Making climate action competitive, local, and fun.
Basque is a gamified climate action platform built in 48 hours at SJ Hacks 2026. Communities compete on real-time leaderboards ranked by per-capita climate engagement, with interactive map visualizations showing how your neighborhood stacks up against others across the country.
The platform includes an AI-powered chatbot with direct access to the MongoDB database, helping users navigate the site, find relevant climate actions, and understand their community's rankings.
- Real-time leaderboards — communities ranked by per-capita engagement metrics, updated live
- Interactive map visualization — ZIP code API integration renders community rankings geographically on an interactive map
- AI chatbot — Google Gemini-powered assistant with direct MongoDB database access to answer user questions and guide navigation
- Dynamic task personalization — filtered queries match climate actions to individual user profiles and interests
- MongoDB aggregation pipeline — ranks 500+ communities across 50+ ZIP codes by engagement metrics
- Frontend: Next.js
- Database: MongoDB
- AI: Google Gemini API
- APIs: ZIP Code / Geospatial API for map data
User → Next.js frontend
→ MongoDB aggregation pipeline → leaderboard rankings
→ ZIP code API → interactive map visualization
→ Gemini API + MongoDB → AI chatbot for site navigation
SJHacks Feb 2026
Team: Sebastian Ezpeleta-Stewart + Richard Smith