One of the most important functions/services of green, socially responsible design is to educate.
Based on the idea that being aware of the current environmental crisis doesn’t mean that it is easy to recognize its extent and complexity, the “Eco-Vis Challenge” invited artists and designers to submit projects which make meaningful patterns emerge from the mass of environmental data. http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2008/01/the-competition-is-part-of.php