The Conservation Fund, Organic's carbon offset vendor, has partnered with iPhactory and Ecolife Apparel to launch iPhorest, a new iPhone app that helps the environment by planting real live trees.
By downloading the app, the user activates a seedling both virtually and physically. For each virtual tree planted, The Conservation Fund will plant a native tree in real life - starting with restoration of vulnerable wildlife habitats along the Gulf Coast in the United States.
- Once you've downloaded the app you can virtually grow your tree
- Dig a hole: shovel and scoop with your iPhone until your seedling appears
- Touch the seed to plant the seedling
- Shake your phone to create a storm and when the sun comes your tree begins to grow
- Repeating this six times enables your tree to reach full growth
- Share your tree growth at any stage with others by pressing the share button to email them
- Grow another tree in the forest view screen by clicking on the shovel
- Go up to see all of the other iPhorest users. Help green the Earth - the app places a dot where you first launch iPhorest.
Product Page: http://www.iphorest.com
iTunes URL: http://www.itunes.com/app/iphorest
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great way to celebrate Earth Hour on Saturday 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM (http://www.earthhour.org/home/).
Would love to hear if anyone has downloaded this app and what their experience was.
Posted on March 27, 2009 08:06