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Inside the Bottle, Revised and Updated Edition NOW AVAILABLE to order
Posted: July 26, 2007 The Revised and Updated Edition of Inside the Bottle: Exposing the Bottled Water Industry is now available.Click
Student Action: Campus exclusivity. Dasani or Aquafina. Coca-Cola or Pepsi. What choices do you really have?
Posted: June 6, 2007Read More
Student Action: Bottled water: the industry, the marketing, the ruse
Posted: May 31, 2007 OSSTF Education Forum. By Andrea Harden and Karl Flecker - Everyone knows that water and air are equally precious to life on earth. Despite...Read More
Legislative Action: Open letter on proposed Ontario water conservation charge
Posted: May 30, 2007 Dear friends of water, On April 3, the Ontario Liberal government announced a new charge on companies taking water from the Great Lakes Basin. The...Read More
Legislative Action: Open letter on proposed Safeguarding and Sustaining Ontario's Water Act
Posted: May 30, 2007 Dear friends of water, Please consider the following, and share your own comments with officials before the May 3rd deadline. Last week, the...Read More
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Campaign tools available for order Click hereto find out how to order campaign stickers and pamplets.
Community Organizing Package This package outlines some useful ideas and tools for building a campaign challenging the bottled water industry in Canada. Click here
Letter to Canadian Mayors Click here to download a copy of the letter Polaris Institute sent to 28 Canadian Mayors encouraging them to reconsider municipal expenditures on bottled water
San Francisco Executive Directive Use this example in a campaign to encourage your local government to ban bottled water. Click here for a copy
Student awareness to action kit PART 1
A tool kit to challenge the bottled water industry and beverage exclusivtity contracts at school and on campus
Find part 1 of the kit here
A tool kit to challenge the bottled water industry and beverage exclusivtity contracts at school and on campus
Find part 1 of the kit here
Utility Calculator for Vending Machines Calculate the energy consumption of your institution's vending machines
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Find calculators here