Amber Willard
LA CRESCENTA -- Two girls are being rewarded for their artistic
energy.
The girls, an eighth-grader at Rosemont Junior Middle School and a
third-grader from Elite Art Day School, had their designs chosen from
1,300 entries to be in California's Energy 2001 Calendar.
The calendar, with a different energy-saving design for each month,
has been produced for several years by the state's Energy Commission.
"Who better to inspire us than children? It's interesting to see how
they see energy playing a role in our lives in the future," commission
spokeswoman Mary Anne Costamagne said.
Eighth-grader Soo-Yeon Kwon's poster shows her vision -- a future with
renewable energy sources that work in sync to preserve natural resources.
"For our own health and for our future generations, we must keep the
earth clean," Soo-Yeon said in her description of her brightly colored
watercolor work titled "The Earth Pocket." The painting shows how
electricity can be drawn from the sun, wind and hydroelectric projects.
Third-grader Ginah Kim's drawing presents a beaming sun plugged into
buses also being powered by the wind.
"I want all the people in California to try to save the earth, and
save energy," Ginah said in her description of "Sun and Wind Power Car."
California uses less per capita energy than any other state,
commission spokeswoman Susanne Garfield said.
The energy commission is responsible for researching renewable energy
resources and developing the state's energy policy.
For more information about the calendar, check out
www.energy.ca.gov/education/artcontest .
