You know the saying, "One man's trash is another man's treasure." We're happy to report that the trash-to-treasure phenomenon can now be applied to Smithsonian traveling exhibitions!
The Centro de Ciencias y Artes A.C, Planetario Alfa in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, is preparing a Spanish presentation of SITES’ digital exhibition, Green Revolution, to open on March 15, 2013. Planetario staff members, school groups and general visitors recently created an 8 x 79 foot mural on the exterior of their building, made entirely of 60,000 bottle caps. One complimentary entrance pass was given for every 50 bottle caps donated (or one pass for every 10 hard-to-find black ones).
The United Nations designated 2013 as the
International Year of Water Cooperation, and the mural design reflects
that theme. The boat in the mural symbolizes the union of countries
working together for the care of water, the whale symbolizes
species in danger of extinction, the octopus symbolizes children and
their fantasies and the sun symbolizes hope. The mural will be on
display for at least one year and the Planetario plans to create another
mural in the Waste Not! section of
Green Revolution. Other Mexican institutions are now copying this project using their own designs. Images courtesy Angelica Flores.
Congratulations...great idea for recycling.
Posted by: lilia garza | April 16, 2013 at 10:13 PM
Amazing!!! What an incredible idea, and love the community involvement it required!
Posted by: Marcie Sprankle | January 07, 2013 at 10:00 AM