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While we're gearing up for coverage of the Compostmodern conference that starts in SF tomorrow, yet another reminder of why we're so excited to be hearing from Project H founder Emily Pilloton shows up in our inbox. This time it's the Learning Landscape Math Playground, a simple installation of worn-out tires that serves double duty as a school playground and a tool for teaching arithmetic.

The first such playground was designed and installed at Kutamba AIDS Orphas School in southern Uganda, with support from Project H's New York chapter. And while we think it's a pretty cool idea, and decent use of old tires, we're especially keen on its scalability and locally appropriate bill of materials. Since everything is locally sourced and installation relatively straightforward, this playground has the potential to be easily replicated anywhere you can find a patch of land and some tires -- which essentially means anywhere on the planet.

For more information about the Learning Landscape project, and some of the other thoughtful, useful things Project H has been up to, check out their website or some of Core's previous postings of their work. For live coverage of Compostmodern, including talks by Pilloton and Core's own Allan Chochinov, keep an eye right here.