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World Water Day Gala Pictures

dave — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:15:28 +0000

Our World Water Day Gala was a great success, click on the pictures below to see some of the amazing projects submitted to our Message in a Bottle program by high school students across our county

The Story of Bottled Water

dave — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:59:55 +0000

The Story of Bottled Water, releasing March 22, 2010, employs the Story of Stuff style to tell the fast-paced, fact-filled story of manufactured demand—how you get Americans to buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows from the tap. Over five minutes, the film explores the bottled water industry’s attacks on tap water and its use of seductive, environmental-themed advertising to cover up the mountains of plastic waste it produces. The film concludes with a call to take back the tap, not only by making a personal commitment to avoid bottled water, but… Read the rest

Bottled Water Free Day – March 11

dave — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:38:57 +0000

Dear Friends of Bottled Water Free Day,

Bottled Water Free Day Bulletin:

With only 4 days to go until Canada’s first Bottled Water Free Day on March 11^th, there is momentum across the country. Every day more and more individuals, schools, municipalities, environmental organizations and unions are signing the pledge!

“The Story of Bottled Water” – Watch the Trailer Here!

Only a few weeks after Bottled Water Free Day make sure to keep your community on the wave of action for World Water Day (March 22^nd)! On March 22, 2010 the Polaris Institute is proud to release the… Read the rest