Powerd by Hurley H20, Splash! How Good Water Works, a provocative, one-of-a-kind exhibition exploring our daily water footprint was shown at The Ecology Center from August 2010-September 2011. In that time, nearly 7,500 visitors explored the exhibition, pledging over 400,000 gallons in daily water savings.
Defeating Juggy
An installation to represent our daily water footprint, welcomed guests to The Ecology Center. Designed to overwhelm just about anybody, a 13’ tall plastic monster (Juggy) represented the average southern Californian’s daily water footprint. That’s 365, 5-gallon bottles or 1,800 gallons/day! Thanks to all of our visitors pledged savings and the City of San Juan Capistrano, Juggy has been defeated!
Juggy and Splash! How Good Water Works recieved Gold at the 2011 IDSA Awards in Environment. A special thanks to Muriel Degerine and Manuel Toscano from ZAGO, Andrew Seiger and Gerard Basil for making Juggy and Splash! a reality at The Ecology Center.
For a recap on the exhibition please visit the exhibition homepage, video recap, or below for 10-simple ways to defeat your daily water wasting beast.
Our Juggernaut: The average Southern Californian's water footprint exceeds 1,800 gallons per day.
While the world's poorest survive on less than five gallons a day, we continue to feed the Juggernaut monster. Since a 950-gallon daily footprint is considered a sustainable global standard, we still have some work to do. Visit The Ecology Center for 10 simple ways to do your part in defeating the Juggernaut.
1. Grow your own food or buy organic from your local farmer's market when in season. GALLONS SAVED: 150 gallons/day
2. Purchase - and use - a reusable water bottle. To-go ware too! GALLONS SAVED: 6 gallons/day
3. Turn off unnecessary lighting and replace incandescent bulbs with CFLs or LEDs. GALLONS SAVED: 5 gallons/day
4. Thirsty toilet; Fill a used bottle with sand, screw the cap back on and place it in the tank to displace some of the water. GALLONS SAVED: 2 gallons/day
5. Install a drip irrigation system, plant natives and apply mulch. GALLONS SAVED: 150 gallons/day
6. Laundry; Only wash full loads and consider retrofitting your clothes washer to irrigate your lawn. GALLONS SAVED: 40 gallons/wash
7. Turn the faucet off while brushing. GALLONS SAVED: 8 gallons/day
8. Products/technology; Take care of the things you have so they last longer. GALLONS SAVED: 100’s of gallons/day
9. Swap a meat-based meal (or two) for a veggie-based meal each week. GALLONS SAVED: 2,000 gallons/week
10. Wash your car at a commercial car wash. GALLONS SAVED: 50 gallons/wash
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