12 The Julian News
September 23, 2015
Questions & Answers
About Our Environment
Dear EarthTalk: What are
some cool apps that work with
a mobile phone that can. help
me get in better touch with the
environment?
-- Mitchell Brown, Troy, MI
Not surprisingly, there are
thousands of "green" apps
out there that make it easier
for people to .find and share
information to help us all become
better stewards of the natural
environment.
The American Lung
Association's State of the Air
app shows live color-coded
air quality maps for any U.S.
location and includes both ozone
and particulate pollution counts.
The app also provides air quality
alerts, short-term forecasts and
opportunities to learn more a bout
air quality risks and to contact
lawmakers to push for more
stringent pollution regulations.
Another way to find out who's
emitting what nearby is via
aMobileFuture's .Pollution, a free
app that compiles information
from various pollution databases
around the world and then
shows users which big polluters
are emitting what near them.
Coverage includes 1,380 cities,
mostly in Europe and the U.S.
Ethical shoppers will
appreciate the GoodGuide, a
free app that shows how any of
120,000 food, personal care and
household products stack up n
terms of sustainability, fair wages
and even health risks. Users just
snap a picture of an item's bar
code to get the low-down on
whether or not it's a "good" buy.
And the free JouleBug app turns
living greener into a game, taking
specific sustainability-oriented
steps such as reducing energy
use, recycling more or buying
local and translating these small
acts into positive "units of impact."
Embedded videos demonstrate
ways once can green up daily
life.
Adair Systems' 99 cents
GasHog app makes it easy to
track a car's fuel efficiency.
Enter the odometer reading and
amount of fuel added each time
you refill the tank and the app
calculates the fuel economy of
the previous tank and compares
it to historical averages. The app
also offers tips for improving
fuel economy. And Avego's free
CarmaCarpooling app matches
nearby drivers with riders to
share the commute and the
expense. At the end of the trip,
Thousands of "'green "" apps now that make it easy for people to find and
shard information to help us all become better stewards of the natural
environment. Pictured." A GoodGuide app evaluates a household product.
Credit." GoodGuide
the rider can send a payment
through the system to the driver
to cover a share of gas and wear-
and-tear.
PaperKarma is a free app to
help reduce junk mail. Users
input their address information
once and then snap a picture
through the app of any unwanted
junk mail. Behind the scenes,
PaperKarma's automated system
notifies the publisher to take the
user's name and address off
their list.
Another popular app is Light
Bulb Finder, a free app designed
to help ease the transition from
older incandescent bulbs to more
energy efficient replacements.
Users enter in their zip code
the app automatically inputs
average regional electricity rates
accordingly--and then choose
which type of fixture, size/shape
and wattage bulb(s) they are
looking to replace. The app then
suggests options that use less
energy and shows how much
money the user can expect to
save with the newer bulb(s).
It's nice to know that the
little screens we've become
increasingly dependent upon
and which otherwise tend to
distract us from nature and
the outdoors--can also be
used for the betterment of the
environment.
CONTACTS: State of the
Air App, www.lung.org/healthy-air/
outdoor/state-of-the-air/app.html;
JouleBug, www.joulebug.com;
GasHog, www.adairsystems.com/
gashog; CarmaCarpooling, www.
carmacarpooLcom; Light Bulb
Finder, www.lightbulbfinder.net;
GoodGuide, www.goodguide.com.
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Ask Pastor Rick
In The News
LDS Reveal
• The Stone That
Translated'
The Book Of
Photograph." Rick Bowmer/AP
Mormons believe Joseph Smith
found gold plates engraved with
writing in ancient Egyptian and
God helped him translate the
text using a stone. The Church
has released a picture of an egg-
sized rock, which they believe
founder Joseph Smith used
to help translate the story that
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This and other photos, are
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Ask Pastor Rick
Does the Bible say gambling is
a sin?
The Bible does not directly
address the issue of gambling
[there is no 11th Commandment
"Thou shalt not gamble"],
therefore Christ followers have
reached very different theological
conclusions regarding it. Those
who oppose gambling• do so
base~l on "principles," which
would include, but is not limited
to thefollowing:
Stewardship - meaning, Christ
followers are obligated to be
goodJ stewards of their resources
and gambling puts them at undue
risk.
Closely associated with
stewardship is...
Squandering - meaning,
everything we have is God's,
therefore gambling squanders
God's property.
Dishonest Gain - meaning, the
gain is not a'reward of honest
labor.
Foolishness - meaning,
gambling is unwise and
foolishness is related to sin.
And finally...
Damage - meaning, the
destruction it does to those who
lose.
Rick Hill is the Senior Pastor at
Hillside Church on 3rd and C Streets
in Julian, CA. Direct all questions and
correspondence to: hccpastorrick@
gmail.com or Hillside Church,
Religion In The News, Box 973,
Julian~ CA, 92036. (Opinions in this
column do not necessarily express
the views of Julian News, its editor,
or employees.)
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