{"id":13497,"date":"2013-04-10T14:24:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T18:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=13497"},"modified":"2013-04-10T14:24:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T18:24:00","slug":"call-worlds-fair-anniversary-celebration-sharing-umbrellas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2013\/04\/10\/call-worlds-fair-anniversary-celebration-sharing-umbrellas\/","title":{"rendered":"[CALL] World’s Fair Anniversary Celebration, Sharing Umbrellas"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Hello, I am Alexandra Purdy, and am working with a group of people in NYC to organize the\u00a0World’s Fair Anniversary Celebrations<\/i>\u00a0taking place in 2014 & 2015 in Flushing Meadows Park.<\/div>\n
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This event will showcase innovations in transportation, agriculture, education, energy technology, human power, urban planning, engineering, ect from around the world, like past World Fairs, but in a grassroot and non-<\/span>corporate fashion.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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We are also looking to make this a truly\u00a0<\/span>world\u00a0<\/b>event, and are hoping to have satellite world fair campuses around the country and world that host their own innovative and inspirational forums during the same time as the New York\u00a0<\/span>exhibition<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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We are contacting Tisch ITP due to your likeminded passion for technology and innovation. If you think the university or its students would be interested in being allies with the\u00a0<\/span>World’s Fair Anniversary Celebrations<\/i>\u00a0please have them call me at\u00a0203-921-8022<\/a>\u00a0or email me at\u00a0alexandra.purdy@gmail.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Our websites and informative bullet points are below for additional information!<\/div>\n
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Looking Forward!<\/div>\n
Alexandra<\/div>\n
Sharingumbrellas.org<\/div>\n
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\u00a0SharingUmbrellas.org & LocalExpression.com<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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    We are celebrating the 75th<\/sup>\u00a0and 50th<\/sup>\u00a0Anniversaries of the 1939 and 1964 World’s Fairs. We are hoping to make this celebration occurring in NYC as well as a myriad of locations at the same time.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Starting this summer and going until late 2015, the\u00a0<\/span>campaign will<\/span>\u00a0encourage individuals and small groups to work on designing and building the next generations of human-scale urban transport vehicles and neighborhood originated and operated, Transportation\/Information\/<\/span>Communications Stations.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Current wheelchairs and bikes do not provide weather protection, places for passengers or gear, the whole array of creature comforts and other features that would permit them to be used by everyone and ultimately replace most toxic and hazardous, multi-ton, industrial-scale, urban-unfriendly vehicles.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Unique all-purpose shelters can be made by local artists and craftspeople, to provide protection against bad weather at bus stops and elsewhere, to give neighborhoods natural gathering spots and bulletin boards, ways to encourage help availability, organize healthy exercise, enable resource-sharing, rides etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Local businesses, environmental, arts and education organizations etc. will be contacted and asked to offer support to local groups working on these projects, to give them seed money, in any amounts, or in-kind contributions of materials and services, to publicize and help transport their final products to NYC.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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