Tote your reusable water bottle on World Water Day
Posted by: Siel on March 9th, 2010
If you’re like me, you tend to cringe when you see disposable plastic bottled water given out at otherwise green do-gooder events like river cleanups or trail restorations. Yes, volunteers should get to quench their thirst — but not with one-use containers that tend to muck up the environment they’re working to clean up!
That’s why I was happy to hear about an explicitly bottled water-free event on World Water Day,** March 22. Celebrations of this eco-minded day are happening around the world, and the poster for the Los Angeles event** clearly specifies: “This is a bottled water free event, please bring your own reusable water container.”
After all, the point of World Water Day is to focus on the importance of clean water and to advocate for sustainable management of freshwater resources, according to United Nations-Water. That means reducing unnecessary plastic trash. The UN – Water website** even shows a beach strewn with unsightly plastic trash, and points out that “synthetic and persistent engineered chemicals (e.g. plastics and pesticides)” are one of the big reasons why worldwide water quality is declining.
This year, the theme for the day is ”Clean Water for a Healthy World” — and while the really big UN event happens in Nairobi, Kenya, lots of educational festivals, walks, and celebrations are happening all over the world. Colorado State University’s** having speakers and dignitaries as well as a fair with a T-shirt raffle -Â the people in Carlsbad, Calif.,** will celebrate with a festival featuring everything from water conservation activities to live frogs and toads, – and Miami Dade College** invites students to “explore the wonders of water” — just to name a few of the goings-on.
Find an event near you** — or organize your own! You’ve still got a little while, and the UN-Water site offers lots of campaign materials and posters** — as well as banners and blog bling for social media activists. I’ll be at the L.A. event — with my reusable water bottle in hand.
Image via worldwaterday2010.info
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Great post! I completely agree. Bottled water is bad for the environment in so many ways. In my opinion, reusable, glass water bottles are the best. Glass can be recycled endlessly with no loss in quality or purity. It is truly a “closed-loop,” sustainable product.
Currently, there are some great glass water bottles on the market including at Be Truly You.
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I love the recyclability of glass, but it does have some downsides when it comes to transport — It’s heavy, and it can break. I’m drinking from a reusable glass right now though — since I’m working at home
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