Press Release: New Climate Education Tool by Footprint App, Inc. Launched at Houston Climathon

press release
Written By Kaira Wallace

Software Helps Students, Corporations Lessen Environmental Impact

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HOUSTON - Footprint App, Inc. launched their latest carbon footprint education and action software on Friday Nov. 13 during the Houston Climathon, hosted by Impact Hub Houston.

The tool allows students to compete and collaboratively reduce their environmental impact by tracking their sustainable habits. The software has launched in over 50 classrooms across the nation and is being utilized by several corporations to help them reach their sustainability goals and engage employees around the energy transition. Climathon attendees were granted early access and piloted the new organization competition mode to track their impact as a group.


Tucker Stillman, a student who tested the new carbon tracking tool with his classmates, stated that, “Footprint App brought alive the concepts we were learning in class. It gave me a hands-on, experiential learning opportunity”. Dakota Stormer, Footprint App, Inc. CEO and co-founder, said that, “with the state of Texas recently receiving an “F” in climate education from the National Science Foundation, we see Footprint as the perfect tool for K-12 and beyond to help Texas students engage with climate science in a fun, competitive way”.


“From pitching the idea and iterations at Impact Hub Houston’s Open Project Nights, to mentoring at Houston’s first Climathon in 2019, we are thrilled to see the new Climate Education Tool come to life!”,

said Michelle Avalos, Director of Operation at Impact Hub Houston.


Climathon Houston is part of a global hackathon for climate-related solutions. It aims to catalyze climate action in Houston, inviting people virtually this year to participate, connect and share ideas. This year’s Climathon will look to realize some of the goals of the City of Houston’s Climate Action.


Plan through design sprints led by local experts in the areas of Transportation, Energy Innovation, Building Optimization, and Materials Management.


Footprint App, Inc. is an educational platform that unites communities to enact change and empowers them to make sustainable choices. We have created an application to help individuals, schools, and corporations to track and reduce their carbon footprints, and we are committed to standing strong against climate change.


You can find more about us on Footprint App’s website, footprintapp.org

 

Contact:

Kaira Wallace

Footprint App, Inc. Newsroom

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Kaira Wallace

Kaira Wallace is a recent UCSB graduate who majored in Earth Science with an emphasis in Climate and Environment. During her studies, she developed a deep interest in climate change, sustainability and resiliency. While her educational background is based in STEM, she enjoys working on communicating these issues to broader audiences. 

She’s a former research assistant with Climate Transition Catalyst, a budding Indian organization dealing with humanity’s resilience to climate change. She contributed to a Sustainability Directory for the upcoming website of the company and provided dynamic articles for the website. During this period, she was exposed to many sustainability concepts that she aims to dig deeper on. 

While Wallace is interning with Footprint App, Inc. she hopes to improve the general public’s awareness of our climate crisis and provide them with impactful stories and information that will motivate them to get involved. She believes that even though there is a lot that needs to change in our world, there is so much power that lies in collective action.

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