Prototype Event: Links-Visuals

Prototype Event – Main
Event Images
Links to Data & Visuals
Facility Design Concepts
Original Event Invitation (pdf)
Video Introduction

Given limited time, our participants scoured the Internet for data, graphs, maps, images, animations, videos and more. Their task was to imagine it was their job to convince policymakers of the challenges we face, and offer solutions.

Part of the experience was realizing that so much information is out there. There is a urgent need to gather, sort, and organize this information into a cohesive, clear picture of where we actually are and where we need to go.

The following is a sampling of the data and visuals presented at the Prototype Design Event in the topic areas we explored.

During the event we focused on 5 major issues:

Energy & Climate
Population & Demographics
Water & Sanitation
Oceans & Fisheries
Communication & Technology
Miscellaneous

Energy & Climate

Air Pollution of East Asia	Arctic Ice
Atmospheric CO2 levels	Bay Area Sea Level Rising
World Crude Oil	Clean Energy Growth
Climate Impact Industrialization	Death From Air Pollution
Deltaic Plain	Environmental Vulnerability
Great Ocean Conveyor	Green Maps
Sea Ice Extent	September Sea Ice Extent
Sustainability Economic Benefits	Unep Strategic Options Climate Change
USA GHG Emissions	Well Being of Nations
World Fuel Consumption	World Population East Asia

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/5395
http://www.theoildrum.com/files/ccst20090515.png
Discussion and charts on world oil production and forecasts
http://www.willyoujoinus.com/energy.issues/basicfactsaboutenergy/demandforenergy/howwilldemandincrease/?gclid=CMHths2ghZsCFRBbagodS1skoA
http://www.willyoujoinus.com/assets/images/energyissues/charts/ei_chart_014.gif
Global energy demand and population growth
http://transitiontowns.org/
How some communites are responding to peak oil and climate change
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Outstanding map library from UNEP of our global ecosystem
Carbon War Room
Carbon counting dashboards
California Air Basin
Interactive database of California’s air pollution in basins
California Greenhouse Gas Sectors
A look at California’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions
United States Global Change Research
Integrating federal research on climate and global change
Enlightened States Power Consortium
Promoting the adoption of alternative energy through educational alliances between states and countries
San Diego Green Business Network

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Population & Demographics

American Ancestry	Ciesen World Data Center
Gapminder Income per Capita	Immigration Foreign Birth
Total Tertiary Enrollment	World Literacy Map
Worldmapper Life Expectancy	World Population Growth
Population Density by Light Pollution

http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/worldgraph.html
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/img/worldgr.gif
Facts and maps from the US Census Bureau
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Popchange.png
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States#Cities
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USA-2000-population-density.gif
Map of US population density
Population Distribution using Human Figure Sizes
Google graphic showing population by human figures
Population Distribution using Land Mass
World Mapper tool showing population on a distorted global map
http://graphs.gapminder.org/world/
Gapminder tool enabling 2 variable comparisons over time
http://vimeo.com/2905893/
What stops population growth?
New York Times – Immigration explorer
See where immigrants settled in the United States

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Water & Sanitation

World Water Crisis	World % Water Used – Region

World Domestic Water Use	Potential Water Availability
Urban Access to Clean Water	Water Scarcity
Global Fresh Water	Access to Improved Water Source
Groundwater	All Water in the World
California Call to Save Water	Water Level Alert Levels
California Aqueducts and Canals	Evapotranspiration
California Irrigation Sprinklers	Real-time Streamflow
Principal US Aquifers	Water Withdrawals
Water Use Category	…

http://www.rivernetwork.org/blog/7/2009/05/13/carbon-footprint-water
the Carbon Footprint of Water
http://watercharity.org/
NGO providing solutions to safe water to undeveloped regions
http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/maidment/GISHYdro/docs/websites/othr_web.htm
Internet sites for Water Resources and GIS
Water Sanitation Maps
Relief Web maps on water sanitation
Sanitation – Freshwater – Toilet access
UNEP Map Library for sanitation and freshwater access
Pacific Institute: Research for people and the planet
Pacific Institute is a nonpartisan research institute that works to advance environmental protection,
economic development, and social equity

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Oceans & Fisheries

Average Fish Catch Depth	Fisheries Downfall
National Fish Production Trends	What Causes Hypoxia?
World Fishing Catching

Scripps Oceanographic Institute
Scripps Oceanographic Library of data bases, GIS and maps
Pacific Islands Marine Portals
Pacific maps, GIS and Ocean observing systems
1998 Year of the Ocean, ENSURING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OCEAN LIVING
1998 Report on Ensuring the Sustainability of Living Oceans
Humbold State Library -Fisheries
Fisheries reference resources, data, maps

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Communication & Technology

Broadband Download Speed	Broadband Subscription Price
Daily Newspaper Ad Revenue	Internet Users by Region
OECD Broadband Penetration	Top-Bottom Broadband States