August 16, 2009 @ 8:31 pm
David McCandless created this wonderful infographic showing how you can reduce your chances (statistically speaking) of dying in a plane crash by making a well-informed decision about who you fly with, where you fly to (and from), and what type of aircraft you’re flying in.
The graphic above won The Guardian’s Data Store competition.
Click on the image above to see a larger version.
March 18, 2009 @ 3:40 am
GOOD delivers yet another strikingly clean infographic on how to reduce your water footprint by changing your diet and lifestyle. The chart is composed of both direct water usage (how much water you use) and virtual water usage (how much water was used to make the thing you’re using).
Apparently, it takes a whole lot of water to raise a cow big enough to provide you with at least one pound of beef. I wonder if this water usage is divided by the total amount of beef that a cow can be used for, or if this one pound of beef represents an entire cow. In any case, that burger is looking really evil next to that bowl of salad once the water usage is measured up.
