USA Today has used Google Maps and tons of data to track toxic air pollution outside 128,000 US schools. Each school is also identified on Google Maps and given a national rank in comparison to other schools. You can enter the name of any school to see its details or select a particular state to [...]
In an age where everybody tries to be conscious of the environment, it is important to know how much carbon dioxide your house is producing each year and how you can reduce that. Enter CarbonCalculator, site for calculating a carbon footprint of your house. It tells you how much carbon dioxide is emitted from your [...]
In December 2009, the UK Met Office released data from around 1,500 land stations throughout the world that are being used for climate monitoring. This data contained average monthly temperatures for each station going back several years. GeoMe Labs made a tool that presents global climate data visually by consolidating these stations on a single [...]
Normally when we think of the cost of owning a car, we usually just consider the gas, insurance and maintenance expenses without taking into account indirect social costs such as taxes, pollution and traffic congestion. The True Cost of Driving is a calculator that estimates a more realistic cost of driving by including indirect costs [...]
Have you ever thought about the consequences of having industrial facilities in your town? SICPPL (Sickness and Industrial Centers of Pollution Public Listing) is a Google Maps mashup that lists 100 centres of industrial pollution in America. It can also help you identify the pollutants produced by these facilities and their possible effects on your health. [...]
What’s-In-YourWater is an online database where you view water quality test results for your area. By simply entering your or your water company zip code you can see list of chemicals found in the tap water. Created by the Environmental Working Group, this database is based from 20 million tap water quality tests conducted between [...]
BreathingEarth is a real-time simulation tool that shows stats like CO2 emissions, birth and death rates, and CO2 emitted per person. The stats are given both for each country and worldwide. The data for stats comes from reputable sources like CIA World Factbook and United Nations Statistics Division. To view stats for any country, just [...]
Toxic Water is an interesting Google Maps mashup from New York Times, which lets you find out if there are any water polluters in your area. The application compiles data on more than 200,000 US facilities that have permits to discharge pollutants with the information on their compliance. You can search the site by a [...]
Everyone has unused electronics in their homes: old cellphones, appliances, broken laptops etc. Simply throwing them away in a trash pollutes the environment. If you care about the environment but are too lazy to look for the nearest recycling center, now you can recycle old electronics in a responsible and eco-friendly way without leaving your couch [...]
Living green has become more and more of an issue, especially with our current crisis with Global Warming. However, it just seems that not enough people get into the habit of living green. This could either be due to not knowing what they can do to help, or having no motivation to do so. Many [...]