7 Ways Your iPhone Can Help Save the Planet

Reader Contribution by David Glenn

On a list of reasons why people buy smartphones, you would probably see convenience, appearance and because it’s cool somewhere near the top. But you might have to look quite a bit further down the list before you see “because it is good for the environment.” And understandably so; saving the planet is not exactly the first thing that you think of when you picture a smartphone of any kind. If you sit down and think about it however, you will realize just how much smartphones are helping us to go green in a number of different ways. Here are seven reasons why they will help us in our quest to save the planet.

Eliminating Excess Paper

Our lives are becoming increasingly digital. If you want to read a paper, you can now read it online. If you want to take note of something, you can jot it down on your smartphone. If you like to write your appointments down in a calendar, you have one built into your phone. What this all means is that things are much easier for us, but it also means that we are cutting down less trees with every potential use of paper that we eradicate.

Turning off the Lights

Home automation allows you to save energy in a number of ways, but one big one is that you can now link your iPhone with the lights in your house, and use it as a remote to turn them on and off. This will prevent energy from being wasted by lights left one when you leave your house for long periods of time.

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