We’ve blogged about The Carbon Quilt before, a universal tool that makes greenhouse gases visible. C02 emissions aren’t the most tangible of things to measure in this world, but the folks behind The Carbon Quilt have developed a wonderfully easy and accessible way of showing emissions through visual representation. Eventually the Carbon Quilt aims to display real time global carbon data via Google Earth. It will also have a time traveling function where users can go back to different eras and see historical carbon data. Very cool.
Carbon Visuals, the company behind The Carbon Quilt are now working with communities and organisations by offering a service to help people communicate and understand their carbon emissions better. This work will also help support the growth of The Carbon Quilt project.
Carbon footprints are a pretty abstract thing as are all of the targets and comparisons associated with carbon measurement. So, Carbon Visuals with the help of 3D graphics and accurate scientific information, can create volumetric still images, animation or web-tools that enhance carbon communication and understanding for everyone. They’ve visualised emissions, sequestration and stored carbon on ten upland farms in the Peak District National Park and also illustrated the carbon footprint of BBC’s World Service. There is a tool on their site that lets anyone ‘see’ their carbon footprint as a visual. Have a go and see how their tool works.
Carbon Visuals is a really exciting, enlightening educational feat. We can’t wait to see how their services will grow and what carbon information we’ll be able to see in the future.
Ps- Hats off to Antony Turner, the CEO of Carbon Visuals. Anthony one of Green Thing’s advisors, and you might have guessed that he helps us with things like measuring carbon, amongst other stuff.
Katherine Hui is currently the Social site editor at Green Thing, a web-based public service in London that inspires people to lead greener lives through creative content.
Before this, she worked as the Development Manager at Social Innovation Camp, an organization that encourages people to use web and mobile-based technology to mobilise social change. She oversaw 300 ideas submission and helped build 20 prototypes – five of which have gone on to get further funding or investment.
Katherine’s came over to the UK form Canada in 2007 for an MSc program at the London School of Economics. Before arriving in London, she managed a small environmental start-up in Vancouver called the Canadian Climate Change Alliance.
Katherine is football mad. She is a loyal supporter of Arsenal FC, plays for Islington Borough Ladies FC and coaches for Gunners in Islington in her spare time. Her second favourite hobby is kite surfing and she can sometimes be found chasing the wind.
