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 [...]
If you ever wanted to find out whether there are any high toxic risk industrial facilities in your neighborhood area now you can easily do it with MapEcos.org. It’s a Google Maps mashup based on the EPA Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) data. As it’s built on top of Google Maps, users are able to search [...]
Want to know whether it’s worth to install solar panels on your roof ? Check out RoofRay. It is a website that uses satellite images and algorithms to calculate your roof’s solar energy potential. First locate your house on the map. Next draw the array of solar panels on your roof and set slope orientations. [...]