Con X Tech Prize, Round 3: Behavior Change & Blue Sky

Submissions

Powerful Seeds A low-cost seed coating platform capable of increasing the efficiency of reforestations around the planet through seed balls for direct sowing. 1 1 6 Members Open to new members

Green Fins Global Hub We created a global solution to help dive professionals protect fragile coral reefs. It’s working. So, we put it online too. Because, the internet. And also we don’t have time for that many meetings. 1 0 3 Members Open to new members

RegenX Scenario Tool We are still funding a planetary apocalypse. We know how to fix it. RegenX is a dashboard to steer big money towards a thriving planet. 1 0 3 Members Open to new members

EcoWeeders Managing Invasive Plants without toxic Chemicals 1 0 2 Members Seeking new members

Buy-In Moving people out of flood zones frees up space to restore wetlands and riparian zones, but we need better maps to figure out where to invest. 2 0 4 Members Seeking new members

Airborne DNA (abDNA) Sampler Recovering DNA from airborne samples of animal poop, farts, and bodily parts, to see whether they are there or not! 2 0 3 Members Open to new members

Wildlife traficking predictor Wildlife traficking predictor Thanks to algorithms and AI programs, cross-referencing data on deforestation and wildlife trafficking could help us anticipate wildlife trafficking incidents when deforestation occurs. 1 0 1 Members Open to new members

Species Safari Cam Detecting wildlife species on safari using machine learning and vehicle mounted cameras to automate species monitoring through ecotourism. 2 0 3 Members Open to new members

GreenToGo Pizza Helping pizza restaurants and customers go trash-free by providing an easy-to-use reusable pizza box service. 2 0 7 Members Open to new members

Terrapin Tracker Tracking turtles to understand where they spend their time 11 0 6 Members Open to new members

Wild Insect Traffic Sensors Insects are like super small, but they are kinda keeping us all alive. It would be nice to be able sense their movements in thick forests without killing em all first. We are gonna hack mice to do it! 4 0 1 Members Open to new members

QR Code ID from UAV We want to put QR codes on sea turtle shells and then use a drone to fly over them and ID the QR code, and thus ID the individual turtle. 0 1 4 Members Open to new members

Koddie: The Coral Guardian Cuttlefish have great vision under water. Imagine a swarm of cuttlefishes like under water drones with high resolution cameras mapping coral health and growth. 0 0 6 Members Seeking new members

Sea Level Rise VR Experience Helping smart people see and feel what sea level rise is going to do to their coastal towns, city and infrastructure to help them make better coastal management decisions.. 0 0 4 Members Open to new members

ClawNet An interactive Platform that demystifies wildlife laws for the general public and tracks Buyers and Sellers through anonymous data for Law enforcement Agencies. 0 0 6 Members Not accepting new members

Marine robots for IAS control Using autonomous floating robots to catch sneaky yet dangerous invasive seaweed in the oceans 2 0 7 Members Open to new members

Seacology Deter, Detect+Detain Our buoys tell fishers they are being watched, then catch them if they fish illegally in MPA or EEZ. 3 0 3 Members Open to new members

Safe Wild This project is the number one headache for wildlife traffickers 0 0 4 Members Seeking new members

Bye-catch Say good-bye to bycatch by using sonar detection and AI to spy on marine life and develop effective deterrents 1 0 2 Members Seeking new members

0plastic- re-use is Cool 0plastic- re-use is Cool Making it cool and profitable to stop using single-use plastic containers 1 0 1 Members Seeking new members

Desert Palm Oil Having your peanut butter and eating it: Palm Oil without the habitat destruction 1 0 1 Members Not accepting new members

ampHibia Detecting chytridiomycosis using pH sensitive swabs 0 0 1 Members Open to new members

Circular economy 4 ghost gear Making a business out of a problem: Creating a circular economy for abandoned, lost, and discarded fishing gear in Peru 0 0 1 Members Open to new members

SCRAP Shazam for trash -- Use image recognition technology to identify litter, help scientists, and earn recognition for contributing to a cleaner planet. 1 0 2 Members Open to new members

Continuous Stormwater Sensing We identify areas of stormwater pollution, through low-cost sensing. We inform people in these areas about alternatives to create behavior change. 3 0 2 Members Seeking new members

Project P.A.L.M. Is palm oil really in everything and why does it have so many names? How can we shop to help the orangutans and people living near the rainforest? Let Project P.A.L.M. help you! 1 0 1 Members Open to new members

commuting without fossil fuel commuting without fossil fuel Create a kind of money people earn by not burning gasoline. 1 0 1 Members Seeking new members

CCT Learning Online Conflict isn’t fun. COVID-19 isn’t fun. What’s fun: CPeace helps conservationists effectively address conflict to reduce stress, particularly now, to make outcomes better for people and wildlife. 3 0 1 Members Open to new members

