Wow. I feel this is the most important problem anyone could be working on right now. I love the fact that you turned toward the startup culture to get advice, so here's mine:
Show people in the planets terms possible, what their impact is... as a nation, as states, consumers of certain products, etc.
Defining the problems isn't enough. You need to provide solutions as well. You can invoke change if you provide solutions.
Your map went viral quickly and it's a great tool. Do it again, with more minute detail and also provide solutions.
1. The growing deadspots. Define them, then map them all. Show what they'll be like in 10 years at current growth rates. Then try to display what would happen in 5 years if all farms went organic and stopped using chemical fertilizers.
2. Overfishing. Map severity of fish stock depletion. Show percentage of fish consumption of diet for each country. Map what could happen to fish stocks if people swapped 5% of the fish they eat for organic vegitables.
Build some snazzy interface to allow users to affect the change on the maps themselves. A slider that changes peoples diets or something.
Show people in the planets terms possible, what their impact is... as a nation, as states, consumers of certain products, etc.
Defining the problems isn't enough. You need to provide solutions as well. You can invoke change if you provide solutions.
Your map went viral quickly and it's a great tool. Do it again, with more minute detail and also provide solutions.
1. The growing deadspots. Define them, then map them all. Show what they'll be like in 10 years at current growth rates. Then try to display what would happen in 5 years if all farms went organic and stopped using chemical fertilizers.
2. Overfishing. Map severity of fish stock depletion. Show percentage of fish consumption of diet for each country. Map what could happen to fish stocks if people swapped 5% of the fish they eat for organic vegitables.
Build some snazzy interface to allow users to affect the change on the maps themselves. A slider that changes peoples diets or something.