"True Cost"
(of products)
from
"Source to Shelf"
and
"Farm to Kitchen"
+Sources/origins
+Processes involved/Energy use, Water use
+Path of a products migration
+How various elements/products are inter-connected
+Type and amount of pollution released
+Health effects
+Potential to be recycled
+Price (and cost differences throughout the world)


Examples:
How Stuff Is Made NYU Project
"Real Costs" FireFox Add-On
Database for Chinese Made Products

Show: "How It's Made"
How Stuff Works dot Com
Article on Panamanian man who started the warning of Chinese made toothpaste
"W.I.S.E.R." as the network who 'should' set the standard of "true cost" in business
Science News article on Wealth of Nations in relation
to data on the networks of product relations + Accompanying Link
Energy Costs in Relation to Transporting Bottled Water
Video with a true cost theme and revealing processes
"Grass Commons" 'social-minded' data tools
"Full Cost Accounting Wikipedia Entry"
Farm to Kitchen Restaurant Named "FLOW" in Jim Thorpe Pennsylvania
"Story of Stuff"
(over 4 million viewers)



My ultimate goal with this project will be to have a true-cost database, finding everything on every product and then figuring out a campaign to influence companies to register their products true-cost data (or find other ways) to be added to a database/databases that will then eventually have a visualization mapping of it all, accessible in a few forms (phone audio, phone text, computer) by anyone, worldwide.
A yearly report published would also be included.



Jason Liszkiewicz 2007/2008
Earth Intelligence Network