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Turning receipts into small, doable steps.

Role
Product designer
Timeline
2026
Platform
Mobile app

01Context

Sustainability shouldn’t feel overwhelming.

Grove turns receipts into clear impact and small challenges.

Everyday purchases have an environmental impact, but understanding that impact, and knowing what to do about it, can feel difficult. Grove is a mobile app concept that turns shopping receipts into understandable environmental insights and small, achievable challenges.

02Solution

Small actions. Something to show for them.

  1. 01Scan

    Snap the receipt.

  2. 02Understand

    Impact you can picture.

  3. 03Grow

    Small challenges, real seeds.

  4. 04See it

    Your grove fills up.

03Key design decisions

Making the invisible feel tangible.

  1. Plant a receipt: a grocery receipt lined up inside the camera frame

    01Receipts as the entry point

    Start with something people already have. Line the receipt up, and Grove reads the rest.

  2. A receipt's footprint, 5.4 kg of carbon and 20k litres of water, with one suggested swap: beef for lentils once a week

    02Challenges over guilt

    One approachable swap, accept or not now, instead of a wall of statistics.

  3. Your seeds: public transit 8 of 10, lentil beans 1 of 4, thrifting done

    03Seeds as progress

    Each swap becomes a seed that visibly fills up, so change has something to show for it.

04Role

I owned Grove end to end: the product concept, UX and UI, visual design and the Figma prototype.

05Final concept

A little less waste. A little more growth.

The receipt's footprint in carbon and water, with one suggested swap
Congratulations: a seed completed and some garbage cleared
Your seeds and how far along each one is

Grove set out to make sustainability feel approachable and rewarding: one receipt, one small swap, one seed at a time.

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