Smartphones appear to be a necessity for everyone these days. A large number of companies have started to work on the go by using their data services while some use the applications available on the market to stay connected and do something good for the social cause. The alarming signs of global warming have forced the mobile developers to build apps around the cause of green living.
May it be the Apple apps store, Android market, Ovi store or the Blackberry App world they all have similar kind of environment thinking apps. Some need constant interaction while others are a necessity when users get accustomed with the green living.
1. PedNav (Android)
A personalized itinerary made available in day to day commute. PedNav whether walking, biking or driving plans the shortest commute and also helps in finding local businesses and their opening and closing times. The GPS technology in the phone helps to track our commute. Presently available on the Android market this app is a must have for all those driving to save the daily dosage of fuel to the vehicles.
2. Kindle (Android/iPhone)
Ever wondered how many trees went into the making of your favorite novel or book and couldn’t choose between a passionate hobby and living ecofriendly. Well here is an app that allows you to buy books online, download them onto the smartphone and read it on the go. Powered by amazon the app can provide with any kind of document available on the market. Free on both the android market and the Apple app store.
3. Shopkick (Android/iPhone)
The GPS technology built into your smartphone enables you to check into places and people know about it over the web. Well this one here pays you with rewards which in turn can be redeemed in stores or availed online.
4. EcoCharger (Android)
Every electronic device that comes with a charger almost suffers the wrath of it. It has been observed to be a general tendency to plug the charger and forget which not only wastes energy but also diminishes the energy saving capacity of the battery. Eco charger solves this by notifying every time the battery is charged to the maximum.
5. MyRecycleList (iPhone/Android)
Consider you have already opted to live green and want all your plastic to go into recycling and you do not know which kind of plastic to dump where. My recycle list app gives a solution to this problem by using your phones GPS location and giving information such as the nearest recycling point and the shortest commute.
6.iGas (iPhone)
Fuel prices seem to never come down. The app iGas not only saves that extra change in your pocket also reduces the level of fuel consumed to get to a gas station. iGas tracks the smartphone location and notifies of the nearest gas station and the quickest route to get to it.
7. 3rd Whale (iPhone/Android)
To step into the world of green living one has to know where to go and how to get to a place or shop for ecofriendly stuff. 3rdWhale shows local businesses that support the cause and directions to get there. Points out to exact locations and suggests additional places which might be of interest.
8. Good guide (iPhone)
Are you very particular whether the product you are about to buy is ecofriendly or not? Good guide provides a bar code scanner which can instantly notify whether the product is ecofriendly or not. It has a database of over 70,000 products.
9. Seasons (iPhone)
Want a particular food that comes out only in a season from nature. Seasons is an app that gives information about the local foods of the season such as fruits or vegetables. It pin points the location of the local stores that sell these foods in the season and also gives directions, according to the GPS location.
10. Skeptical Science (iPhone)
Global warming is caused by many different situations that occur in nature.The temperature in the atmosphere may appear much colder but in reality it may actually be on the rise. Skeptical science is basically a jargon buster for information about global warming made available from its blog which describes about the science and dismisses all the myth.