Larry Ferlazzo recently posted two Christmas themed infographics. The first focuses on the economy. The second looks at a broader range of statistics. Either (or both) could be used to introduce a variety of global issues around the holidays.
Christmas Infographics
December 28th, 2009 · 3 Comments
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1 Chris // Jan 16, 2010 at 4:20 am
Hi, and happy new year!
There is an interesting statistic in there on the “poster” – for every Christmas Tree dug up three are planted!
It sounds great, more trees is good – right?
Can it be true?
ps
Do you know anything good or bad about Ecosia.org? It seems almost too good to be true.
2 Dave // Jan 18, 2010 at 9:31 pm
Happy New Year to you, too!
I’ve seen that statistic in other sources too, often used as evidence that buying farmed trees was the greenest Christmas tree alternative.
And no, I don’t know anything about Ecosia. In the little research I did, though, it seems to be legit.
3 Chris // Jan 28, 2010 at 8:00 am
Hi Dave – i’ve jut seen a report in the English paper comparing the wordles of US president State of the Nation speeches – with a link to a lovely graphic.
I can’t think of anyone better than you to come up with an idea for it so here is the link.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/jan/27/obama-state-of-the-union-addresses-wordle-presidents
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