Suggest an existing green app
2012 November 30
We’ve found a lot of green apps that you can use now. Please suggest an existing green app that we could add to the My Green Apps website. Please read this disclaimer about links to third-party apps so you can see the criteria we use to include apps on the site.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services just launched an app that allows users to report creek pollution. Users can submit pictures of stream and lake pollution so that it can be investigated, stopped and cleaned up.
It can be found at the iTunes Store and Google Play market.
http://charmeck.org/stormwater/ReportPollution/Pages/WaterWatchersapp.aspx
I’m America’s go-to guy for foraging and the author of Wild Edibles, the definitive app for edible wild plants. It contains everything I know about the herbs, greens, shoots, roots, nuts, seeds, berries, and seaweeds that people overlook or destroy as “weeds.” You can learn how to identify them with the 100% certainty you need before you eat them or use them as home remedies. I cover all their characteristics, as well as habitats, ranges, edible, non-edible, and poisonous look-alikes and relatives. I use original drawings and paintings, as well as photos depicting all stages and forms of these plants. I’ve also got hundreds of healthy, delicious, innovative vegan recipes. There’s a free lite version, as well as full versions of the iPhone, iPad, and Android devices. My development team, Winterroot, and I are continuing to add more material and features with each update. Go to wildmanstevebrill.com for excerpts. Happy Foraging! http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Books.Folder/App%20Folder/App.html
Helioserver Horizon Calculator. Optimizes solar panel position. Takes into account time, location, shadows from existing buildings, trees, etc. [Editor’s note: here is a link to the app download page: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.helioserver.horizon )
Gro Memo – Kids app game about protecting the environment and keep the forest / sea clean.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gro-memo/id575995020?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
Try Green Solvents: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/green-solvents/id446670983
Check out the iScrap App. Available for iPhone, Android, Mobile browser and online. It is the online directory to find scrap metal recyclers in the US & Canada. Also giving users the ability to send pictures for help determining the right metals to recycle. http://www.iScrapApp.com
I can recommend our app “TrashOut.” It is made for locating and reporting illegal trash dumps. Here is a great review from one of our strongest users in the US http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnGWrUR0xCw&feature=youtu.be&t=3m33s.
It is available for Android, iPhone and Windows Mobile.
You can find more information on http://www.trashout.me or you can just contact me.
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Amtrak has an app to calculate carbon footprint from its train trips. The calculator is available online at http://www.amtrak.com/whistle-stop/what-is-a-carbon-footprint.
Hi. Definitely recommend the iFixit app for access on how to repair a range of consumer products yourself. The website allows you to purchase spare parts and tools, but these are also available through other routes such as computer auction websites if you prefer to get them that way. You can also add your own repairs to contribute to the community.
HabitatMap.org is an online mapping and social networking platform designed to maximize the impact of community voices on city planning and strengthen ties between organizations and activists working to build greener, more sustainable cities. Utilizing our shared advocacy platform participants can:
(o) Alert the public to environmental health hazards;
(o) Hold polluters accountable for their environmental impacts;
(o) Highlight urban infrastructures that promote healthy living;
(o) Identify future opportunities for sustainable urban development; and
(o) Promote policies that enhance equitable access to urban resources.
AirCasting.org is a platform for recording, mapping, and sharing health and environmental data using your smartphone. Each AirCasting session lets you capture real-world measurements, annotate the data to tell your story, and share it via the CrowdMap.
Using the AirCasting Android app, AirCasters can record, map, and share:
(o) sound levels recorded by their phone microphone;
(o) temperature, humidity, CO and NO2 gas concentrations recorded by the Arduino-powered AirCasting Air Monitor, and;
(o) heart rate measurements recorded by the Zephyr HxM.
Using AirCasting Luminescence, these sensor streams can also be represented using LED lights.
Recargo is a website and App that is one of the best for Plug-In Vehicles. Find electric vehicle charging stations, search for food and activities on your trip with Yelp, and stay connected with the Recargo community and news from PluginCars.com. The app is available in Google Play for Android, and the App Store for iPhone. http://www.recargo.com/
Lexicon of Groundwater and Water Well Terms
By National Ground Water Association
This is a useful tool for students studying hydrology, hydrogeology, or other environmental fields as well as those already working in groundwater-related professions.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lexicon-groundwater-water/id445591710?mt=8
At The Groundwater Foundation we recently launched Water1der. It’s an educational, trivia based game.
Through a fun educational game, players test their knowledge about groundwater, pollution prevention, conservation, irrigation, the water cycle, aquifers, recycling, water sheds, water use and wells. Players will “spin” a wheel on the app to determine the topic of the question. The formats vary from traditional ones, such as multiple choice, word scramble, matching and true/false to formats such as drag and drop, where players can move words to areas to label parts of the aquifer; moving, where players can select an item to be placed into the correct area; scrolling, where players can click their finger on the right answer as it moves across the screen; and timer, where players will touch the screen to stop a timer at the right number.
It’s available on the app store now for ipads at http://www.groundwater.org/water1der.html.
Thanks for the idea. How are you getting the word out about the app? Do you want to add any more features or need any data?
Spare the Air app — shows the daily air quality forecast for the five regions in the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/spare-the-air/id423478300?mt=8
Thanks! We’ll check it out and put it on the list of existing green apps. We’re interested in why you use various green apps too, so feel free to weigh in about that.
I downloaded an Iphone water treatment app called Wateropolis that has some great field conversions, calculations and look up information that is hard to find in one place. Found it on http://www.wateropolis.com
Thanks! We’ll check it out and put it on the list of existing greenapps (http://www.epa.gov/greenapps/existing_apps.html).