GreenSnack 🍏🌍

GreenSnack is a food and meal planner app developed during a 24-hour Hackathon focused on Green Cities and raising environmental awareness. The app creates personalized meal plans using user-specific data to minimize CO2 emissions and food waste, helping users make sustainable and cost-effective food choices.

🌟 Features

Personalized Meal Plans

Generate a meal plan tailored to your personal parameters:

• Age
• Height
• Weight
• Weekly Budget

Eco-Friendly Food Choices

Leverages data on food items that produce the least CO2 emissions, providing you with meals that have a lower carbon footprint.

Recipe Generation

Uses the OpenAI API to generate creative and personalized recipes that align with the user's sustainability goals.

Grocery List Creation

Automatically generates a grocery list based on your meal plan, reducing impulsive buying and food waste.

Personalized Insights

Access personalized statistics and graphs on:

• CO2 Savings: The amount of CO2 saved per kg by following the meal plan.
• Food Waste Reduction: Track how much food waste is reduced in kilograms.
• Money Savings: Visualize your financial savings from planning ahead.

📱 Video Preview

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ucvPvDqEjRPl0i3D7g9A084iroOQOwPq/view?usp=sharing

💡 Motivation

GreenSnack was built during a Hackathon centered around the theme of Green Cities and environmental awareness. The goal is to help individuals make conscious food choices that have a positive impact on the planet by promoting low carbon footprint meals and reducing food waste.

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following installed:

• Android Studio (latest version)
• Kotlin (version used in the project)
• OpenAI API Key (for recipe generation)

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/GreenSnack.git
   cd GreenSnack

2. Open in Android Studio:

   • Launch Android Studio.
   • Click on File > Open and select the project directory.
   • Sync the project with Gradle files.

3. Configure OpenAI API Key:

   • Add your OpenAI API key in the appropriate file (e.g., secrets.properties, an .env file or directly to the Home fragment) to enable recipe generation.

4. Run the app:

   • Connect your Android device or start an emulator.
   • Click the Run button in Android Studio.

🌍 How It Works

1. Input Personal Data: Users provide their age, height, weight, and weekly budget.
2. Generate Meal Plan: GreenSnack uses the OpenAI API to create a personalized meal plan based on your inputs and food items with low CO2 emissions.
3. Grocery List Creation: The app generates a grocery list to streamline shopping and reduce impulsive purchases.
4. Track Savings: Users can view detailed stats and graphs on CO2 savings, food waste reduction, and financial benefits.

🎨 Tech Stack

• Platform: Android
• Language: Kotlin
• API: OpenAI API (for recipe generation)
• Graphical Data: MPAndroidChart v3.1.0

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.