├── contributing.md └── README.md /contributing.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Contribution Guidelines 2 | 3 | Please ensure your pull request adheres to the following guidelines: 4 | 5 | - Search previous suggestions before making a new one, as yours may be a duplicate. 6 | - Make an individual pull request for each suggestion. 7 | - Use the following format: `[name](link) - Description.` 8 | - Additions should be added alphabetically to the relevant category. 9 | - New categories, or improvements to the existing categorization are welcome. 10 | - Keep descriptions short and simple, but descriptive. 11 | - Start the description with a capital and end with a full stop/period. 12 | - Check your spelling and grammar. Also please remove trailing whitespace. 13 | 14 | Thank you for your suggestions! 15 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Awesome ConservationTech 2 | 3 | > An awesome list of technology and organizations helping to understand and conserve our natural resources. 4 | 5 | Inspired by the [awesome](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) list thing. 6 | 7 | ## Table of Contents 8 | 9 | - [Animal Tracking](#animal-tracking) 10 | - [Biodiversity](#biodiversity) 11 | - [Climate](#climate) 12 | - [Energy](#energy) 13 | - [Government GitHub](#government-github) 14 | - [Hardware](#hardware) 15 | - [Organization GitHub](#organization-github) 16 | - [Sustainability](#sustainability) 17 | - [Trails](#trails) 18 | 19 | ## Animal Tracking 20 | - [BirdPy](https://github.com/ciiram/BirdPy) - Test bioacoustic technology for biodiversity monitoring, specifically geared toward birdlife in Kenya. 21 | - [Mataki](http://mataki.org/) - Open, reconfigurable, flexible, wirelessly-enabled, low-cost tracking technology. 22 | - [Ornithokrites](https://github.com/tracek/Ornithokrites) - Automatic identification of kiwi calls from audio recordings. 23 | - [Pamguard](http://sourceforge.net/projects/pamguard/) - Detection, classification, and localisation of marine mammals. 24 | - [Quail Ridge Automated Animal Tracking](https://github.com/QRAAT/QRAAT) - Tracking system used in Quail Ridge Reserve in Napa County, California. 25 | 26 | ## Biodiversity 27 | - [Atlas of Living Australia](https://github.com/AtlasOfLivingAustralia/) 28 | - [BirdVis](https://github.com/ViDA-NYU/birdvis) - Interactive visualization system that supports the analysis of spatio-temporal bird distribution models. 29 | - [Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology](https://github.com/MacaulayLibrary) - World’s largest natural sound archive. Digitized bird calls. 30 | - [Map of Life](https://github.com/MapOfLife) - Explore species' range map and occurrence data. 31 | - [Global Biodiversity Information Facility](https://github.com/gbif) - Free and Open Access to Biodiversity Data. 32 | - [SMART](https://www.assembla.com/spaces/smart-cs/) - Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool for monitoring anti-poaching operations. 33 | - [Vermont Reptile & Amphibian Atlas](http://vtherpatlas.org/) - Collects and disseminates data needed to make informed recommendations regarding Vermont’s reptiles and amphibians. 34 | 35 | ## Climate 36 | - [Apache Open Climate Workbench](https://github.com/apache/climate) 37 | - [Clifro](https://github.com/ropensci/clifro) - Easily download and visualise climate data from New Zealand's National Climate Database. 38 | - [Code for Resilience](http://www.codeforresilience.org) - Catalyzing software and hardware innovations that improve communities' ability to address challenges around natural disasters. 39 | 40 | ## Energy 41 | - [Energywise](https://github.com/dssg/energywise) - Energy analytics tool to make commercial building more energy efficient. 42 | - [Green Button](https://github.com/green-button/green-button.github.io) - Secure way to get your energy usage information electronically. 43 | - [OpenORE](http://openore.org/) - Site for sharing offshore renewable energy (ORE) code, models, projects, data, media, etc. 44 | - [VOLTTRON](https://github.com/VOLTTRON/volttron) - Distributed energy control system for intelligently coordinating energy demand. 45 | - [WattTime](https://github.com/WattTime) - Syncs electricity usage with clean energy sources. 46 | 47 | 48 | ## Government GitHub 49 | ### United Kingdom 50 | - [Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)](https://github.com/decc) 51 | 52 | ### United States 53 | - [Department of the Interior (DOI)](https://github.com/usinterior) 54 | - [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)](https://github.com/usepa) 55 | - [Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS)](https://github.com/USFWS) 56 | - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): 57 | - [NOAA Fisheries National Marine Mammal Lab (NMML)](https://github.com/NMML) 58 | - [NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL)](https://github.com/noaa-gfdl) 59 | - [National Park Service (NPS)](https://github.com/nationalparkservice) 60 | - [National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)](https://github.com/NREL) 61 | 62 | ## Hardware 63 | - [AirCasting](http://aircasting.org) - Allows collection, display, and sharing of health and environmental data using a smartphone. 