shade tree



energy final project

may 2013





goal:


to help the environmental movement get away from this...






"Read ‘Communicating the Science of Climate Change,’ published in the October 2011 issue of Physics Today..."

google images

1

negative imagery


 confusing charts & graphs


climate progress

1

unrelatable banter



"If you want to know how to debunk those who peddle bunk, LIKE this post!... A Climate Flowchart To De-Confuse the Confused - And To Defuse The Confusers"

2

sarcasm + politics

"Climate change is poised to turn New Mexico into a dust bowl, so of course NM State U may pick a denier for its President."

...with an often very disconnected non-network between actors:


environmentalists + scientists


companies


the public


makers...




"...before you put leaves and an attractive couple cycling on your website, you need to have a strategy."


- Futerra Sustainability Communications



in other words,


i want to help develop smart, effective environmental communications to affect consumer culture and resource conservation...

using:


- smart applications of user experience (UX) (design+tech+psychology)



- audience-appropriate messaging 

 

- awareness of mainstream culture



- and realistic understandings of "barriers to entry."


in other words,


no more graphs,


no more maps,


no more shaming,


no more politics.

can we create a better network between:


communicators 

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  environmentalists

communicators 

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          environmentalists ------- scientists


communicators 

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     makers ------- environmentalists ------- scientists

                                                        


communicators 

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     makers -------   environmentalists  ------- scientists


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public

Project:


1 part kinetic sculpture


1 part data representation


1 part simple technology


1 part environment (heat)

Early Ideas:


turn this data


into something visual.




pneumatic pistons that respond to ambient heat:


ideally, this sculpture would be installed outside, where artificial heat application would not be necessary.

Boyle's Law:


The absolute pressure exerted by given mass of an ideal gas is inversely proportional to the volume it occupies if the temperature and amount of gas remain unchanged within a closed system.



P_1 V_1 = P_2 V_2. \,

But...issues:



ice?


heat?


shade?


shape?



Same project, different data.



cumulative damage:






-18.2% change 1970-2011



What I didn't like

What I did like

Brainstorming for Inspiration

 

Reconceptualizing



Finding relevant data


Refashioning the piece (slightly)

Title

energyfinal

By erikahan

energyfinal

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