Mobile Modular Field Labs Helping field biologists and conservationists destroy less of the environments they are trying to save. 1 0 4 Members Open to new members

EduConserve-4-generations Ecosystem based adaptation measures with practical approaches through education and training skirts human wildlife conflicts 4 0 1 Members Seeking new members

WildPic Turns out humans and wild animals can get each other sick. We help maintain social distancing using phone cameras and live filters. 5 0 4 Members Open to new members

Eco Teen Action Network Eco Teen Action Network Passionate teens work collaboratively in virtual rooms around how to help advance a technology solution for conservation, working with adult mentors/stakeholders 1 0 2 Members Seeking new members

Every Watt Matters This project is about building a smart plug-in divider that can unplug a socket when a charging device is full that will lead to a behavioral change for end users saving electric power. 1 0 1 Members Open to new members

Clearbot Decentralized Robot Swarms to Clean our Oceans 10 0 2 Members Seeking new members

Using VBF's for CO 2 Capture As Vertical Farming grows tasty tomatoes, why can't we place fast-growing bio-crops in Vertical bio-Crop farms (VBF’s) to cost-effectively capture CO 2, then make spicy, circular economy bio-products? 1 0 1 Members Open to new members

Aioli Board Raspberry Pi HAT for Automated Insights and Onboard Landscape Interoperability - "Special sauce for spatial awareness" 1 0 1 Members Seeking new members

ATM Bin- dispose and paid This type of garbage bin is new kind of garbage bin that give a reward of small amount of cash when one insert a plastic waste in it. 1 0 1 Members Open to new members

Large Scale Coral Cooling Cooling biologically valuable areas of coral reef during bleaching periods using large scale industrial equipment 2 0 4 Members Open to new members

Peristaltic Toilet FIxture Bridging the gap from Bottom to a Peristaltic Tube so no water is needed to relocate bathroom waste. 3 0 1 Members Open to new members

Wildlife tracker balloons Use an aerial platform autonomous in energy equipped with LoRAWAN base station to monitor small animals in wild environments. 3 0 4 Members Seeking new members

OpenOceanCam A long-term underwater ocean camera that auto-classifies animals at genus level using on-board AI. Over 200 shooting modes and 4 weeks of battery/memory! 15 0 5 Members Seeking new members

Caribbeans Sargassum problem Solving the Caribbean Sargassum problem by preventing them from piling up and decaying. 1 0 1 Members Open to new members

Thermoelectric green energy Protecting Congo's rainforests by reducing dependence on charcoal for energy 3 0 1 Members Open to new members

Smart Green washer This project is about building a washing machine that sort microfiber from the wastewater generated from washing clothes. 2 0 1 Members Open to new members

Pocket garbage bin A pocket garbage bin that is used to store small personal wastes like chewing gum, cigarette butt and so on that can be carried at all time. 1 0 1 Members Open to new members

Sea Turtle LED Saving sea turtles by using light to prevent entanglement in fishing nets 4 0 3 Members Open to new members

VultureWatch VultureWatch Drone monitored, machine learning enabled prevention of vulture poisoning 0 0 1 Members Open to new members

Remora: Trash-Eating Aquadrone We are making autonomous trash-eating drones to tackle the marine trash pollution crisis and consequently drive ourselves out of business. 0 0 3 Members Seeking new members

Vegan Choice Changing the world one vegan meal at a time. 0 0 4 Members Open to new members

Arboreal trail camera network Network of arboreal cameras placed next to noisy colorful objects to attrack young curious birds in front of them and figure out where they go when they dissapear from our study area 0 0 2 Members Open to new members

Elert Using Microwaves to Alert Humans About An Animal That Speaks in Low Soundwaves 0 0 3 Members Seeking new members

Raster Ranger Geospatial machine learning for conservation protection 0 0 2 Members Seeking new members

Conservation Clue Conservation Clue (ConClue) is way to add fun and competition to the promotion of pro-environmental behavior at conferences and events. Should we play games at a time like this? Absolutely! 0 0 1 Members Seeking new members

Ecoplastile Project Trans 0 0 2 Members Open to new members

EcoSen A system alarm for detecting freshwater pollution through sensors with LoRa connectivity to servers 0 0 1 Members Seeking new members

CleanEnergy&SoilsRestoration Efficient Cooking Stove and Soils Restoration for Better Life 0 0 1 Members Seeking new members

Beyond the Easement Connecting private landowners with conservation opportunities that fit their property and interest 0 0 2 Members Seeking new members

Conservation monitoring AI Wrapping the earth in my finger tips 0 0 1 Members Open to new members

