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Revision as of 17:47, 30 March 2012
Environmental issues are interdisciplinary and wickedly complex. Fortunately, following the lead of Doug Engelbart and Buckminster Fuller see (animated intro), we have better tools for seeing order and solutions.
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General
Tree of Life species map.
Eric Berlow (TEDtalk video).
Drew Berry shows his scientifically accurate (and entertaining!) animations that help researchers see unseeable processes within our own cells. (TEDtalk video).
Simon Shum at Open University in the UK creates amazing tools.
Graphiz gallery. Open source software.
Fathom does brilliant design on various topics.
Fun cautionary tales on how graphs can be misleading.
Jer Thorp creates beautiful data visualizations to put abstract data into a human context. At TEDxVancouver, he shares his moving projects, from graphing an entire year’s news cycle, to mapping the way people share articles across the Internet. (video) 3/12
Specific
Climate "debate" Infograpic: Which Makes More Sense?
How Much is Left (resources) infographic.
Money (no kidding!) including breakdowns such as of electricity.
How the top .01% spend their money (political donations). See also "Dark matter" of political money.
"The State of Working America" by the Economic Policy Institute.
Our Energy Dilemma in Three easy Charts.
U.S. map showing installations of non-hydro renewable energy in 1970 compared to today.
Science of the future: A Multiverse of Exploration: The Future of Science 2021.
NASA visualization of temperature change since 1880. 1/12.
Start-up phases for entrepreneurs.
Population Density and population vs age by Fathom.
Care2 gives various kinds of eco and demographic info based on geography.
If the world's population lived in one city (different densities).
