In her recent article http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/241315336/%3Ca href="http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/28/using-web20-tools-for-environmental-activism/">“Using Web2.0 tools for Environmental Activism”, http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/241315336/%3Ca href="http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/">Global Voices Online writer Juliana Rotich looks at how environmental activists are taking advantage of modern Web tools to share information and raise funds. From blogs to services like http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/241315336/%3Ca href="http://www.twitter.com">Twitter, http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/241315336/%3Ca href="http://www.Flickr.com">Flickr and http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/241315336/%3Ca href="http://www.Facebook.com">Facebook, the Web is becoming an important channel for spreading news and information about environmental issues. And mashups are no exception.
Environmental Mashups
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Environment-related mashups cover a broad spectrum of topics, including pollution, hurricanes, climate change, industrial activity, and “green” hotels. There are currently http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/241315336/%3Ca href="http://www.programmableweb.com/tag/environment">24 mashups tagged “environment” and http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/241315336/%3Ca href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/241315336/%3Ca href="http://www.programmableweb.com/tag/green">13 mashups tagged “green” on ProgrammableWeb.
The http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/241315336/%3Ca href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/climate-change-2030">Climate Change 2030 mashup presents data from the Architecture 2030 study of climate-induced rise of sea level for coastal United States cities. You can select a city and view an image of the city today and a corresponding image of the city showing areas that would be flooded after a forecast rise in sea level.
Environmental APIs
As we covered earlier, http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/241315336/%3Ca href="http://blog.programmableweb.com/2007/11/16/how-to-avoid-extinction/">Green APIs are coming and today we have http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/241315336/%3Ca href="http://www.programmableweb.com/apitag/environment">two environment-related APIs in the directory: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/241315336/%3Ca href="http://www.programmableweb.com/api/amee">the AMEE API, the Avoiding Mass Extinctions Engine for CO2 data and calculations, and the http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/241315336/%3Ca href="http://www.programmableweb.com/api/carma">CARMA, Carbon Monitoring for Action, is a massive database containing carbon emissions data of over 50,000 power plants and 4,000 power companies worldwide.
Making a difference and going Green
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The http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/241315336/%3Ca href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/greenspace-uk-carbon-emissions-map">Greenspace UK Carbon Emissions Map and http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/241315336/%3Ca href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/uk-carbon-footprint-project">UK Carbon Footprint Project graphically illustrate UK carbon emissions data and provide ideas for minimizing your own emissions. The http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/241315336/%3Ca href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/air-travel-emissions-calculator">Air Travel Emissions Calculator (shown left) and http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/241315336/%3Ca href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/carbon-emissions-commute">Carbon Emissions Compute mashups enable you to evaluate the impact of your US air and automobile travel. The http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/241315336/%3Ca href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/green-hotels">Green Hotels mashup helps you find hotels that employ environmentally-sensitive policies.
There are many other interesting and informative environment-related mashups, including the http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/241315336/%3Ca href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/la-times-wildfires-map">LA Times Wildfires Map, the http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/241315336/%3Ca href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/epa-superfund-site-locator">EPA Superfund Site Locator, http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/241315336/%3Ca href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/planet-hazard">Planet Hazard, and the http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/241315336/%3Ca href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/find-pollution-map">Find Pollution Map mashup. To our benefit, more environmental mashups are being created all the time.
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