The Top 10 Green iPhone Applications

You’ve got an iPhone, and you know one of the great things about it is that you can download applications developed by people who want to bring the very best right to your cellphone. You may need to know where the greenest local restaurant is located, or calculate the carbon emissions associated with your planned trip to Las Vegas. Well, green iPhone applications help you be even greener with a lot more ease.

Here are the top 10 green iPhone applications:

1) GoodGuide: This application contains information about what makes up some 75,000 household products sold in the country.

2) Seafood Guide: This application lists most commercially sold fish in North America and rates them on the sustainability of their populations. It was created by the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

3) UniBus: Using Google transit data, this application estimates arrival and departure times for buses and trains in 20+ U.S. cities.

4) GreenMeter: This applicaiton uses the iPhone accelerometer to measure fuel consumption, efficiency, and costs. It also provides detailed information about the car’s carbon footprint and presents graphs of fuel consumption.

5) Carbon Calc: This application helps you determine your carbon footprint by combining the sum of your annual air and ground travel with your home energy consumption. Once you calculate your carbon footprint and compare it to the average American’s (23 tons per year), purchase Green Irene’s BeGreen Carbon Offset.

6) iRecycle: This application helps you find recycling and disposal locations across the country using Earth911′s database. Search by item or location to find 100,000 municipal and private drop-off sites.

7) A Real Tree: This application will, when purchased, contribute to the planting of trees in 12 deforestation-plagued countries. The application is endorsed by the United Nations Environment Programme and works with Sustainable Harvest International and Trees for the Future to plant trees that benefit local economies.

8. Google Earth: This application allows you to use Google Earth together with all the views that you can download. You can monitor melting glaciers, increasing temperatures, deforestation, the weather, and much more with this application.

9) GreenSpot: Follow the latest environmental headline news using this application from sources like the New York Times, Yahoo!, the Associated Press, and many more. The application also hosts a podcast.

10) Get Green: This application allows you to receive a green tip every day at your iPhone. This tip is very informative and can greatly contribute to reducing your ecological footprint.