Another Earth Friendly Idea…
I recently came across a site with a great idea…
Break the Bottled Water Habit, Win a Prize and Cut Your Carbon
When you want pure, healthy drinking water, you should reach for bottled water, right? Surprisingly, on neither a personal nor a global level are you making a healthy choice.
For each gallon of water bottled, two gallons are wasted; producing the plastic wastes the energy equivalent of a quarter-bottle’s worth of oil. And what’s in the bottle could just be tap water.
This October we’re asking you to think about where the water in that bottle came from, and where the plastic is going…take the Carbon Conscious Consumer pledge and drink to a healthy ecosystem.
Each month from July to December, Carbon Conscious Consumer (c3.newdream.org) will highlight a new, simple way each individual can make an impact, plus show the difference each person makes both individually and along with the people they’ve influenced; prizes go to participants who influence the most new pledges.
During October, make a conscious choice to slake your thirst without drying up our planet’s resources. In addition to benefiting the environment, participants will have a chance to win a free condo for a week at a ski resort in Idaho. Visit the website now to get started.
We have recently done this in our home – I picked up a “Laptop Lunchbox” for each of the girls and A has a Kleen Kantene that she takes to school each day with her water in it. I switched to a SIGG water bottle that I get compliments on almost daily. M & E each carry a Nalgene bottle with them everywhere… we refill them numerous times each day, and we aren’t adding to the plastic waste from water bottles OR ziplock baggies in their lunch boxes!
What will you do to help clean up the enviromnent?
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thank you for writing about this important issue. I also wanted to draw you attention to Corporate Accountability International’s Think Outside the Bottle pledge. As you know this is a critical time to get the word out about the environmental dangers caused by bottled water and by signing the pledge at http://www.stopcorporateabusenow.org/campaign/think_outside_the_bottle_pledge?source=blogpl and promising not drink bottled water, you can help make a difference.
I would like to see a continuation of the topic
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