Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Pet Peeve #1 - Bottled water is bull-s**t !

I have been saying this for years, but nobody seems to believe me. Spending your hard earned dollars on bottled water is a huge waste. Bottled water is more expensive that gasoline! And for what?... because it tastes good?... because it is better for you?... because it is safer?

I think after watching this video, you might just change your mind. Tell me what you think?

2 comments:

Sarah Ivy said...

Thanks for posting this! Bottled water has been more then a pet peeve of mine. It's expensive and wasteful, and undermines municipal infrastructure.

Recently, bottled water has become a huge topic in Guelph. Nestle applied for a renewal of their water extraction permit from the same aquafer that the city takes its water for municipal use. Guelph is a quickly growing city, and water is limiting resource. In fact, Guelph is facing a MAJOR water shortage in the future, and may have to build an expensive pipeline to Lake Erie.

Anyhow, before I ramble too long, check out these resources:

http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/index.html

http://www.canadians.org/media/water/index.html

IanToronto said...

Excellent!

Glad you could use it, and quite possibly this video might have some positive effect. We'll see...

I think it would be really cool to, go into schools, play the video, and have the kids do the taste test on each other. It would be fun and cost nothing to demonstrate to the kids.

Just an idea I had floating through my head.