This great nature app is kinda like Foursquare for your hiking walk - just snap photos of the plants and animals you see, and you can "check in" to each. Earn patches and complete missions along the way to add some gamification fun to your walk!
One of the best ways to get Green is to learn more about your environment and get out in it. Sure it doesn’t specifically do anything for the environment but as you participate in the natural world you tend to care more about it.
That said, not all of us are so great with identifying the things we see around us and that’s where this app is excellent. Not only is there a field guide created by fellow users but you can ask for help identifying something you don’t know. It checks your location so you won’t be looking for a seagul when you’re 1000 miles from the sea.
This app takes the best parts of social media check in apps and turns them green and educational which is a double win in my book. So get your smarts on and play at the same time, all for the earth. What could be better?
I learned about this app at the New York Tech Meetup and quickly fell in love. With a preexisting affection for lolcats and zooborns I was a natural fit for this beast-spotting app. Log in and begin spotting animals by submitting photos, notes, descriptions and locations of animals and plants you have seen. The interface is fast and easy but almost too convenient to where it auto maps the sighting to your present location, making post-sighting uploads inconvenient to manually change. Use the maps to find out where there have been animal sighting near you, or contribute to special studies. This app isn't perfect, I don't like that the online component is still limited, but the developers told me they're working on it. Great app for adults and kids alike, I'm seriously hooked.
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