Datavisualization

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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

Visualizing.org.

Eric Berlow (TEDtalk video).

Science Maps.

Simon Shum at Open University in the UK creates amazing tools.

Graphiz gallery. Open source software.

Visual Complexity.

Information is Beautiful.

Fathom does brilliant design on various topics.


Specific

How Much is Left (resources) infographic.

Money (no kidding!) including breakdowns such as of electricity.

Food webs

GMO's

Our Energy Dilemma in Three easy Charts

World's biggest employers.


Population

Population Density by Fathom.

The Remotest Places on Earth

Ghost Counties

Care2 gives various kinds of eco and demographic info based on geography.

If the world's population lived in one city (different densities).