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# Crowdsourced Conservation
Planet Agent is a User-Submitted Gallery of Environmental Mishaps

By Mosen | Published 2010-12-11 | Eco
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/protecting-the-planet-earth
References: [planet-agent](http://www.planet-agent.com/) & [facebook](http://www.facebook.com/pages/Planet-Agent/181899448492435)

The [Planet Agent](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/responsible-investment-platform) website [crowdsources conservation](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wildsight) by encouraging readers to upload geotagged pictures and videos of environmental mishaps and crimes against Earth, coupling this media with suggestions for a fix.

In crowdsourcing constructive suggestions, Planet Agent hopes to create a community that catalyzes change. Environmental activists can use published media on the site to organize and escalate pertinent issues to a countrywide or worldwide audience.

**Implications** - The featured video shows off some of the [environmental damage](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/green-wedge) that is happening all around the world. In one area in Africa, there are thousands of broken computers piled up into a heap and set on fire. People that capture things like this on video are showing the people of the world problems that they may not have previously been aware of.

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 1.5/10
- Popularity: 6% | Activity: 31% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 70% men, 30% women
- Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X
- Top markets: North America, Europe

## Categories

[Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Eco](https://www.trendhunter.com/eco)

## Key Themes

### Key Themes Behind This Trend

- **Crowdsourced Conservation:** Crowdsourcing environmental solutions through user-submitted media and suggestions.
- **Geotagging Environmental Mishaps:** Using location data to map and address environmental crimes and incidents.
- **Community-driven Environmental Activism:** Building a global community to raise awareness and take action on environmental issues.

### Where This Applies

- **Environmental Conservation:** Using crowdsourced data and suggestions to drive meaningful change and restoration efforts.
- **Technology and Environmental Monitoring:** Developing platforms and tools that leverage geotagged media to monitor and address environmental problems.
- **Social Media and Activism:** Harnessing the power of social networks to mobilize communities and drive environmental activism on a global scale.

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