Average European consumer about to join the One did it community

June is the time for of holiday trips and this inspired the writer to pick up some facts about European mobility. Did you know that according to EUROSTAT average European Union citizen travels almost 10 000 kilometres by car, about 1 000 kilometres by bus and almost 1 000 kilometres by rail transport every year? This is altogether 12 000 kilometres and the figure does not even include air travel. To illustrate the travelled distance, 12 000 kilometres is approximately the distance as the crow flies from the northernmost point of Finland to Cape Town, the southernmost point of the African continent. Speaking about statistics, mobility is not the only issue that has kept us busy. We have also checked for example composition of average European diet, household energy use and also how strong is the desire for coffee and tea among Europeans.

At the end of summer we will provide test result of a fictitious average European consumer based on statistical data concerning consumers and households in European Union member states. This will enable users to compare their One did it test results with average European figures. At the time being we have consulted a wide range of reports and statistics and compiled a profile of this average consumer.

There will be another addition forthcoming to the test result page. The total result will be visualised so that it is possible to see what the most important sectors of your personal consumption are. We are sure this split of the total result into sections of housing, mobility etc. together with the reference of average consumer data makes it easier to get the whole picture of one’s own consumption behaviour.In the meantime One did it team wishes you a nice holiday season. We look forward to see you in One did it community in the autumn at the latest.

Summer improvements to the One did it application

We have been making some changes to the site content and user interface based on user feedback and comments of our friends and colleagues. We have tried to improve usability overall and also added some features. By the end of this summer, the users will get more information about each others and the One did it community overall. The test result page will be more informative, teams can challenge another teams, and inviting friends will be a lot easier.

We have added ground source heating and wood to the energy section of the test, and also game consoles to the consumer goods section. Later this year there will be two whole new sections in the test, lifestyle including sports and pets and waste where users can input amounts of household garbage and recycled stuff.

We have also launched the Facebook version of this application, but it will be enabled only to developers and restricted test group until autumn. Users can move their profile and saved resources also to the Facebook application if they want and get One did it badge to their Facebook profile. Registered One did it users will get information about Facebook release.

The site and application will still remain beta after these changes, we would be happy to get user feedback for more improvements later this year.

One did it welcomes you

Welcome to One did it developers team blog. Our aim is to tell you a little about behind the scenes happenings in One did it and give sneak peaks to coming features of it. One did it is a community for eco-minded people. At the moment, you can test your consumption of natural resources and reduce it with simple, easy actions. Also, compare the results with your friends, family, neighbours, co-workers – anyone you like. One did it ideology believes that together we are many.

One did it Beta was launched in Green Week 2008, Brussels, Belgium. Finnish MEP Satu Hassi kindly wanted to support us. We had great discussions about eco-efficiency. Hassi thinks that eco-efficiency should be increased by ten times and not at least by personal choices of people. One of her main concerns is energy consumption which should be reduced with small steps over long period of time. It seems that Hassi has very similar thinking as we have in One did it: it all starts with attitude change.

There were four members of One did it team participating Green Week Mari Keski-Korsu, Satu Lähteenoja, Ossi Marko and Marja Salo. We organised a little “guerilla” action in the city centre with Satu Hassi and friends. We covered a zebra crossing with grass and Satu Hassi walked across it barefoot to support our project. It must be mentioned also that we didn't lack drama in Green Week. We organised a press conference about One did it Beta, but there happened to be a demonstration against fuel prices by angry fishermen from all over Europe at the same time. The location of our press conference was right in the centre of police blockade. The journalists who managed to come bravely struggled their way in. Wow.

But now we are back to our Finnish One did it base. Our team is sweating the whole summer to bring new release of One did it the coming autumn. There will be new features and also the old ones are improved plenty. Stay tuned! But meanwhile chop chop, go to www.onedidit.com