The Story of Water Bottles

Annie Leonard first came out with "The Story of Stuff", a great video and short story about what happens with all our stuff when we're done with it. If you haven't watched it, you need to. It's a MUST if you have any environmental inkling at all! "The Story of Stuff" was so successful that there are now a series of videos about different areas of our world that somehow just don't seem quite right.

"The Story of Bottled Water" is great video that really cuts straight to the issue.

I was recently speaking with my sister Gen and we could not stop wondering when bottled water became such a necessity! In our hometown we have perfect well water, yet every car that drives by, every student walking into school or mom walking through town has a plastic water bottle in tow.

Also, when did water fountains disappear? Gen and I sat down and named three areas where we specifically remember there being water fountains when we were kids (keep in mind Gen is 17 and I'm 22, so us being "kids" is really only about 8-12 years ago!). The playground, outside the town hall and at the tennis courts were three areas we distinctly remembered. What did we find? Upon investigation, we discovered they no longer exist!

Are water fountains like pay phones, a thing of the past?

Check out Annie Leonard's video about bottled water. Great education tool or just something to think about!


The Story of Water Bottles


Also, there are loads of campaigns going on around the country and world about bottled water. Check some out! Are there any in your area?

Here are a few:

Take Back the Tap
One Less (UVM campus)
FilterForGood
Daphoni
Aquafib