Cost: Free!
Coral reefs around the world are dying off at rate faster than the rain forests, a development many attribute to global warming. In response, Australian twins Margaret and Christine Wertheim of the Institute for Figuring have put out a call for citizen craftspeople to help fashion a giant, exponentially expanding, crocheted coral reef, which has been called global warming’s equivalent of the AIDS Quilt project and which was inspired by the Great Barrier Reef of the twins’ homeland. Lecture at 1pm, workshop to follow at 3pm. Yarn supplied but bring your own crochet needles. (Knitters welcome!)
Location:
NYU’s Barney Building (Einstein Auditorium)
34 Stuyvesant St., bet. 9th &10th Sts
(212) 998-2100
Directions:
R, W to 8th St.
6 to Astor Place
