(EN) This cool animated flowchart was produced to launch the fifth season of Weeds, a television series about a widowed housewife becoming a marijuana dealer in a California suburb. ————- (IT) Questa elegante animazione grafica è stata prodotta per lanciare la quinta stagione di Weeds, una serie televisiva con protagonista una vedova che diventa una spacciatrice di marijuana nella suburbia Californiana.
Data visualization
Rate of slaughter in USA / Il ritmo di macellamento negli USA
(EN) This infographics is one of the latest you can find on Animal Visuals website. The online project, created by Mark Middleton, provides compelling visuals and interactive media to empower animal advocates, educate the public, and expose the injustices of animal exploitation. ———– (IT) Questa infografica è una delle ultime pubblicate sul sitoAnimal Visuals . Il progetto online, creato da Mark Middleton, fornisce visuals e media interattivi utili per chi difende i diritti degli animali e ha bisogno di materiali informativi per raccontare le ingiustizie e lo sfruttamento degli animali.
Who’s going to USA / Chi va negli USA
(EN) Good Magazine publishes the top 20 of the countries whose citizens are migrating to USA legally, showing also how many already had family there, and how many of them received asylum. Would be nice to have a similar infographics of Italy too… —————— (IT) Good Magazine pubblica la top venti dei paesi i cui cittadini migrano legalmente negli Stati Uniti, mostrando anche quanti di loro hanno già famiglia lì e quanti hanno invece ricevuto asilo. Sarebbe interessante avere un’infografica così anche per l’Italia…
The macro effect of micro particles / L’effetto macro delle micro particelle
(EN) Soot, also known as black carbon, is the second-leading cause of global warming after carbon dioxide and a leading cause of respiratory illness and death. It comes from diesel engines, industrial smokestacks, residential cooking and heating stoves. Earthjustice, a non-profit public interest law firm dedicated to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment, is promoting Stop Soot (cool minisite and infographic video!)campaign to put pressure on Obama administration to accelerate the process of an action plan for a black carbon reduction strategy. (IT) Il particolato di carbone è la seconda causa del riscaldamento globale dopo l’anidride carbonica e uno dei principali responsabili di malattie respiratorie che portano anche alla morte. E’ prodotto dai motori diesel, dalle ciminiere industriali, dai forni casalinghi e dalle stufe per il riscaldamento. Earthjustice, lo studio di avvocati americani non-profit, che difende il diritto degli esseri umani a vivere in un ambiente sano, ha lanciato la campagna Stop Soot (ottimo minisito e
read more The macro effect of micro particles / L’effetto macro delle micro particelle
Street vendor project in NY/ Un progetto sui venditori ambulanti a NY
(EN)It’s a fresh news the proposal of a regional law by Formigoni/DeCorato, Milan’s sherif, to prevent the “anarchy of take-away ” limiting the possibility for people to buy food and eat it in front of the shops. And recently I discovered this interesting project based in New York and called Street Vendor. It supports small businesspeople working long hours under harsh conditions, asking for nothing more than a chance to sell their goods on the public sidewalk and , in recent years, have been victims of New York’s aggressive “quality of life” crackdown. The project aims to create a vendors’ movement for permanent change and it’s an initiative promoted by Urban Justice Center, a non-profit organization that provides legal representation and advocacy to various marginalized groups of New Yorkers. On their website you can find two lovely infographics: one exploring the world of street vendors, the second one is a guide for the street vendors themselves to know their rights.
read more Street vendor project in NY/ Un progetto sui venditori ambulanti a NY
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