November 21, 2007
I had the opportunity yesterday to check out an amazing art exhibit in Midtown Manhattan. The best part was the admission: a can of Tuna!
Canstruction is a foundation focused on rallying artists and designers around the efforts to stop hunger around the world. Each year, artists are challenged to design and build structures completely out of food cans and other food packages. All of the cans are full of food.
The competition travels around the world for exhibits, and at the end of each visit, the cans are donated to local food shelters. In New York, Canstruction teamed up with City Harvest, the world’s first and New York City’s only food rescue program. City Harvest works to save food that is unused in restaurants, factories, and stores to feed the thousands of hungry New York residents.
Last year, over 250,000 cans of food were donated by Canstruction to City Harvest. Here are some of the best structures of 2006:
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October 22, 2007
Eve Mosher, a fellow wordpress blogger, is very concerned about having to swim the next time she goes out for a burger in Flatbush. After learning about how global warming might result in flooding of NY’s five boroughs, she decided that people should know exactly what that means. As reported by AMNY, Mosher has outlined with chalk all parts of Brooklyn and lower Manhattan that could, one day, be covered by water.
As she is out on the streets marking the 10 foot above sea level mark, Mosher is able to engage people on the streets about what she is doing, and – more importantly – about the dangers of climate change.
The best part of the project was the interactions I had with people. I handed out information packets on combating global warming and had great conversations with people who really are aware of the dangers facing our city. In five whole months, I met only two people who didn’t believe global warming was real.
The project is called High Water Line, and in the course of her work, she will walk over 70 miles of coastline. This dedicated artist is intent on using her art to get her message across.
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