Whatsnake AI powered mobile app to identify and save snakes 0 0 2 Members Open to new members

Growia A social network promoting the concept "Grow Local - Eat Local - Save the Planet”, by encouraging people for home gardening and reducing the negative environmental impacts of commercial agriculture. 0 0 2 Members Open to new members

Malaysian Rice Farm BioChar Making biochar from rice straw by burning it with restricted oxygen in the fields. This improves the soil, raises yields and sequesters lots of carbon 0 0 3 Members Open to new members

reuse organic waste Transforming organic waste into woody materials through milling processes 0 0 1 Members Seeking new members

Citizen Jasoos Social Media provide a vital platform for the illegal wildlife trade. We're asking social media users to tell us when they see it, so law enforcement & the public can be informed. 0 0 2 Members Open to new members

Realtime Microplastics Realtime in-situ monitoring of microplastics with an intelligent sensor buoy 0 0 1 Members Open to new members

Marine weed killer Marine weed killer Using underwater sound waves to shake the weeds to pieces 0 0 1 Members Seeking new members

Gravity based power generator Why have not people thought about free energy sources before dreaming expensive ones? 0 0 4 Members Open to new members

Energy Assessment Toolkit Fighting deforestation through clean energy accessibility assessment and behaviour change targeted at clean cooking for households in rural/developing areas 0 0 4 Members Seeking new members

EnviroBoard A billboard with gills that suck out air pollutants. 0 0 2 Members Seeking new members

Kulning Cattle Manipulation Use loud speakers to mimic the ancient swedish herding call (Kulning) to move cattle into a fenced off/protected area at night time, to help keep them safe from predators such as jaguars 0 0 4 Members Open to new members

Planning for Planet Planning for Planet Empowering the public to engage in development planning to make construction more environmentally sound. We’ll make the planning process and professional environmental advice accessible. 0 0 2 Members Seeking new members

EcoMatia Solving food waste one larvae at a time. 0 0 2 Members Open to new members

LOOP Life Out of Plastic is a social enterprise taking action against plastic pollution by raising awareness, promoting a sustainable lifestyle & making conservation accessible to all. 0 0 1 Members Open to new members

Amigos de los Jaguares Engagement platform and resource hub mobile app for cattle ranchers in South America facing depredation by local endangered jaguars 0 0 4 Members Seeking new members

Serengeti - mobile/online game A mobile version of 'Serengeti: A Race for Life', a strategy card game abstracting the study of animal behaviour to further the survival of wild species. 0 0 1 Members Seeking new members

Tracking Pangolin Scales Tracking scales for a scalable solution to trace, map, and disrupt the illicit pangolin trade. 0 0 4 Members Seeking new members

NocTurn: Bat-Friendly Farming Bats are ecosystem key species. And we transform farmers into the new Batman with gadgets, smart bat-detectors and home indicators. Why not champion farmers as environmental changers? 0 0 2 Members Seeking new members

Discoverize. Lions, tigers and bears! How many are left out there? 0 0 2 Members Open to new members

Invisible Hand Cloud Fishing, an integrated app to support fishermen and consumers to encourage sustainable fisheries 0 0 3 Members Open to new members

New Soil cultivation machine We change the way soil is treated in the crop fields. The project involves development of an innovative machine which will turn a 4 inch thick layer of soil upside- down 0 0 1 Members Seeking new members

AI Sky Sea Linking citizen science, AI, open science, and marine conservation 0 0 1 Members Seeking new members

Indoor Oxygen Reactor Produce and maintain oxygen/Co2 levels in indoor environment through Bio cells, to offset self produced CO2 0 0 1 Members Open to new members

Paradigm Shift Generator Changing the "business as usual" mindset by developing new systems that generate better concepts. 0 0 4 Members Seeking new members

Local Goods I, myself, haven't seen anything bad happen to my lawn from what I buy and use so I'm sure the planet's fine 0 0 1 Members Open to new members

Directed Evolution We automate directed evolution to create new enzymes for plastic degradation and recycling and improve current bioremediation solutions. 0 0 2 Members Seeking new members

WILD HORSE IDENTIFICATION APP Bringing birth control to wild horses demands an app that can effectively identify individuals. 0 0 2 Members Seeking new members

Happy Clam Happy Clam Seafood sustainability recommendations at the tip of your fingers 0 0 2 Members Seeking new members

Tech 4 Conservation At Georgia Tech, a new course finally puts the nerds to work developing mind-blowing solutions to the most pressing issues affecting earth’s wildlife. 0 0 2 Members Seeking new members

Water Conservation using IoT The system will consist of sensor node, phone apps, controlling unit and cloud server. Base on the sensor data, weather forecast, user input and cloud information CU will regulate the watering . 0 0 1 Members Not accepting new members

