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Me & My Tree is a mobile app that enables GPS-based tree plantation tracking, photo verification, and real-time monitoring of plantation activities.

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Me And My Tree mobile app overview screens

Project overview

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India

Location

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6 Months

Duration

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Mobile app

Platform

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Social Impact - Green Impact

Sector

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1 UI/UX | 2 - Backend | 2 - Mobile App | 1 - PM | 1 - TL

Team

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React Native, Node.js, GraphQL, AWS

Technologies

Executive overview

THE CLIENT

The client, an educationist and founder of multiple schools and institutions, aims to build a purpose-driven mobile-first platform called “Me and My Tree” to support environmental sustainability as a social cause. The platform will allow individuals and organizations to sponsor tree plantations remotely for personal, educational, and CSR-driven initiatives.

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Me and My Tree is a mobile-first platform that enables individuals and organizations to contribute to afforestation by sponsoring tree plantations for personal, social, or corporate purposes. Instead of planting trees themselves, users fund verified plantation activities carried out by an assigned field team.

Users can select tree species, choose approved locations, and complete payments through the app. Each plantation is verified with GPS data, photos, and a unique QR/barcode for full transparency.

The platform supports individual gifting, CSR programs, and group plantation campaigns, with a tracking system that lets users monitor tree growth, contribution history, and environmental impact through a centralized dashboard.

The solution consists of three primary components:

  1. User Mobile Application (Android & iOS) for individuals and organizations.
  2. Admin Management Portal for operational oversight, order management, plantation locations, analytics, and user administration.
  3. Planting Team Mobile Application for field staff to manage assigned plantation tasks, capture plantation evidence, and update plantation status.

By combining technology, transparency, and environmental responsibility, Me and My Tree creates a scalable ecosystem that makes tree plantation accessible, trackable, and meaningful for both individuals and organizations while ensuring every contribution results in a verified environmental impact.

PROJECT GOALS

  • Enable Easy Tree Sponsorship
  • Promote Environmental Sustainability
  • Provide Transparent Plantation Verification
  • Support Occasion-Based and Corporate Contributions
  • Facilitate Group and Community Participation
  • Deliver End-to-End Plantation Management
  • Enable Long-Term Tree Tracking
  • Create an Engaging User Experience
  • Empower Organizations with Measurable Impact
  • Build a Scalable Digital Afforestation Ecosystem

THE CHALLENGE

Multi-Role Architecture

  • Three distinct systems: User Mobile App, Planting Team Mobile App, and Admin Portal
  • Each role requires different permissions, workflows, dashboards, and APIs
  • Maintaining role-based access control and data segregation becomes harder as features grow

Tree Lifecycle Tracking

  • Every tree must be tracked through Purchase → Assignment → Plantation → Verification → Tracking
  • No duplicate Tree IDs
  • Proper order-to-tree mapping
  • Correct linkage between QR/Barcode, user, location, and plantation records
  • Accurate status updates across all platforms

Geolocation Accuracy

  • GPS accuracy varies significantly in outdoor environments
  • Weak network signals can affect location retrieval
  • Users expect the displayed location to be accurate
  • Additional validation and accuracy thresholds may be required

Image Storage & Management

  • Plantation, verification, and future growth update images for every tree
  • Large storage requirements
  • Image compression needs
  • Upload failures in remote locations
  • Maintaining image quality while minimizing costs

QR/Barcode Management

  • Unique QR/barcodes generated for every order/tree
  • Ensuring uniqueness
  • Preventing duplicate assignment
  • Fast QR retrieval and display
  • Maintaining QR links even if records are updated later
Me And My Tree signup and login app screens

Project capabilities

Me & My Tree is a mobile app that enables GPS-based tree plantation tracking, photo verification, and real-time monitoring of plantation activities.

Achievement Badge & Recognition System

A gamified module that rewards users and organizations based on their plantation activity and engagement. It automatically assigns badges, tracks contribution levels, and highlights environmental impact to encourage continued participation. Recognition is driven by trees sponsored, campaign involvement, contribution value, and community engagement.

Me and My Tree mobile app screen

Tree Tracking & Monitoring

Allows users and organizations to view, monitor, and track their sponsored trees through detailed plantation information, including GPS location, plantation photos, QR/barcode identification, and complete plantation history. The module provides organized access to each sponsored tree’s details, helping users easily identify, locate, and review their plantation records and track the information.

Tree Tracking & Monitoring
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Organisation Sign-Up & Verification

Companies, schools and NGOs register, get verified, and run plantation drives under their own profile.

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Occasion-Based Gifting

Plant a tree to mark a birthday, anniversary or special event, as a personal gift or a group campaign.

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Approved Plantation Sites

Choose where your tree is planted from a list of verified locations, so every tree goes into suitable land.

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Order Tracking & Assignment

Every order is tracked from payment to planting, and automatically assigned to a field team in that area.

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Planting Team App

Field teams see their assigned plantings in a dedicated app and update each tree’s status from the site.

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GPS-Verified Planting

Every tree is pinned to its exact GPS location at planting, so sponsors know precisely where it stands.

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QR Code for Every Tree

Each tree gets a unique QR or barcode linking it to its sponsor, location and full planting record.

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Photo Evidence & Records

Planting photos and growth updates are stored against each tree, compressed to upload even on weak networks.

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Impact Reports

Sponsors and organisations see their trees, contribution history and environmental impact in one dashboard.

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Badges & Recognition

Users and organisations earn badges as they sponsor more trees and join campaigns, which keeps them coming back.

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News & Content Hub

Admins publish environmental news and updates in the app, keeping the community informed and engaged.

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Admin Analytics

One admin portal to manage orders, locations, field teams and users, with live analytics across the platform.

Three Me And My Tree app screens on a mint background

Brand identity

Typography

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Outfit

A modern geometric sans-serif typeface that balances professional precision with organic warmth, perfectly reflecting our eco-innovation mission.

Primary Palette

Fresh Green

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Pure White

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Midnight Charcoal

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Development journey

1. Discover

Deep audit and stakeholder workshops.

2. Define

UX mapping and journey architecture.

3. Design

High-fidelity UI components system.

4. Deliver

Manage tasks, releases, and updates.

Conclusion

Me and My Tree is designed to bridge the gap between environmental intent and meaningful action by making tree plantation accessible, transparent, and engaging for individuals and organizations. Through verified plantation processes, impact tracking, and community participation, the platform aims to foster long-term environmental responsibility while enabling users to contribute to a greener future. By combining technology with sustainability initiatives, the solution creates a scalable ecosystem that drives measurable environmental impact and encourages collective action toward afforestation and climate conservation

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