from being just-an-idea to something technologically tangible! Great job Mahesh and team, you guys are true ui gurus!
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Fabulous greenstuff app........congrats for the great effort keep going ...
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The cyclone has clearly highlighted the gravity of green cover situation that's been plaguing our city. A guidance to transform oneself from being mere spectator to a concious participant, is highly encouraging! Thank you for initiating this movement :)
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Wonderful app, thanks for developing it. This app provides a wonderful opportunity to us all, to expedite the process of making chennai green again !!
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Great that you put all words and thoughts in action. Like to hear, what's next? How plantation process will be done? How trees will be monitored.
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This app enables us to restore our lost trees. Hope the people of Chennai get together to save our environment
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Kudos to the brains behind this idea and initiative. You're truly doing a great job. Appreciate your effort of restoring nature. You're the real Indian
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I wish this campaign to be successful. Let's all put our hands together for greener Chennai
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A great app this will lead us to making chennai more greener than before
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Finally the digital app can save nature hats off to "Tree Hugger"
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Superb
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Amazing app!! " Kudos to the ddvelopers
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We know how was chennai after vardha. Especially to nature. Most of the trees and plants got wiped out in most of the areas. To prevent and recycle back all the uproot trees. lets bring some change to chennai. To do that we made an app to report uproot trees in ur current loaction. Try it lets make chennai green
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This is a Great app to report the Uprooted Trees in Chennai!! We request everybody to download the app and help us in planting Tree Saplings in the place where Trees have been uprooted. #chennai #vardah #EnvironmentalHeroes #Crayond #TreeHuggers #reforestation
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Aweosme hack to reforest the lost trees through the use of technology for social good
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Awesome application which helps to collecting number of trees uprooted and replant new plants.
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A good app which helps to build a bond between human and nature.
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One of the best gifts we can give Future generation are trees
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Beautiful initiative for afforestation...
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Innovative idea to bring a city back to shape.!
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An awesome initiative! Hope to see our greenery restored !
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Nice one......
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We see many apps which are not helping the nature and made people's life is difficult. Only few apps are helping to improve people's lifestyle and the environment we live in. I feel happy that I am contributing a little help to the society due to this app. It's very easy way to report the uprooted trees in your area. Appreciate the initiative to the team. Great Job!
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Nature pulled our trees out of land. It's time for us to pull out our hands to replant it again.
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It's time for us to make Chennai beautiful again!
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Trees has given life to many living beings and also has been a savior, Its our time to take pride in give life to them.
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Technology advancements has created considerable imbalance in our ecosystem. What if we can use the same technology to enable something for the better?. Tree Hugger just does that perfectly!.
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I'm proud to be part of replanting all the uprooted trees
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It's the time for rebuild our nature.
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Great initiative to recreate the greenery in Chennai. Good job team!
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Awesome
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The creators of the app should be appreciated with idea which they have come up . This app encourages people to plant saplings not only in uprooted areas even with the area where the trees r not even been planted before . All the best ..
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Very nice idea to rebuild our chennai again after vardah disaster.. keep our chennai green, create the revolution...
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we need this app to change our chennai green
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Wow, fantastic, excellent, creative, greeny, well-thought! I wanted to put more adjectives seeing this idea going from being just-an-idea to something technologically tangible! Great job Mahesh and team, you guys are true ui gurus!