National Day of Action on Bottled Water

On November 17, 2008, the Bottled Water National Day of Action came to a close. During the week of November 10 to 14th students volunteered to promote awareness about bottled water and the issues that revolve around it, including the water industry itself, water privatization and the growing lack of access to free public tap water systems on university campuses around Canada. Volunteers gave out brochures during this week, as well as asking students to sign saying that they would not purchase water bottles anymore
On the day of action, the 17th, students created a chain of consumption that displayed empty plastic water bottles. The display had 70 bottled waters attached to it, outlining the amount of water bottles consumed by one person in North America each year. The chain of consumption was then walked through the halls with volunteers passing out brochures about the environmental, economic and health impacts of bottled water. This was a great way to get the word out about the water bottled industry since it was very noticeable and many students stopped to read the posters and brochures that were being passed out. Hopefully students at Brock will think before they buy a water bottle now!

For more information regarding the water bottled industry and the environmental and health issues please check out these websites located below:
www.insidethebottle.org
www.polarisinstitute.org