tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439217614964375870.post3970995635137994667..comments2023-10-28T08:11:31.703-04:00Comments on KatDoc's World: Honestly, I didn't know any better.Kathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13186814675058675885noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439217614964375870.post-61437556639394396962008-06-24T22:06:00.000-04:002008-06-24T22:06:00.000-04:00LOG:Thanks so much for the input, and no apologies...LOG:<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for the input, and no apologies needed. You bring up some terrific points that I had never considered, or even knew about, in regards to bottled water. Hence, the title of my post. I really didn't know any better. Here I was, trying to be all healthy, and I am not only leaving a huge carbon footprint, I am also taking water from the mouths of babies and contributing to corporate greed. Geez, I suddenly feel worse instead of better.<BR/><BR/>I'll finish off the bottled water I have purchased, and reuse the bottles a few more times, but then I'm cutting the bottle habit and going green(er).<BR/><BR/>Keep on fighting the good fight and educating the world. Thanks again for your visits, whether you comment or not, and for this important information.<BR/><BR/>~KathiKathihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13186814675058675885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439217614964375870.post-63077665388119362842008-06-24T12:11:00.000-04:002008-06-24T12:11:00.000-04:00Katdoc, I read your blog every once in a while but...Katdoc, I read your blog every once in a while but do not comment. This one will make up for all the blank space I've left behind me. I hope you won't mind.<BR/><BR/>Access to water, and the use of bottled water, are issues I've worked on as an educator for a long time. I rejoice when I see that someone gets it and changes their practice, and then encourages others to do the same. Good on you. <BR/><BR/>The environmental and health issues you raise related to plastic water bottles are key, and I'm glad you raised them. But the huge upsurge in bottled water consumption also raises larger ecological issues such as the rapid depletion of aquifers. Or equity issues, such as when Coca Cola uses municipally treated tap water to make Dasani and then turns a huge profit off it. And there is a human rights dimension as well -- most countries in the UN framework understand water to be a human right. (Who do you think consistently opposes this? Canada and the United States ...) If water is a human right, then it means we all have fair and equitable access to it. Yet across the global South, often the only access to potable water is bottled water or community taps that have been padlocked by private companies, who charge people for every mugful. These are policies supported by our governments (privatization of essential services, like water, is often a condition of foreign aid from countries like Canada and the US), and every time we as educated citizens buy a bottle of water, we're saying indirectly, that it's okay.<BR/><BR/>For so, so many reasons, bottled water is almost always not ok. And even when it is okay --say in a community like Walkerton ON, where the town water was polluted with waste from industrial hog farms and people died as a result, it is only okay as a temporary measure. We need water systems that work for everyone. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for this blog post, and apologies for taking up so much space!littleorangeguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12654738679277701610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439217614964375870.post-89516988281607745172008-06-24T09:46:00.000-04:002008-06-24T09:46:00.000-04:00Why does a bottle of water cost more than a bottle...<I>Why does a bottle of water cost more than a bottle of soda, when soda is water + additives and water is ... just water?</I> Because people are stoopit?Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07001967790128059500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439217614964375870.post-12559560544686243802008-06-23T23:13:00.000-04:002008-06-23T23:13:00.000-04:00*standing up at my PC and applauding you*When I da...*standing up at my PC and applauding you*<BR/><BR/>When I dare to drink water (instead of my Frappuchinos or RockStar liquid breakfast) I use a really cool bottle (can't remember which plastic it's made of) that I got at Target.<BR/>I like your CNC cup and the fancy steel one. Good for you! One step at a time, girlfriend.Susan Gets Nativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00216170589750418861noreply@blogger.com