Day 4 mock up

Issues Orientation Day 4
Web animations is an entertaining and informative way to impart knowledge. Two very funny and interesting ones are:

Grocery Store Wars at: http://www.storewars.org/flash/ http://www.stylewalker.net/wp-content/store_wars_poster_rgb.jpg The Meatrix at: http://www.themeatrix.com/ and click the links

The first deals with organics and the second with livestock production.

http://www.foe.org/factoryfarms/meatrix.gif Another interesting concept is that of The 12 Leverage Points.

In a nutshell, this is the idea that an intervention at 12 critical points in a system(ie. the environment, a city, etc) can yield big results for the overall health of the system as a whole. Imagine - one person stepping in at the right time making possible a big improvement for many.

For more check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leverage_points