I successfully gathered 1,000 cranes through the hard work and folding of papers by many awesome people. In August, I sent a big box of the cranes off to the Hiroshima Peace Park where they will be displayed amongst many other cranes of peace. I am so proud and happy that this was accomplished and [...]
Filed under: you can do it! on September 9th, 2009 | Comments
Tuesdays night’s gathering was a great success, we had a turn out of 14 people and made over 150 cranes in a few hours. Some of the folks had folded cranes or origami before and some people had never atempted. By the end of the night, everyone was helping each other and were having a [...]
Filed under: take a listen, you can do it! on April 11th, 2009 | Comments
We are having a gathering at Backspace at 7pm on April 7th to learn to make origami paper cranes for the Make Cranes, Not War peace project.
Hope to see you there!
Filed under: you can do it! on March 31st, 2009 | Comments
Making Origami Cranes can be a bit tricky so here some recommend online directions, it’s especially helpful to watch a video. If you know someone who can make them, ask them to show you!
videos:
http://blogorigami.com/how-to-make-origami-cranes-video
http://origami.org.uk/origamicrane
directions:
http://monkey.org/~aidan/origami/crane/
http://www.savingcranes.org/origamicranes.html
Filed under: you can do it! on March 27th, 2009 | Comments
A friend posted this link today: http://worldofgood.ebay.com/….an interesting concept. Providing eco-friendly and recycled products in a woodsy template is pretty innovative for such a large company. I didn’t see any auctions, but I don’t think that’s the point, it’s more about the power of “where” you spend your money and how “powerful” that is.
Filed under: you can do it! on March 5th, 2009 | Comments
Happy New Year!
I was in a Barnes and Noble bookstore recently and noticed this book on the shelf - “Every Monday Matters” and started reading it. It has some inspirational ideas for creating change and making the world a better place. Beginning with each Monday, there’s a cause or an awareness they address and suggestions [...]
Filed under: you can do it! on January 5th, 2009 | Comments
If you are in the Portland area and have an urge to volunteer, but can’t commit to something long -term, check out Hands On Portland
You can sign up and check out their online calendar for different project such as helping with food, working at a cat shelter, or making gifts with kids…it’s an amazing amount [...]
Filed under: you can do it! on December 11th, 2008 | Comments
Every November, many folks participate in NanoWrimo (National Novel Writing Month). Basically it’s a great program to help you get back on the writing wagon, the goal is to write, on average, 1600 words a day to meet your goal of for a 50,000 word novel. For the official how-to, go here.
Overall, if you sign [...]
Filed under: you can do it! on December 6th, 2008 | Comments