Carbon Story
This is an interactive map of
The Carbon Cycle.
Pick one of the places on the
map to get started and begin
following carbon on its Journey.
You are CARBON. What luck!
You can travel to many places and do
many many things. Have fun!
About This Project
The Carbon Cycle links the earth with the organisms that inhabit it. Understanding the carbon cycle is crucial to understanding the workings of our earth. There is a great deal of buzz surrounding global warming and sustainability, with little explanation of the underlying processes that contribute to the health of our planet. We hope this project sheds light on the ways that carbon moves through our closed ecosystem.
This web interactive was produced by an interdisciplinary group of undergraduate and graduate students from art and design, science and education. This work is the result of an experimental course, "The Internet as a Medium for Education about Science and Sustainability," offered during Winter 2012 at UC Davis as part of emergence.ucdavis.edu. Group members worked collaboratively to prototype, design graphics, write copy, and compose the sonic experience. While all participants worked across disciplines, the primary roles were as follows:
Design: Theron Brown
Illustration & Design: Andrea Murphy Keaveney
Sound Design: Kevin Corcoran and Dave DeFilippo
Content Composition: Quinn Norris, Colin Dixon, Mike Salcido, Todd Kaiser
Early-Stage Prototyping: Carla Orendorff
Project Management: Tim Kerbavaz
Programming & Interaction: Steve Hartzog
Thanks to the visitors who participated in our process: Glenda Drew and Mary Brooke McEachern, Alexandra Navrotsky, David Pines, Peter Smerud, Shawn Carlson, Kurt Rhode, Peter Littlewood, Ivan Smalyukh, and Peter Harris.
This project was made possible by a grant from the Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center, with support from ICAM and NEAT through the Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at UC Davis. The course was offered through the Program in Technocultural Studies and the facilities for the class were provided by the Design Program at UC Davis.
The project team would like to especially thank David Pines and Michael Plautz for their vision and support in conceiving and developing the course.
This site is dedicated to the memory of Michael Plautz.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Some rights reserved.