bottled water
The town of Bundanoon, Australia is now the world’s first bottled-water-free town. Over 350 people attended a public meeting at town hall, where community members voted overwhelmingly to ban bottled water. According to news reports, just one person voted against the ban.
A Bundanoon grassroots campaign called Bundy on Tap,… Read the rest
The documentary film “Tapped” is a glaring indictment of the bottled water industry. Directed by Stephanie Soechtig this expansive look into the commercial acquisition, production and distribution of the Earth’s most precious natural resource, fresh drinking water, is a horrifying tale of abuse and corruption. The story spans the socio-political… Read the rest
The thought of bottled water evokes mental images of landfills overflowing with plastic bottles. For good reason too; it’s calculated that bottled water accounts for 1.5 million tons of waste annually. This fact made even more astounding considering it takes, on average, 450-1000 years for a bottle to biodegrade.
Despite… Read the rest
In the ongoing bottled water vs. tap water war, the bottled water industry just lost another battle, this time in Australia, where the city of Bundanoon voted to ban the sales of bottled water. The New South Wales community may in fact be the first in the world to have… Read the rest
Tears Of A Cloud from Green Thing on Vimeo.
Wend isn’t silent about our aversion to all forms of plastic, particularly disposable plastic water bottles. We think it’s ridiculous to buy bottled water when reusable bottles run abound and can be refilled right from your own tap. Not only will… Read the rest
By Anna Brones
Photo: Stefan Radtke
In 2007, Eric Yaverbaum of Ericho Communications and Mark DiMassimo of DiMassimo Goldstein (DIGO) were screening Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home… Read the rest, a movie showcasing how the family household and its waste has become one of the greatest environmental predators of our time.
