In conjunction with Blog Action Day, here are 3 tech-savvy ways to help with one of the most serious issues of our generation – Climate Change.
1. How to have fun while saving the world
Carbon Rally is a eco-community where people can discover and commit to small, positive actions over time. People on the site could propose great ideas for saving energy and reducing carbon dioxide emissions, and the community would choose the best ideas to address climate change to pursue as a team.
The collective impacts are tracked, and it can show the power of many people getting the job done together. You can ‘compete’ with friends or people from around the world to take up these small challenges and see how you can make a difference.
2. How to easily find green products
Ecoseek is a search engine for eco friendly and green products. Their mission is to connect consumers with eco-friendly products, manufacturers and local earth-conscious retailers. Here you’ll find everything from baby products to furniture.
All items listed are tagged to show how it’s eco friendly. For example, you’ll be able to gauge whether it’s recycled, manufactured in a sustainable process, organic etc. All so it’s much easier for you can make an environmentally conscious purchase.
3. How to easily find carpool buddies on facebook
Carpool is a facebook app which allows you to cut down your carbon emissions by sharing rides. It’s quite robust in functionality and allows you to:
- view rides in your network
- search them
- manage your frequent locations using Google Maps
- determine how far a detour you need to drive to pick someone up
- Track all the rides you’ve shared, and the miles you’ve traveled and calculate your reduction in CO2 emissions
Always a useful green app if you want to help cut down your carbon footprint when you travel.
Remember, green vanity apps are important, but they don’t mean anything until you do something about it. Go out, and change the world, and address climate change!
Are you participating in Blog Action Day? Tell us your blog post in the comments!
Yaya… We should car pool if can. Too bad that I am still driving alone.
don’t worry about climate, will be doom in 2012.. haha
@izzat aziz – you have a good point. lol.
Carpool buddies only available to friends who installed that app in their Facebook, right?
Don’t you think car pooling is quite dangerous for a female? i mean with total strangers from facebook??
@Jacye: Try out the facebook app ;)
@ahbing: Yep facebook app which allows easy carpooling with friends.
@izzat aziz: we could at least prolong it to 2013 :P
@rosamundwo: Well you can choose who you want to carpool with. Just pick friends you know on facebook to carpool with :)
I am Brazilian, where is the Amazon, the lung of the planet. Google, Mr. Steve Jobs (Apple) and Mr. Bill? Gates (Microsoft), which depend on the health, welfare and happiness of people around the world should unite in support of projects in the Amazon. Congratulations. Good work.