Night Flyer: A Bat's Journey Play as a bat, find food, find love, survive your world disappearing. 0 0 1 Members Open to new members

Blue Habits We brainwash tourists while they’re high from seeing wildlife, and thereby push humankind along a behavior change continuum that will ultimately save the oceans and life on Earth. 0 0 1 Members Not accepting new members

Reef Star Bio-inspired living shorelines ornamentation 0 0 1 Members Seeking new members

Ghost Gear Locator Ghost nets kill millions of marine of animals per year. So now we're teaching flying robots how to find them underwater. 0 0 2 Members Open to new members

Green Cup A convenient, reusable and returnable coffee cup-as-a-service model to eliminate single-use coffee cups discarded in US and other European countries. 0 0 1 Members Seeking new members

Carbon-neutral communities Making the world carbon-neutral, household by household, community by community. 0 0 3 Members Open to new members

Grow Urban Biodiversity A vertical garden that helps the birds and the bees by helping urban gardeners get their green fix in the city. 0 0 1 Members Open to new members

SOAP FROM WASTE OIL We collect used cooking oil from hotels and restaurants and we use it to make affordable high quality bar soaps. The project is reducing pollution that could be caused by used oil . 0 0 1 Members Open to new members

Coastal Revival Zones The project is based on a wind powered circulator that forces oxygenated surface water down into the hypoxic zones giving them a chance to come back to life. 0 0 1 Members Open to new members

Plant native instead Making people reject invasive plants and opt for native plants to cultivate 0 0 1 Members Seeking new members

Water for the desert Many have tried, but can water be captured in the desert? A simple system that uses commercially available heat pipes in an unusual way 0 0 3 Members Open to new members

Amazonia Video Game Save the Amazon rainforest as a biologist, journalist, or environmental engineer in Amazonia, the scientifically and sociologically accurate adventure video game! 0 0 6 Members Open to new members

Free green energy We want to strengthen a biomass transformation workshop into ecological charcoal briquette and biochar to amend agricultural, we want to realize the prototype of the autonomous electric generator,. 0 0 1 Members Seeking new members

ProxLogs Small animals are around us all the time, meeting each other and moving around but completely unobserved. ProxLogs aim to change this by allowing us to monitor small animal behaviour in detail 0 0 5 Members Open to new members

WilDoption Taking care of virtual pets with the goal of "adopting" a real-wild species to empower local conservation initiatives 0 0 4 Members Seeking new members

Virtual Ecotourism The spread of COVID-19 is a health crisis but also economically for the ecotourism sector related to community-based conservation programs. The virtual tourism will help to overcome this situation. 0 0 2 Members Open to new members

Sustainable Plastic Timber producing plastic timber from garbage 0 0 1 Members Seeking new members

Processed Chicken Innards Need to see in a new way to process chicken meat 0 0 1 Members Open to new members

Blue sky with plantation it's time to plant in a different way. 0 0 1 Members Open to new members

New Innovation to mine plastic Time to mine the waste 0 0 1 Members Open to new members

Game-changing robots Using robots instead of existing agricultural techniques to save the environment 0 0 1 Members Open to new members

Deep learning nature! Using social media and satellite Earth observations to advance monitoring of nature-based experiences and biodiversity preferences by people. 0 0 4 Members Open to new members

Log hollowing drill Log hollowing drill Mass production log hollowing drill and hollowing strategy 0 0 1 Members Not accepting new members

Peat fire extinguishing system Radical new ways to extinguish peat fires - a major source of GHG 0 0 3 Members Open to new members

Plastic smog capture & use Plastic Smog Capture and Utilization 0 0 1 Members Not accepting new members

Every Droplet Matters Smarter sink faucet that turn on and off if there is an object and no object between the faucet tip and the sink bed respectively that will lead to behavioral change for end users into water saving. 0 0 1 Members Open to new members

Plastic Tracking App An App to follow the journey of Plastic Packaging as a Service (PPaaS) 0 0 2 Members Seeking new members

Green Adoption A system or an ideology leading to behavioral change that ensures replacement of damaged natural resources when people work to generate profit from an area where the natural resource is located. 0 0 1 Members Open to new members

Energy Harvesting for Wildfire A wireless sensor network that uses stand-alone boxes to sensor environmental parameter and harvest energy from microbial fuel cells to monitor forest fires quickly and efficiently 0 0 1 Members Seeking new members

A Greater Mass A app that turns your life into a video game, with rewards given for completing environmental actions. 0 0 1 Members Open to new members

W.I.S.E Wildlife Illegal trade Search Engine 0 0 3 Members Not accepting new members

Floating Islands Using floating wetlands to clean up polluted lakes and reservoirs 0 0 1 Members Open to new members