Why we Need Renewable Food Tech to Feed the World

Angel investor, Ali Partovi, is stimulating discussion in the area of  "renewable" food technologies and has just launched FixFood, a forum for people to share ideas on how to fix America's broken food system. You can learn more about sustainable approaches to agriculture in his informative TechCrunch article - Food Is The New Frontier In Green Tech.

The rapidly growing world population is creating a shortage of natural resources and harming the environment.
These short videos raise awareness of the unsustainable levels of human consumption and the urgent need for renewable food production solutions.

Big Question: Feast or Famine?



Video from the University of Minnesota - Institute on the Environment
More videos available from the UMNIonE YouTube Channel


Population Growth



Population Growth - Infographic from Kristy Graybill on Vimeo.

Via Earth Protect

Related Resources


Infographics & Visualizations
8 Incredible Farm Infographics
Ecomagination Interactive Visualizations
Infographic: Ten Things You Should Know About Water
World Population Growth Infographic

Knowledge
Permaculture Knowledge Base
Wikipedia Agriculture

Video Production Tools
The software tools used in the production of these videos include Adobe Illustrator and After Effects.

The Changing Media Landscape - Did You Know 4.0

Facts and stats focusing on the changing media landscape, including convergence and technology.

For further information and the story behind the making of "Did You Know 4.0" visit:
XPlane
The Economist

Instruction Manual for Life [cc]

A story about childhood, parenthood, and adulthood. Animation and words by TheraminTrees. Piano score by QualiaSoup (YouTube channel links)

Video Explaining the Subprime Mortgage Time-Bomb

The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

A short animation explaining the system of borrowing and lending that led to the current financial meltdown:

The goal of giving form to a complex situation like the credit crisis is to quickly supply the essence of the situation to those unfamiliar and uninitiated.

Created by Jonathan Jarvis.

Narration by John Levoff.

Music by Brandon Au - a.k.a - DJ Skwint

Update: Useful links for the global economic meltdown.

 A Great Recession Guide - a mini-guide to the lighter side of the current, prolonged recession.

Google Tip Jar - a collection of money saving tips submitted and ranked by the web community.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Animation created by Seth Brau. Produced by Amy Poncher. Music by Rumspringa courtesy Cantora Records. www.humanrightsactioncenter.org