Tag: Bottled Water - Page 4
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How Much Hydration Do You Really Need?
A few months ago my wife and daughter were visiting the Art Gallery of Ontario and checking their bags. A woman ahead was
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Crowd-Sourcing Solutions to Plastic-Filled Oceans
Sylvia Earle won the 2009 TED prize for her presentation on oceans, and this year got her Mission Blue project up and rolling to create marine preserves. Earle's wish was that we all use all the means at our disposal to tell the story of oceans in
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Annie Leonard Tells The Story of Stuff
Since Annie Leonard created The Story of Stuff, the short web film has been watched some ten million times. But the twenty-minute film was twenty years in the making. So Leonard decided to write a book, telling the tale of her explorations through the
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Annie Leonard Releases New Video on Story of Bottled Water for World Water Day
Today is World Water Day - a day to celebrate and become ever more savvy about this incredibly finite resource that we all have to have access to in order to survive. Annie Leonard and crew are also on their game today,
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Might Bags-In-A-Bottle Be the Future of Packaging?
Some weeks ago we were sent a media release describing what was considered a "first-of-its-kind bottle." The Ecologic Brands hybrid milk bottle is biodegradable, compostable and recyclable. We say hybrid because it is really two
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Could this be the Perfect Water Bobble?
It certainly hits all the right marks: 100% recycled and recyclable, BPA and phthalate-free, made in the US, good-looking, and affordable. Self-filtering water bottles are becoming more popular (see our head-to-head comparison of several) and are a
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Fairmont Hotel in Vancouver Sells Water Bottles, Promotes Tap Water
It is bright, sunny and beautiful in Vancouver, the sun is reflecting off all that snow and the air is cool and dry. People can get dehydrated in those conditions and often reach for a bottle of water. But at the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel, people have
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Amazon River Water Being Stolen and Bottled Abroad
A recently published report is exposing some shocking exploitation of the Amazon's natural resources--and this times it's
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From the Forums: Is Sigg the Better Bottle?
tammyhennig could use some advice: I would like to find a better bottle for me to carry while I do the workout...Sigg bottles seem to be a very good product for me...I was concerned about the aluminum part but according
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Green Eyes On: Best New Beverages of 2010
Guest blogger Sara Snow is green lifestyle expert and board member for Discovery's 24/7 future-forward network Planet Green.
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GlobalTap Hits San Francisco With Free Water Bottle Refill Program
Getting free refills for your reusable water container can be tougher than it sounds. While it'd be nice to walk into a cafe or restaurant and ask to fill 'er up, social decorum says you should buy something to sweeten up your
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PetalDrops: Rainwater Collector for On the Go
We may not be big fans of plastic water bottles, but the new Petal Drops rainwater-collecting flower that sits on top of any reusable bottle is a cool idea. Design website Quirky lets users choose which items are created, but only
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More Than You Paid For: BPA Found in Cash Register Receipts
We've devoted plenty of time and space to exposing BPA in our water bottles, and to documenting the phase-out of BPA, (or Bisphenol A) but did you know that you come in contact with BPA every day (well, more than
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COP15 Is Here, Ford Re-Training for Electric Cars & Finland Ho!
A weekly wrap up of green and socially minded business news from the gang at TriplePundit.com.
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London Restoring Water Fountains, Giving Citizens Free Drinking Water
When did water fountains become more of a novelty than an expectation in urban areas? And when did their restoration become news? It seems to say something about the state of free clean drinking water in
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Better Ways to Celebrate America Recycles Day: Practicing the 7 Rs (Slideshow)
Yesterday was America Recycles Day, which isn't a bad thing as an idea -- certainly, more recycling is better than less -- but do we really need a day for it?
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Green Holiday Gift Guide: The Health and Wellness Guru (Slideshow)
We'd all like to be a little healthier--especially around the holidays, when food, drink, and merriment leave us a little less svelte. Help the health nut on your list get out of the fitness rut with natural rubber exercise gear; stay hydrated with
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Green Gift Guide: The Health and Wellness Guru
You don't have to be a health nut to appreciate the benefits of gifts free of toxins, synthetic chemicals, BPA, and phthalates--think paraben-free lip gloss or filter-your-own water bottles. We even have solutions for that one person who always answers yo
