Digital Earth Taxonomy

INDEX of PRODUCT AREAS:

• ESSENTIALS -- products and processes for human survival
• CLOTHING -- what to wear
• SHELTER -- spaces and places
• ENERGY -- a power-full life
• HEALTH -- healing & feeling good
• CONVERSION -- waste not
• MATERIALS -- building blocks
• TOOLS -- making things easier
• MOVEMENT -- getting there
• CONNECTION -- we are not alone
• PLAY -- having fun along the way

PRODUCT AREAS:

• Essentials
  • air (survival measured in seconds)
    • keeping clean
    • cleaning/filtering
    • access to (miners)
  • water (measured in days)
    • extraction
    • cleaning/filtering
    • recycling
  • food (measured in weeks)
    • growing
    • processing
    • cleaning
• Clothing
  • practical/work
  • fashion
  • accessories
  • decorative
• Shelter
  • housing
    • dwellings
    • places of assembly
    • safety
  • workplaces
  • systems
    • water plumbing
    • waste plumbing
    • electrical wiring
    • HVAC
    • solar
  • furnishings
    • practical
    • decorative
  • portable
    • tent
    • umbrella
• Energy
  • light
    • solar
    • LEDs
    • CFL & conventional lighting
    • reflectance, redirection, re-distribution
  • fuel
  • fire
    • match
    • lighter
  • electricity
  • infrastructure
• Health
  • exercise
  • prevention
  • medicine
  • medical devices
    • eyeglasses
    • hearing aid
  • botanical health
  • veterinary health
  • grooming
• Conversion
  • biological
    • composting
    • compost
    • downcycle
  • technical
    • materials pooling
    • reduce
    • reuse
    • recycle
    • upcycle
• Materials
  • natural
  • manmade
    • nano
  • toxic to healthy
• Tools
  • hand tools
  • simple machines
  • appliances
  • complex machines
    • robots
    • manufacturing systems
  • heavy machinery
  • organizational
    • boxes
    • bins
  • work
    • pencil
    • pen
    • wallet
    • briefcase
    • portfolio
  • weapons
  • discovery
    • telescope
    • microscope
• Movement
  • personal mobility
    • wheelchair
    • walker
    • assistive devices
  • group mobility
    • car
    • bus
    • boat
    • plane
  • transport
    • truck
    • train
    • ship
    • air cargo
    • containers
  • ways
    • road
    • rail
    • water
    • air
• Connection
  • knowledge
  • direct communication
    • computers
    • cellphones
  • indirect communication
    • books
    • magazines
    • video
    • plans
  • sacred
  • governance
    • politics — system of government; Aristotle: dealing with the structure, organization and administration of the city-state.
    • corporate ethics
• Play
  • music
    • instruments
  • sports
  • games

Massive Change Design Economies

• Urban Economy
• Movement Economy
• Information Economy
• Energy Economy
• Image Economy
• Market Economy
• Materials Economy
• Military Economy
• Manufacturing Economy
• Living Economy
• Wealth and Politics

Notes

• In one hour the Sun gives the Earth more energy than is used annually by our global population.  Some of the poorest regions of the world receive the highest quality solar income.  Distributed energy production = economic and political autonomy… peace is possible where sovereignty exists.
• Two billion people live without the benefits of electricity. 
• Access to energy = access to information.
• Storytelling