Artist Chris Jordan shows us an arresting view of what Western culture looks like. His supersized images picture some almost unimaginable statistics -- like the astonishing number of paper cups we use every single day.

I love stats - even those that disturb. Watch this video to see how one can visualize some very challenging and important statistics about modern American life.

I would like to show this to every student I teach and perhaps present them with, or even better allow them to research, some Australian stats and visually represent these to emphasise the impact on our world.

Another TED video. Chris Jordan puts our excess into pictures. That's a lot of plastic cups!

Artist Chris Jordan shows us a surprising view of Western culture, in this energizing look at numbers so big, we simply don't (or can't) think about them. His supersized images picture unimaginable statistics -- like the astonishing number of paper cups we use every single day. (Recorded February 2008 in Monterey, California. Duration: 11:14.)

Chris Jordan on the State of our Nation

[...Our actions have unintended consequences on a collective level.When 300 million people do the same unconscious behavior it can add up to a catastrophic consequence that nobody wanted and nobody intended. Each of us makes daily decisions about what we buy as consumers. We try to envision the world view of our environmental footprint. As we try to decipher the social impact of our daily decisions, the information we have to work with is statistics in the millions, billions and even trillions. The]

[...I love stats - even those that disturb. Watch this video to see how one can visualize some very challenging and important statistics about modern American life.I would like to show this to every student I teach and perhaps present them with, or even better allow them to research, some Australian stats and visually represent these to emphasise the impact on our world.more about "Picture this!", posted with vodpod ]

[...Here is a tool to get us all thinking and motivated about the impact of our culture of consumption. Chris Jordan is a photographer who has been able to make large numbers real through his artwork. I see good potential for use of this 11 minute video with older students.  In this video he demonstrates his work and gives his motivation for what he does.more about "Chris Jordan pictures some shocking s...", posted with vodpod]

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