Why it exists
Neighborhood growers can create valuable climate knowledge with simple observations, even where bandwidth and hardware are limited.
20 · ACCESSIBLE CITIZEN SCIENCE
SkySprout
Concept detail · target pilotAn ultra-low-bandwidth hub where urban gardens record soil, sun, and micro-climate readings to build neighborhood health trends without harvesting personal data.
Pilot workflow
- Enter a reading offline, sync a compact record, view a neighborhood trend, and export an open, non-identifying dataset.
- A local-first, human-readable record of what the system saw and decided.
- An exportable artifact that a pilot partner can review before wider use.
Prototype boundary
Readings need calibration guidance, aggregation thresholds, clear ownership, and safeguards against inferring individual households.
Planned service shape
Target pilot pricing for validation—not a live subscription or promise of availability.
$6/moGarden · 1 plot
$24/moNeighborhood · 10 plots
$79/moCommunity pilot
Discuss a pilot →Bring a use case, a test group, or a data sample. We’ll define the safest first experiment.