July 1, 2008
I’ve been meaning to write about this for awhile. One of the most awesome projects I’ve ever seen happens right here in Chicago. Punfully labelled “Canstruction”, this architectural project involves making life-sized art out of canned foods!
This picture above is a “bean”, a symbol for Chicago these days after the famous “bean” Milennium Park was built. The different colors seem to have been chosen to signify the skyline’s reflection in the real Chicago bean. How cool!
Teams of architects got together this past June for the second annual “Canstruction” event. After the projects are completed, all canned items are donated to food banks to help the hungry. It all kind of reminds me of this picture, but in my opinion, it’s even cooler!
More photos after the jump!
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October 18, 2007
Do yourselves a favor and visit: freerice.com.
You can test your vocabulary, and donate rice to the hungry at the same time! For every word you get right, the sponsors donate 10 grains of rice. And as if it couldn’t get any better than that, you see the rice pile up in a bowl next to the vocab quiz!
The words start off somewhat easy. The more words you get right, the more difficult they become. In other words, the game stays at a level it thinks you can attain, while still managing to challenge you. It is, in a word, genius.
So far, through this game, I’ve learned that I have been provendering the hungry with aliments!
And thanks to us vocab boosters (ok, fine: the sponsors) people all around the world can enjoy recipes like these:
Herb Rice Delight
Basmati Rice
Spanish Rice
Curried Rice
Lemongrass Fried Rice
I really don’t think it gets much better than that!
-Hillary, confused and amazed by potato forks
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