A college student in Uruguay finds a way to salvage food that would otherwise be thrown away. With the help of friends, he manages to not only provide healthier food options for vulnerable communities, but also fight climate change.
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By Duolingo on Thu 09 Jun 2022
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Episode 110: Costumbres - Casitas in the Bronx
By Duolingo on Thu 21 Apr 2022Leonor Torres finds a sense of community and a way to preserve customs from Puerto Rico at El Flamboyan garden and its casita in the Bronx, but it almost get destroyed.
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Episode 109: Costumbres - Chapitas in Venezuela
By Duolingo on Thu 14 Apr 2022Growing up in Venezuela, Gyorgy Aponte played a makeshift version of baseball, “chapitas,” using bottle caps and a broom. With his family and baseball buddies dispersed around the world, he decides to pass on the custom to his son in Canada.
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Episode 108: Costumbres - La once in Chile
By Duolingo on Thu 07 Apr 2022Journalist Kalú Downey and her friend worried that Chilean teatime known as “la once” was fading, so they launched a social media project to celebrate it, only to discover deeper meanings behind the custom.
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Episode 107: Costumbres - Quinceañeras in the U.S.
By Duolingo on Thu 31 Mar 2022As the daughter of recent immigrants from Ecuador, Francis Gortaire didn’t get to have a traditional quinceañera when she turned 15. But, for her 30th birthday, she decided to host the quinceañera she never had and shared an important announcement with her community.