Bat-Brain: Smart Microbat Monitoring
A collaboration with Seaford Rotary and EcoVineyards to develop low-power, open-source sensors for monitoring microbat activity in vineyard nesting boxes.
Growing Data Foundation
Open solutions for community improvement and social good.
We support open projects and systems — building sustainable open-source tools and platforms that address real-world environmental and community challenges across South Australia and beyond.
About the Growing Data Foundation
The Growing Data Foundation (GDF) is a registered Australian not-for-profit corporation limited by guarantee (ABN 47 603 483 629), dedicated to the development and promotion of open data solutions that benefit communities.
Founded in 2014, GDF brings together volunteers, researchers, and technologists to build sustainable open-source tools and platforms that address real-world environmental and community challenges.
Our work spans environmental monitoring, citizen science, IoT sensor networks, and open data advocacy across South Australia and beyond.
Featured Projects
GrowGood
GrowGood is a decentralised, open-source platform designed to empower farmers through data sovereignty and traceability using Digital Product Passports (DPP) and open standards.
Collab Digital Fellowship
On 29 June 2021 the Growing Data Foundation was announced as the winner of the inaugural Collab Digital Cultural Fellowship for its project 'Data Stories in a Climate of Change' — …
Mount Burr Wetland Restoration
Community IoT project applying real-time water level monitoring to support wetland restoration at Mount Burr Swamp in South Australia's South East, in partnership with the Nature …
Agricultural Technologies in South Australia Survey Report
Survey report documenting adoption of digital and precision agriculture technologies among South Australian farmers and agribusinesses, published as open data.
Australian Landscape Trust
Partnership with the Australian Landscape Trust to apply open data and IoT monitoring to large-scale ecological restoration in the Murray-Darling Basin.
Latest News
The Bat-Brain Project: Smarter Conservation for Our Microbats
How GDF is partnering with Seaford Rotary and EcoVineyards to monitor microbat populations in vineyards using open-source, IoT-enabled nesting boxes.
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GDF Water Warriors Provide Tools for Firefighters to Become 'Water Diviners'
This weekend the Growing Data Foundation’s (GDF) team – the ‘Water Warriors’ is competing in the Australia and New Zealand GovHack Competition. GovHack is an international …
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The Growing Data Foundation – A True GovHack Success Story
How a vision for open data led to the formation of the Nature Ninjas team at GovHack SA 2014, winning three awards and the prize money that became the Growing Data Foundation.
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