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iPhone Apps for Parents

Wish you had extra-terrestrial powers to get you through the day?

09.24.2009

Submitted by alara on Wed, 09/23/2009 - 11:00pm.

Just for Mom

The Bite:

Make contact with eco iPhone applications for parents. Download these programs to find recycling centers, shop for organic foods, or entertain your kid sans paper - all stuff to make green living easier and cheaper for your fam with the touch of a (glowing) finger.

The Benefits:

Mooning over savings. Yes, there's an app for that. Search for the best prices on, say, organic crib sheets or an eco swing set, before you fork over cash at the store. It can add up to hundreds saved.
Not the same old Spiel(berg). Is this fish overfarmed? Is that soccer ball sewn by kids? No need to take the clerk's word for it when you've got apps with the lowdown on sustainability and fair trade.
Better than Reese's Pieces...OK, maybe not, but kids'll dig playing games on your phone (if you don't mind handing it over) - and you won't waste a stitch of paper or plastic to do it.

Wanna Try:

For Parents

Locavore - find out what produce is in season in your area and the closest farmers market to buy it ($4).
Better World Shopper - over 1,000 companies are graded on their human rights, environmental practices, animal protection, community involvement, and social justice positions ($2).
Save Benjis - find the best online prices while you shop in the real world; search using the bar code ($1).
Shopper's Guide to Pesticides - determine which fruits and veggies - surprise! - have the most and least pesticides (free).
iRecycle - locate recycling locations anywhere in the United States (free).
Seafood Watch - make sustainable seafood choices when you're at the supermarket (free).

For Kids

Balloonimals - a party on your iPhone: Kids can blow up and make their own balloon animals with no latex ($2).
Farm Friends - an iPhone version of the classic See 'n Say toy teaches kids animal sounds ($1).
Five Little Monkeys - based on the popular rhyme, kids sing along to three versions - rock, country, and pop - while following along with highlighted words ($1).
Recycle - in this game, kids toss objects into a recycling bin before getting hit by the trash bugs (free).

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Mama Biter Melissa Goldberg loves that her iPhone apps help her live a more sustainable life...but also digs playing games on it while waiting for her son's swim class to end.

Bang For The Bite

If 10,000 Mama Biters use an iPhone app to help substitute their yearly tuna consumption with less over-harvested fish, we'll keep 850 tuna swimming in the oceans every year.

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robin on September 24, 2009 at 07:29 AM 1

Given the latest report by EWG on the dangers of cell phone radiation, in particular to kids - I am surprised to see you encourage little ones to have cell phones closer to them for ANY length of time. HEre is the report... http://www.ewg.org/project/2009cellphone/cellphoneradiation.php

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