Tag: Bottled Water - Page 3
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Australian School Ditches Bottled Water, While Another Becomes First Carbon Neutral School
While no longer breaking news, the endeavours of students and staff at two different Australian schools still merits attention. One school went bottled water free, whilst
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Super Cheap Nanotech "Tea Bag" Cleans Water Instantly (Video)
Could a simple "tea bag" of carbon and antimacrobial fibers that costs just pennies be the solution for quickly filtered drinking water on the go? Scientists from Stellenbosch University in South Africa hope they've found the solution to drinking water
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A New Guzzler Made of Glass and Grass by Bamboo Bottle Company
Is this what people have been clamoring for? A refillable glass bottle, protected by a sheath of fast growing, renewable bamboo.
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Filtered Water In 2 Minutes with New UV Light Bottle Invention
Most portable water filters use carbon filters, special membranes with microscopic openings, or chemicals like chlorine or iodine to clean the water and make it save for drinking. However, one of the best systems for
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Ditch Bottled Water, Dispose of Meds Properly, and Follow Annabelle Gurwitch on an Energy-Saving Mission
Anyone who watches WA$TED knows that I am continually beating the drum to encourage breaking free of the bottled water habit, which can save hundreds to thousands of dollars per year for a big family, not to mention the environmental
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Katie Alcott of Frank Water on Being an Insider Rebel Within The Bottled Water Industry (Interview)
Here's a frequent question asked by people wanting to create positive sustainable changes in the world: Is it more effective to work as a change agent from inside the current system or is it better to
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The Story of Annie Leonard: Her Take on Stuff, Bottled Water, Cosmetics and More
Annie Leonard's The Story of Stuff project - a series of succinct animated videos explaining the systemic problems with some everyday items - has been a phenomenal success, reaching millions of viewers, sparking
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Dita Von Teese Showers in Perrier, Promotes Bottled Water
Using celebrities to sell unsustainable products like bottled water is nothing new. From Ellen Degeneres to Jennifer Aniston, celebrities hype the bad habit. The latest, though, is sure to spark a little more attention.
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NYC's Water-on-the-Go Program Celebrates Summer With Independence from Bottled Water
Just in time for days of temperatures in the upper 90s and triple digits, the City of New York has launched a program increasing the number of portable water fountains. The water fountains are being placed in several selected public
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U.S. Cities Cutting Bottled Water Use As Budgets Dry Up
You might say they're tapped out, so they're tapping in. More U.S. cities are phasing out bottled water from their budgets, according to a national survey released by the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Those surveyed say they're
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Sorry, Ritz-Carlton, Plant Based Bottles For Water Are Not Green
PSFK, who should know better, titles its post "Ritz-Carlton Goes Green With Plant-Based Bottles" and points to a USA Today article which touts them as green bottles and says "Concerned about the waste,
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NASA Says Moon May Have More Water than the Great Lakes
The North American Great Lakes have some competition. digg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/06/nasa-says-moon-may-have-more-water-than-great-lakes.php'; The moon. Yes, that old thing in the sky may hold more than all
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The Plastiki's Quest, and Questioning Plastic
Ever since the Industrial Revolution in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries it seems the barometers of success and modernity within society have been measured by our interaction, or rather lack of interaction, with the
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'Revolting' Levels of Bacteria Found in Canadian Bottled Water
If the trace pharmaceuticals and the spectre of a near-indestructible gyre of swirling plastic the size of Texas weren't enough to scare you off bottled water, then try this: Canadian researchers have discovered that
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The New Yorker on Bisphenol A: How Bad is It?
The New Yorker has published a quite thorough piece on the issue of Bisphenol A, the agent that the article's author, Jerome Groopman, says "may be among the world's most vilified chemicals." Bisphenol A (BPA), which is a nearly ubiquitous chemical used
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If You Want Social Networking for Tap Water Drinkers, JoinThePipe
Let me first say "Happy Mother's Day" to all the mothers out there. Then let me share something that seems fitting for this Mother's Day: a cause my daughter turned me onto, a cause which every mother can support. Yes, it is clean
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Marks & Spencer Delivers Wine in Plastic Bottles, but Is It Greener?
Alcoholic beverage distributors have long wanted to sell small bottles of
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Cash-Strapped UCs Paid $2 Million for Brand Name Bottled Water
The fact that the University of California system is facing severe budget shortfalls is news to exactly no one--the increased tuition rates and widespread faculty layoffs have sparked controversy and student protest. But what may
