The ‘Story of Stuff’ folks just released a new animated video on ‘The Story of Bottled Water’. This is a fun eight minute video on the development of the bottled water industry through ‘manufactured demand’ and the many negative effects buying bottled water has on the environment and your wallet. The video emphasizes the question, if clean water is a basic human right, why do you have to buy it at 2000 times the price of tap water? Instead, the video urges watchers to stop buying bottled water and instead invest in a reusable water bottle to tote around. You can also lobby public officials to clean up water sources, invest in public water infrastructure, and bring back drinking fountains.
Bottom line: Besides being entertaining, I like this video because it not only lays out the problem logically, it also offers a viable solution that you, as a consumer and citizen, can bring about.
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Bottled Water? No thanks!
The Story of Bottled Water is one worth hearing
The ‘Story of Stuff’ folks just released a new animated video on ‘The Story of Bottled Water’. This is a fun eight minute video on the development of the bottled water industry through ‘manufactured demand’ and the many negative effects buying bottled water has on the environment and your wallet. The video emphasizes the question, if clean water is a basic human right, why do you have to buy it at 2000 times the price of tap water? Instead, the video urges watchers to stop buying bottled water and instead invest in a reusable water bottle to tote around. You can also lobby public officials to clean up water sources, invest in public water infrastructure, and bring back drinking fountains.
Bottom line: Besides being entertaining, I like this video because it not only lays out the problem logically, it also offers a viable solution that you, as a consumer and citizen, can bring about.