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Ronald McDonald, Teacher? Worksheets Upset Swedish Parents

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by David Koeppel, Posted Dec 31st 2009 @ 4:30PM

Photo: Billie Hara, Flickr

To many, Ronald McDonald is seen as international symbol of fun and good cheer. But lately he's not so popular among a group of Swedish parents who don't want him or the McDonald's corporation in their children's classrooms.

Reports in Swedish newspapers this week are saying that several schools have been using McDonald's (for possibly as long as four years) branded worksheets to teach fifth grade students English. Apparently, the worksheets contain passages that read like thinly veiled "advertising copy" according to one parent. The passage includes a brief history of the first McDonald's established in London.

The text also reportedly advises students to substitute carrots for French fries to eat with their burgers, and encourages them to snack on Big Macs while watching football.
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Swedes Study the Carbon Footprints of Their Meals

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by Alexa Weibel, Posted Oct 23rd 2009 @ 1:30PM

Farmers' market carrots

Photo: clayirving, Flickr.

As if counting calories wasn't enough for one's plate, considerate Swedish eaters are now encouraged to monitor the carbon dioxide emissions created by their food consumption.

Taking steps to suppress global warming, new food labels on restaurant menus and grocery products in Sweden indicate the carbon dioxide emissions involved in the food's creation, from fast-food burgers to fresh produce, the New York Times reports. Similar to the nutritional information listed on packaging, the carbon footprint of a product is listed as follows: "Climate declared: ___ kg CO2 per kg of product."

A 2005 national study in Sweden -- leaders in the quest to reduce one's carbon footprint -- determined that 25 percent of the country's carbon emissions was traced to food production and eating, according to the Times. Experts believe that strictly abiding by these new guidelines could reduce their culinary carbon footprint by as much as 25 to 50 percent.
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Ikea's New Kitchen Gadgets - Feast Your Eyes

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by Alex Van Buren, Posted Apr 15th 2009 @ 10:00AM

servingware
We've already acknowledged our obsession with IKEA glassware. Now over at The Kitchn (the design arm of Apartment Therapy) they are waxing poetic about the design of Ikea's new spring kitchen accessories from the stylie triple-threat servingware above (TROLSK) to some "cake doilies" called -- no joke -- DRÖMMAR. Um, are we the only ones who think that maybe sometimes the Swedes just make this stuff up to trick us? Like, they just started putting Elven lingo in these catalogs years ago and are waiting to see if we'll catch on?

Anyways. Check out the 15 items The Kitchn has their collective, design-nerdy eye on. They're as curious as we are to see which ones stand up in the kitchen (report back if you've tried one!), and none of the featured items will cause you to shell out more than a ten-spot.

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On the rocks indeed

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by Lissa Townsend Rodgers, Posted Sep 30th 2008 @ 2:05PM

granite ice cubesWell, it seemed like we may as well get the obvious punchline over with right at the beginning. Mocha, a UK company with a eccentric home gadget line--specializing in items like Swarovski crystal egg crackers and mugs with built-in cookie holders--now offers these tres barbarique drink coolers. The Nordic Rock stone ice cubes are genuine chunks of "pollution-free base rock" mined in Sweden--who else would invent this but some kind of Viking?

Just pop the Nordic Rocks (in their charming leather pouch) into your freezer (or igloo) for an hour, then drop two or three into your cocktail. On the practical end, they help conserve water and prevent your precious booze from being diluted. Impractically, you get to walk around drinking from a glass full of rocks--whether you use the opportunity to play practical jokes or share your best Hagar the Horrible/Kirk Douglas in The Vikings impersonation is up to you.

Filed under: Drink Recipes

Teacher in Sweden ecourages kids to try cat food

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by Shayna Glick, Posted Mar 4th 2008 @ 12:01PM

A cat in front of a bowl of foodAs part of a project about cats, a teacher in Alingsås, Sweden gave her students cat food to try. According a Swedish new site (in English), this was not the first time this teacher had fed cat food to her charges. This time, though, one of the parents complained and the teacher was reprimanded.

I absolutely cannot imagine this happening in the U.S. Of course, I can't really imagine it in Sweden either. I personally don't think it's wrong to try pet food (as long as it wasn't made in China). I can see, though, where other people might.

I wonder what other experiments this teacher has tried out on the kids?

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