Earth Day is Every Day at Food & Water Watch!
Happy Earth Day, everybody! Every day is Earth Day for many of us. There are people out there who make a full-time commitment in the name of our good planet, to affect positive change within our communities, our cities, our countries and our world. This year, Food & Water Watch celebrates the activists and volunteers who invest their time, money and resources in an effort to continuously improve our relationship with the life-sustaining natural resources on which we rely.
Our Take Back the Tap campaign against the bottled water industry has recently made tremendous strides, and in the last year alone over 10,000 people have pledged to choose tap water over bottled water. For the first time since the bottled water sham was initially perpetrated on consumers, profits from bottled water sales have declined, demonstrating that people are no longer allowing themselves to be influenced by marketing and advertising when it comes to having a glass of water.
These victories are possible because of the ability to share ideas and information, and our activists are the ones behind the communication. More people are encouraged to question a company’s control over public resources, and our activists are the ones shining the light. Consumers are reinforcing their efforts to fight against the lack of corporate accountability, and our activists are the ones leading them into battle.
Throughout these Earth Day celebrations, we honor all environmental activists for their commitment to improving the planet, and for their diligence in engaging citizens to take action. Thanks for your hard work and dedication. Keep up the good work!
GO VEGAN, FOR CLEANER WATER AND LESS POLLUTION
The decline in water bottle use is excellent news! Where do I sign this pledge?
Isabelle, you can sign the pledge here:
http://action.foodandwaterwatch.org/t/6562/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=25315
Thank you for your support.
–Elissar, Food & Water Watch
Right on!
This is so cool.
Happy Earth Day!
We are building a plastic bottle greenhouse at Penn State!
http://3e-coe.blogspot.com/2010/04/bottle-house-update-one.html
http://3e-coe.blogspot.com/2010/04/our-plastic-bottle-greenhouse-in-works.html
In my ‘New Europe’ neck of the woods, our local spring which has supplied our village for fifty years at least has been taken over by a corporate who now charges and behaves so badly I refuse to subscribe. This water supply actually crosses our land without any easement, but we rely on rainwater, for all except drinking, for which we rely on bottled water. We feel our impact is better served by not paying anything to the corporate, and minimising our consumption in most ways possible. We have a small house, so not much catchment. We don’t feel bad for the few bottles we consume and recycle.
JR
Slovenia
What is your recommendation to provide water at public events such as a Farmers Maret, where we want to be “green”?
[...] Food and Water Watch is celebrating the fact that bottled water sales declined for the first time ever last year– and [...]
It should be illegal for any corporation to own any water supply. Water should be free, except for the cost of providing the service of transport. I gave up plastic bottles last year. I feel good that I am not adding to the trash.
Could you sell steel bottles filled with ice and tap water?
Mirielle, For our public events we have 2 large insulated dispensers, like they put on the back of trucks for construction crews (they’re usually orange). We fill them with tap water and ice cubes made from filtered water. We have paper (composted if they leave them behind) cups but suggest everyone refill their own reusable bottle.
Check out our guide on hosting bottled water-free events: http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/bottled/free-your-event-from-bottled-water/