Apps for a more sustainable world?

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Since the boom of the smartphone started, a huge number of smart applications or Apps have arrived on the market. We wanted to share the list of sustainability-related Apps compiled by treehugger and Apps for the environment from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).  One of our favourites from this list is ‘Gardening Toolkit’ which teaches you how to be a good gardener.  It finds where you live, gives suggestions for the best plants to grow in your area, helps keep track of what you have planted and gives tips for beginners.

Sustainable Energy For All?

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When UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon announced the creation of a high-level group to drum up support for the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative (SE4All), to provide “energy access, energy efficiency and greater use of renewable energy,” back in November 2011, I was impressed by the ambition displayed but also sceptical that concrete steps would be put in place soon enough to meet the target of supplying clean energy to a projected global population of 8.5 billion by 2030.