A friend sent this to me for those
who
want
to
exercise
their
fingers
to
combat
global
warming
in
a
creative
way. Read this and pass this along:

Knitty
City
will
host
a
workshop
on
March
8th
to
teach
the
skills
needed
to
create
your
own
woolly
reef.
Saturday,
March
8,
from
12-4.

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
warming¹s
equivalent
of
the
AIDS
Quilt
project
and
which
was
inspired
by
the
Great
Barrier
Reef
of
the
twins¹
homeland.

Now,
New
Yorkers
have
been
invited
to
create
a
New
York
crochet
coral
reef
of
our
very
own,
to
be
displayed
at
the
Winter
Garden
of
the
World
Financial
Center.
We
need
all
the
help
that
we
can
get
put
this
wonderful
project
into
action.
In
order
to
do
so,
we
need
to
recruit
as
many
crochet
enthusiasts,
environmentalists,
family
and
friends
to
participate
in
this
community
effort.

The
workshop
is
free
and
open
to
the
public
on
a
first-come,
first-served
basis.
For
further
information,
call
212.998.2100
or
visit
www.nyu.edu/fas/institute/nyih.