Don’t Waste Water Utility Box - Cupertino, California
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DougK
N 37° 19.152 W 122° 01.952
10S E 585721 N 4130722
This box is one of four from a 2015 contest for youth age 4 to 18 stressing sustainability, and conservation of energy and water. It is located on the SW corner of Rodriguez Avenue and South De Anza Boulevard.
Waymark Code: WMQAJ3
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/23/2016
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Energized by Art is a pilot project that was the brainchild of Cupertino-based
Hongyun Art School.
Several painted utility boxes were the result of a contest held by the city’s fine arts commission and the art school. Tommy Suriwong, who co-owns the school with his wife, Hongyun, said the school had been working with the city to assist with the annual Earth Day festival, so using art to help further a worthy cause seemed natural.
This art box stresses the message of don’t waste water. Drops of water coming from a faucet have water facts:
- a leaky faucet wastes 100 gallons oaf water each day
- less than 2% of Earth’s water supply is fresh water, and less than 1% is drinkable
- 3rd world women spend 100 million hours per day collecting water
- about 1/5 of the water in the U.S> is wasted
- 1/6 of people have no access to clean water
- it take 4 gallons of water to make 1 gallon of milk
- coffee takes 55 gallons of water to make
Handprints of the painters are placed on the top side, along with cute little icons of hearts, doves, stars and cats.