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7 Best Green Apps for Mobile Phones
Cell phones have become excellent tools for not just making phone calls (which has become practically a secondary use of the devices) but also for going green. There are gads of applications you can download to your phone that provide tips, tricks, and planning for eco-friendly living. Here are seven of the best we've seen, and think you'll definitely want to check out.
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How to Use the iPhone for Global Green Domination, Literally
Augmented reality iPhone and Android apps are getting ever more amazing for green issues. the apps are getting more and more amazing, especially when it comes to using them to promote sustainable hotspots. Enter Wikitude...and you!
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How Mobile Active is Changing the World with Cell Phones
As cell phones become more ubiquitous, it's becoming increasingly easy to use them for positive action. We've been talking about that quite a bit lately here on Planet Green, and one of the organizations whose name keeps popping up is Mobile Active. They're a great group, and deserve a highlight.
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Text Fishfone for Sustainable Seafood
So let's say you're out for a night on the town, getting ready to order dinner, but aren't sure which fish is which; when it comes to planetary impact, is Atlantic salmon better than Alaskan, or the other way around? Now you don't have to worry-there's a guide available as a text-messaging service, so you can figure it out, right at the restaurant-aptly named FishPhone.
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Send Directions to Your Phone, Save Paper
Both HopStop and MapQuest allow you to send travel directions directly to your cell phone or PDA, so you don't have to print a thing.
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How Cell Phones Are Changing the Face of Green Activism
Today, mobile phones are ubiquitous. Find out how cell phones are changing to keep up with eco-activism.
:: via sister site Treehugger.com
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ETech 2009: Plantr Uses Recycled Cell Phones to Get Urbanites Gardening
What if there was a way to recycle cell phones without the effort of taking them apart and reprocessing the materials? Plantr is a project looking to explore that very idea, and has already come up with a way to revolutionize urban gardening. And you can help!
::via sister site Treehugger.com
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Greenpeace App Solves Your Paper Purchasing Woes
Greenpeace offers an app to help you save paper and solve your purchasing woes. The Greenpeace Tissue Guide app helps shoppers make better tissue and paper purchasing decisions.
::via sister site Treehugger.com
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Using Augmented Reality to Change The Way We See Our Green World
Read about augmented reality-- taking in the real world on a device and layering computer generated data over it. Essentially, you can point your phone at something and the data for whatever it's seeing pops up on your screen. Find out what this could mean for you and your phone.
::via sister site Treehugger.com
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5 Features That Would Make Smart Phones Really Smart
In our quest to be green superheroes, cell phones are essentially our superhero sidekick. So what if a cell phone had super powers to match? We put together a wish list of what abilities and features we want our smart phones to have.
::via sister site Treehugger.com
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We Have Green Phone Apps Galore...But Are They Doing Any Good?
In this interview with Ron Williams, green app developer and President of 3rdwhale, Ron fills us in on the efficacy of apps, and their future on our phones.
::via sister site Treehugger.com
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5 Surprising Green Uses for Cell Phones
Learn five more ways you can use your cell phone to help you live a greener lifestyle while staying in touch.
::via sister site Treehugger.com
