MAPTING App
The Mapting (“mapping” and “acting”) app allowed users to track and map activities that contribute to actualizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It was developed jointly by the SGI (Soka Gakkai International) and Earth Charter International (ECI) as a way of engaging and educating youth in the challenge of making the 17 SDGs a reality and helping to highlight the positive actions being taken everywhere to address global problems.
Users were able to find out about each of the SDGs as well as take photos or videos of any action, project or idea that would help achieve the SDGs and share them on a world map. They could also see other activities going on in their area and learn about the values and principles of the Earth Charter.
The Mapting app was launched in November 2016 at an event titled “Youth Boosting the Promotion and Implementation of the SDGs” held at the UN Headquarters in New York.
As of March 2024, the Mapting app was discontinued. In April 2024, the SGI and ECI launched a social media hashtag campaign, #SeedsofHopeandAction, to share actions toward the realization of the SDGs and related Earth Charter principles.
