Berlin's urban trees are suffering from drought and you can help them!
With the help of the open source solution "Gieß den Kiez", residents can adopt city trees. On the platform, residents* can find out about the water needs of the trees in their neighborhood. They can adopt individual trees and mark them when they have watered them. The "Gieß den Kiez" platform uses a wide range of data so that residents know how much water their partner tree needs and when. The local tree register is connected to "Gieß den Kiez”, where information on the type and age of the tree can be added, as well as weather data and soil moisture (when available). If the city waters the trees on a mobile basis, this information can also be integrated into the platform
Gieß den Kiez is an open source product, provided and developed by City Lab Berlin. Therefore, there are no costs for the software. However, there are costs for setting up the solution in your own city, as well as for the operation.
A municipal tree cadastre is usually available
Irrigation data from either the city or the green space offices
Information on the soil, also known as pedological data
Number of times trees have been watered
Amount of water poured in total and per user* (in liters)
Activity of the city community
Municipal tree cadastre
Weather data, e.g. Open Weather Map
In order to create globally sustainable structures, the member states of the United Nations have set themselves 17 goals by 2030, which are set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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