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by cauterized
3546 days ago
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Probably not to solve it, but maybe to improve on it. Could you write an app that would make homeless outreach volunteers 2x-10x more efficient? How about one that would crowd-source data collection to support political initiatives? Or find a way to funnel food wasted by restaurants and supermarkets into the bellies of hungry people? Maybe it's not just making an app, but turning the focus of SV's culture of "disruption" upon social problems. How could you "disrupt" the social, political, financial, or logistical patterns and problems that cause and perpetuate homelessness? |
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My experience with food waste is that it is primarily an combination of liability, lack of incentives, and very slightly infrastructure/organization.
Businesses and individuals worry about the liability; what if I /give/ someone food (presumably in good faith) and then they turn on me and sue me for some form of payout. (Political, laws)
The incentives part, how can you provide incentive for someone to give away food that is still good, but nearing the end of being good, to those who need it in a timely manor so that it reaches those with need. How can you encourage the correct kind of food being donated? (Probably political arena taxes and tax credits to manage this; yes both, you have to punish undesired behavior too.)
The infrastructure largely exists in most places, but communicating that to the public (awareness) and making the public's interaction with that structure easy (here's the one area Tech could help; aside from raw funds) are the issues.