[Lapg] Welcome to Economy Map 2.0/What if we could see the whole US industrial economy - and its environmental and human health impacts - all at once?

[Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

http://www.economymap.org/video

Welcome to Economy Map 2.0
The following videos provide an introduction to 
the Economy Map project, starting with its 
conceptual goals and moving into its display 
format and user interface.  The videos build on 
one another, so users are encouraged to view them 
in the order presented here, but, of course, 
that's entirely up to you.

Economy Map 2.0: An Overview
What if we could see the whole US industrial 
economy - and its environmental and human health 
impacts - all at once?  See it.  Understand it. 
Explore it.  Economy Map provides knowledge of 
how industrial activities and economic forces 
affect the health of people and planetŠ giving us 
the power to effectively advocate for change. 
Economy Map is an interactive visual map of the 
United States economy and its environmental and 
human health impacts. It provides a way to 
dynamically explore and understand the sources 
and flow of goods, services, and environmental 
impacts among major industrial sectors.  Economy 
Map in 60 Seconds is a short version of this 
video.

Economy Map in 60 Seconds
Wouldn't it be great if we could see the whole US 
industrial economy - and its environmental and 
human health impacts - all at once?  See it. 
Understand it.  Explore it.  Economy Map lets us 
do just that.  Economy Map is an interactive 
visual map of the United States economy and its 
environmental and human health impacts. It 
provides a way to dynamically explore and 
understand the sources and flow of goods, 
services, and environmental impacts among major 
industrial sectors.  This video is a shorter 
version of An Overview of Economy Map.

An Explanation of the Three Perspectives
Economy Map shows environmental impacts from 
three perspectives.  Direct impacts are those 
generated directly by the activities of a sector. 
Sectors with high direct impacts offer 
opportunities for direct regulation by government 
to encourage technology improvement or 
substitution.  Intermediate impacts include a 
sector's direct impacts and the upstream impacts 
of its purchased goods/services.  Sectors with 
high intermediate impacts offer opportunities for 
supply chain engagement. Final consumption 
impacts are the portion of total (direct and 
upstream) impacts generated in reponse to 
consumer and government demand.  Sectors with 
high final consumption impacts offer 
opportunities for informed purchasing.  In 
Economy Map, the shape of a sector communicates 
its environmental profile.

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