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We believe that technology and entrepreneurship can help avert the world’s climate crisis. Startup founders are using tools — from machine learning to mobile platforms to large scale data processing — to accelerate the change to a low-carbon economy. As part ofGoogle’s commitment to address climate change, we’ll continue to invest in the technologists and entrepreneurs who are working to build climate solutions.

So this Earth Day, we’re announcing the second Google for Startups Accelerator: Climate Change cohort. This ten-week program consists of intensive workshops and expert mentorship designed to help growth-stage, sustainability-focused startups learn technical, product and leadership best practices. Meet the 11 selected startups using technology to better our planet:

• AmpUpin Cupertino, California: AmpUp is an electric vehicle (EV) software company and network provider that helps drivers, hosts, and fleets to charge stress-free.
• Carbon Limitin Boca Raton, Florida: Carbon Limit transforms concrete into a CO2 sponge with green cement nanotechnology, turning roads and buildings into permanent CO2 solutions.
• ChargeNet Stationsin Los Angeles, California: ChargeNet Stations aims to make charging accessible and convenient in all communities, preventing greenhouse gas emissions through use of PV + storage.
• ChargerHelp!In Los Angeles, California: ChargerHelp! provides on-demand repair of electric vehicle charging stations, while also building out local workforces, removing barriers and creating economic mobility within all communities.
• CO-Zin Boulder, Colorado: CO-Z accelerates electricity decarbonization and empowers renters, homeowners and businesses with advanced control, automated savings and power failure protection.
• Community Energy Labsin Portland, Oregon: Community Energy Labs uses artificial intelligence to make smart energy management and decarbonization both accessible and affordable for community building owners.
• Moment Energyin Vancouver, British Columbia: Moment Energy repurposes retired electric vehicle (EV) batteries to provide clean, affordable and reliable energy storage.
• Mi Terroin City of Industry, California: Mi Terro is a synthetic biology and advanced material company that creates home compostable, plastic-alternative biomaterials made from plant-based agricultural waste.
• Nithioin Washington, DC: Nithio is an AI-driven platform for clean energy investment that standardizes credit risk to catalyze capital to address climate change and achieve universal energy access.
• Re Companyin New York City, New York: Re Company is a reusable packaging subscription service that supplies reuse systems with optimally designed containers and cycles them back into the supply chain at end of life.
• Understoryin Pacific Grove, California: Understory rapidly monitors and quantifies discrete landscape changes to mitigate the effects of environmental change and deliver actionable information for land management, habitat conservation and climate risk assessment.

When the program kicks off this summer, startups will receive mentoring and technical support tailored to their business through a mix of one-to-one and one-to-many learning sessions, both remotely and in-person, from Google engineers and external experts. Stay tuned on Google for Startups social channels to see their experience unfold over the next three months.

Learn more about Google for Startups Accelerator here, and the latest on Google’s commitment to sustainability here.

There’s a lot you can do with the Google app – from immersing yourself in 3D augmented reality to sending a message to loved ones and searching for fashion inspiration. Here are a few of our favorite ways to use the Google app for Android and iOS to search for information and get things done through text, your voice or even your phone’s camera.

Go beyond the search box

With the Google app, you can go beyond using text to find information and inspiration in a variety of helpful and innovative ways. For example, you can:

• Search with text and images at the same time: With multisearch in Lens, you can now use text and images at the same time to search for those hard-to-express queries. To get started, simply open up the Google app on Android or iOS, tap the Lens camera icon and either search one of your screenshots or snap a photo of the world around you, like the stylish orange dress that you actually want in green. Then, swipe up and tap the “+ Add to your search” button to add text.

• Speak – or hum! – to Search: In addition to searching with your camera, you can also use your voice to search on the Google app instead of typing. Just tap the mic icon and say whatever it is you want to search for on Google. What about if you can’t remember the name of a song or the words, but the tune is stuck in your head? The Google app can help you figure it out. Tap the mic icon and say, “What’s this song?” or click the “Search a song” button. Then start humming, whistling or singing for 10-15 seconds. Don’t worry, you don’t need perfect pitch to use this feature!

• Keep up with your interests: With Discover, you can get updates for your interests, like your favorite sports teams, celebrities, fitness routines, and more. If you have personal results enabled, you can follow and unfollow topics and browse through a visual and immersive set of stories and updates tailored to your interests. You can read more about how to customize what you find in Discover on our support page. And you can save links, images, and places from Google search results to Collections within the app to easily find them later.

Stay organized and save time

With the Google app, you can knock out important tasks quickly and easily to take your productivity to the next level.

• Keep your calendar updated: You can create Calendar events using Google Assistant, and also see Calendar updates, like important meetings that are upcoming. You can also get notifications when it’s time to leave for your event.
• Copy your handwritten notes: If you’ve taken notes on paper, you can use Lens to quickly copy and paste the text to your phone, or to another signed-in device with Chrome like your computer. No more retyping those handwritten notes!

• Make calls and texts: Want to get in touch with someone quickly? The Google app lets you use Google Assistant to send messages (or make calls) with your voice – no need to even open up your texts to type something out.
• Simplify your checkout: Forgot to order something for your upcoming camping trip? With the Google app, you can autofill saved info – like your addresses or payment info – for a seamless checkout.

Learn new facts, concepts and skills

There are many ways you can use the Google app to help you learn new things – immersing yourself in new concepts and getting help breaking down complex problems.

• Translate: Learning a new language, or did you come across a photo with text in another language? Lens can translate more than 100 languages, such as Spanish and Arabic, and you can tap to hear words and sentences pronounced out loud.

• Get homework help: You can use Lens to get help on a homework problem. With step-by-step guides and videos, you can learn and understand the foundational concepts to solve math, chemistry, biology and physics problems.
• Immerse yourself in AR: Augmented reality is also a powerful tool for visual learning. With Lens, you can view and interact with 3D objects and concepts – from animals, to STEM concepts, to world monuments, to your favorite athletes – right from Search. Placing these 3D objects directly into your own space can give you a sense of scale and detail.

The Google app offers the best way to search – enabling you to go beyond the search box to uncover new information, enhance your productivity, and have fun along the way.