Source: Programmable Web, February 26, 2008
Environmental Activists Discover Mashups
Excerpt below:
"Environment-related mashups cover a broad spectrum of topics, including pollution, hurricanes, climate change, industrial activity, and “green” hotels. There are currently 24 mashups tagged “environment” and 13 mashups tagged “green” on ProgrammableWeb.
Source UNEP: February 2008
Cartographer: Hugo Ahlenius, UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Population, area and economy affected by a 1 m sea level rise (global and regional estimates, based on today's situation)
Citation:
The entire set of street maps are now up on the lightblueline Flickr site:
The NASA data center at Columbia University (SEDAC) has posted a great new resource: maps of the 10 meter coastal zone (with urban and rural estimates) for large parts of the planet:
GO here to view the maps: LOW ELEVATION COASTAL ZONE (LECZ) URBAN-RURAL ESTIMATES
Summary:
Wondering about your carbon footprint? Want to know how you can reduce this? Here's a calculator to get you started.
To use this calculator you will need to get your electricity bill and natural gas bill and figure out yearly use of these. But it's a great place to get a handle on your household impact on the climate:
This is a screen shot of the PDF file, which you can get here:
Santa Barbara Seven Meter
This is a screen shot of the PDF file, which you can get here:
Santa Barbara Downtown Seven Meter
This is a screen shot of the PDF file, which you can get here:
Carpinteria Seven Meter
This is a screen shot of the PDF file, which you can get here:
Goleta Seven Meter