Socially-Responsible Objective, Fabulous Prizes!
by Tony Chavira
So GOOD Magazine posted a contest that I think is pretty cool: go out and renovate a street traffic island, submit your pictures and win a vacation to the Caribbean Island of Dominica:
Fix a traffic island in your city and we’ll send you to an island in the Caribbean.
For this project we’re asking you to pick an ugly traffic island in your city and spruce it up—either in Photoshop or in reality. Add a bench or a sculpture, plant some flowers, whatever you can think of to make that neglected pedestrian junkspace more hospitable.
The winner will get a vacation to the Caribbean island of Dominica. Read on for the details.
the OBJECTIVE
To make an unpleasant traffic island in your city less so.
the ASSIGNMENT
Take a BEFORE photo of a traffic island—the uglier the better. Then, use Photoshop or some other image editing software to imagine how it could be improved. Or, even better, actually get to work improving it in reality. Take an AFTER image of your handiwork.
I think that you should jump on this whole-heartedly. Step outside, look around and start installing drought-tolerant plants, install your sculptural pieces or paint your traffic islands to your heart's delight. Go nuts, just make sure that the neighbors know that you're doing it for fame and prizes. Maybe it'll be like one of those uplifting movies and everyone will join in and help you win the Carribean trip! Just be sure to bring them back something good.
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