These days our phones are so much more than just simple communication devices. They are our lifelines, and they also provide us with help on things that many people would never imagine a phone can do. With that in mind, Trash Canсer suggests 5 green related apps that you might want to know about.
With GoodGuide, you open the app in a store, take a photo of a product's bar code and instantly discover information about how green the product is. It's one of the biggest successes among green apps. (http://www.goodguide.com/)
When you buy A Real Tree app, a real tree gets planted. A Real Tree trees are planted in 12 countries fighting deforestation: Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Burundi, Senegal, Zambia, India, Philippines, and Haiti.
These countries are in tropical regions where tree planting is the most beneficial to the fight against global warming. (http://www.arealtree.com/forest/info)
Seafood Watch recommends which seafood to buy or avoid, helping consumers and businesses become advocates for ocean-friendly seafood. (http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/seafoodwatch.aspx)
Dreaming of a green lifestyle? Green Genie is for you. It recommends projects—from eliminating one business trip per year, to bringing your own reusable bag to the grocery store, to detailed directions on how to drive more efficiently— and each suggestion is accompanied with an icon that tells you how much money you will save. (available at the ITunes store)
GO helps you identify which of your household appliances are costing you the most to run so you can make informed decisions about your electric use.
By selecting the types of appliances you use in your home and entering how many hours of use per day for each green outlet will predict what your electric bill will be for the month and will give you a detailed list of what your appliances are costing you. (available on iTunes)
While adding up the financial cost of your appliance use GO also adds up your household Carbon Footprint.
