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Earth Day 2009: Green-themed apps for your iPhone, iPod Touch (Part 2)
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With so many applications in Apple’s App Store there has to be a few Earth Day themes things to download.
Here’s a look at all the Earth Day, green and eco-groovin’ apps we could find (at the rate the App Store is growing, expect this to be outdated before you finish reading it).
This is the second of two parts so please enjoy the first as well.
Targeted at women (with a sexy pinup lady?), this $1 app is a quick reference eco guide “for women on the go.” It offers advice for creating an environmentally friendly home, safe and eco-conscious beauty regimes, shopping and fitness programs.
Get Green
If you like daily notices of any sort and have a green tint, this $1 app will make you happy. It provides you with daily green tips on pretty much everything including greener parties for each holiday. There are free alternatives by others called Go Green and Green Tips.
The Green Book
Really an ebook, this $6 app includes green thinking advice and anecdotes from popular writers and celebrities. The full title is The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time and was written by Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas Kostigen. There is also a free Lite version.
Green Triangle
I included this one simply for the sake trying. The iTunes description reads: “How about that? A truly ‘green’ musical triangle. No trees killed, no metals mined. Use your iPhone or iPod Touch to carry around your very own socially responsible musical instrument.” Includes five sounds and a green hippo? The developer also has a bunch of other “green” instruments to knock around. Oh yeah, a Green Cowbell as well.
Dream Green
Not really environmentally green but more for your soul. For $1 you can play ambient sounds to your soul’s content, tweaking various elements to find that perfect sound. I’m about to snooze just thinking about it.
This app helps you calculate your CO2 emissions based on “lifestyle choices, specifically from activities such as flying, driving and using daily household appliances, AC, heater, etc.” It also includes a Tips section and sells for $2 with a free Lite version also available.
iPhorest
Virtually grow your own tree by digging, shoveling and scooping with the iPhone or iPod Touch. Tap to plant a seed, shake to make it rain and watch it grow. It may be $5 but the money goes to various environmental groups. For each virtual tree plated a real-world tree will be planted by The Conservation Fund.
iNewz Green
If tips are simply not enough, you can also get daily green-themed news for $3. A free alternative by another developer is available called Green News Reader.
Green Gas Saver
For a buck ($1) you can monitor your gas mileage and get warnings if you are driving too fast or turning too hard. You then get scored on how well you drove at the end of your trip.
Green Energy Challenge
A freebie trivia game that tests your knowledge of green energy news and facts. This also includes some tips.
125 Ways to Go Green… Save Green at the Same Time
Albeit a long name, this $3 ebook offers 125 strategies to save money and remain environmental.
iBloom
For this freebie you pretty much just plant a virtual flower and watch it grow.
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