Brittney Foo Joy-anne, Marcus Ong Wei Ming, Ng Min Yu, Sin Qiwen, Clement, Tan Yuxuan
Academic Advisor: Mr. Lim Cheng Puay
Using tree branches as hiking support endangers users and the environment. Sharestix aims to provide an alternative for tree vandals to rent our hiking sticks instead of using branches from trees as hiking support. In order to test its feasibility, we rented hiking sticks for free during 2 weekends at BTNR and gathered their opinions. All 20 users resoundingly agreed that visitors will be discouraged from vandalism with the implementation of Sharestix and it had improved their climbing experience. While we cannot completely prevent vandals, the convenience of our stick sharing system can serve as a disincentive for vandalism.
Keywords: Natural Environment & Ecosystems, Human Nature Conflict, Green Spaces, Hiking