Handprinter
This page is a encyclopedia article.
The page identifier is Op_en5782 |
---|
Moderator:Jouni (see all) |
This page is a stub. You may improve it into a full page, and then a rating bar will appear here. |
Upload data
|
What is Handprinter?
We often hear about our negative impact on the planet – our environmental footprint. But footprints are only half the picture. The other half is just coming into view.
It’s called a handprint, and it measures the positive impacts we can make, simply by changing the way we do things, at home, and at work.
Handprinter helps you know and grow your handprint.
First, it lets you calculate your environmental footprint. You enter in some simple data about things like what you eat, how often you travel, and what kind of products you buy, and Handprinter shows you your environmental impact.
Second, it offers suggestions for simple actions you can take to lower your impact on the planet – things like installing a low-flow showerhead, or carpooling to work or school. You can choose actions from our database, or come up with your own actions and add them to the collection.
And best of all, Handprinter lets you spread your ideas and actions around the world, see their progress, and measure them. When you refer your friends to Handprinter, and when their friends sign on, their handprints become part of yours. Inspire enough people, and your handprint eventually outweighs your footprint.
And with enough handprints, we can heal the planet.
Contents
Calculations
Suggest an action that could reduce the footprint of some activity. Fill in the form, then click "Add a new action".
Show actions
Click "Show actions" to browse through the list of action ideas that someone has suggested so far.
Application programming interface (API)
The first code on this page is an API that takes in user input and stores that into Opasnet base. The code below is mimicking an application (e.g. in a cell phone) that takes in user input and converts that into an output that can be used as an interface data package between the API and Opasnet. In practice, the application produces an URL that links to this page and contains parameter values for all fields of the API code.
For more about the URL formatting, see R-tools#Giving parameters in an URL.
See also
- R-tools#Giving parameters in an URL
- Handprinter Main Page
- The Short List: The Most Effective Actions U.S. Households Can Take to Curb Climate Change by Gerald T. Gardner and Paul C. Stern
- SHINE
- International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Rev.4
- International Classification of Activities for Time-Use Statistics
References