The abundance of creativity in the Compostapalooza round was inspiring, so it was a treat when the LES Ecology Center asked Quirky to provide an informational display for their annual Celebration by the East River fundraiser event.
I took off running with an idea to riff on the classic science fair project by devoting one panel to the timeline of Compostapalooza, one panel to a detailed description of the winner, and one panel to explain the unique product development process that defines Quirky. Within an hour, I had buried myself in a mountain of pink paper flowers, green grass stalks and colorful gummy worms (which I had to remind myself not to eat once they were covered in spray adhesive). I even got to add a woven basket to hold Quirky pamphlets!
After the display was delivered to the event in the East River Park, guests gathered excitedly to read about Compostapalooza and the Quirky process. Luckily, nobody tried to eat the gummy worms!
The LES Ecology Center was founded in 1987 to offer recycling and composting programs in New York City. The Ecology Center now offers a number of public programs to teach the community about local environmental issues, including free compost collection and education.
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Marie | 07/12/2011 4:29 PM
Those are winning science projects out there.. They look like pretty cool too.