Hopscotch Victory

I am super jacked about the visual maps of the Beehive Design Collective http://www.beehivecollective.org/

So: a hopscotch game to celebrate the recent resistance of Colombia, Ecuador and India to Chiquita, Occidental Petroleum and Coke & Pepsi respectively.

The jumper shouts the word in the box they jump to. The surrounding players callback the actions of the group shout-mentioned by the jumper. I found out about Colombia's suit against Chiquita for hiring right-wing militants responsible for 137 deaths, in this article:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0411/p01s03-woam.html

Ecuador's terminating its contract with Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) because of complaints of pollution and secretive business practices:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/17/business/worldbusiness/17oil.html?_r=1&...

India's ban of Coke and Pepsi for reported exceptional levels of pesticides in their beverages:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/15/business/worldbusiness/15soda.html?scp=7&am...


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