64 | - [AirPi](https://github.com/tomhartley/AirPi) - A Raspberry Pi weather station and air quality monitor. 65 | - [Air Quality Egg](http://airqualityegg.com) - Community-led air quality sensing network. 66 | - [Conservation Drones](http://conservationdrones.org) - Share knowledge of building and using low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles for conservation-related applications. 67 | - [GreenSTEM Network](https://github.com/GreenSTEM-Network) - Connects students to the environment by monitoring and mining data using low-cost, DIY sensor kits and open source code. 68 | - [Open Energy Monitor](https://github.com/openenergymonitor) - Open-source energy monitoring tools. 69 | - [YoMo Metering Board](http://yomo.sourceforge.net/) - YoMo (You only meter once) metering unit, designed for industry and researchers to create new energy system applications. 70 | 71 | ## Organization GitHub 72 | - [Conservation Biology Informatics Group](https://github.com/cbig) 73 | - [Conservation Hackathon](https://github.com/ConsHack) - Tackling conservation challenges through technology events. 74 | - [Changing Weathers](http://www.changingweathers.net/en/episodes) - Networked responses to geophysical, geopolitical and technological shifts across Europe. 75 | - [Data Science for Social Good (DSSG)](https://github.com/dssg) 76 | - [Digital Naturalism](http://www.digitalnaturalism.org) - Investigates the role that Digital Media can play in Biological Field Work. 77 | - [EcoTrust](https://github.com/Ecotrust) 78 | - [iNaturalist](https://github.com/inaturalist/) - Global online social network of naturalists. 79 | - [iPlant Collaborative](https://github.com/iPlantCollaborativeOpenSource) - Cyberinfrastructure for life sciences research. 80 | - [National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)](https://github.com/nceas) - Research center of the University of California, Santa Barbara. 81 | - [Naturalis Biodiversity Center](https://github.com/naturalis) - Leiden, the Netherlands based biodiversity center. 82 | - [Nerds for Nature](https://github.com/nerdsfornature) - San Francisco Bay Area group bringing together nature and tech. 83 | - [Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center](https://github.com/nnmrec) - Wind, wave, & tidal energy research & development. 84 | - [Public Lab](https://github.com/publiclab) - A community for DIY environmental investigation. 85 | - [Rainforest Connection](https://github.com/rfcx) - Protecting rainforests with real-time data on illegal deforestation. 86 | - [Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew](https://github.com/RBGKew) 87 | - [Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)](https://github.com/RSPB) 88 | - [United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)](https://github.com/unepwcmc) - Executive agency of the UN Environment Programme, based in Cambridge, UK. 89 | - [Zooniverse](https://github.com/zooniverse) - People-powered research with a number of conservation-focused applications. 90 | 91 | ## Sustainability 92 | - [Global Fishing Watch](https://github.com/GlobalFishingWatch) - Technology Illuminating the World's Fishing Fleet. 93 | - [Global Forest Watch (GFW)](https://github.com/Vizzuality/gfw) - Online forest monitoring and alert system for better management of forests. 94 | - [Global Institute of Sustainability](https://github.com/gios-asu) - Arizona State University Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability. 95 | - [New California Water Atlas](https://github.com/NewCaliforniaWaterAtlas) - Makes data about California water resources more open and transparent. 96 | - [Open Foris](https://github.com/openforis) - Free open-source solutions for environmental monitoring. 97 | 98 | ## Trails 99 | - [New Zealand Great Walks app](https://github.com/greatwalks) 100 | - [Open Trail Data](https://github.com/opentraildata) 101 | 102 | 103 | ## Contribute 104 | 105 | Contributions welcome! Read the [contribution guidelines](contributing.md) first. 106 | 107 | 108 | ## License 109 | 110 | [![CC0](http://i.creativecommons.org/p/zero/1.0/88x31.png)](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) 111 | 112 | To the extent possible under law, [Anselm Bradford](http://twitter.com/anselmbradford) has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work. 113 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------