It will be water...or so says Irena Salina in her documentary FLOW I am inclined to agree. I knew water was a concern...but this film certainly opened my eyes. And we tend to get a little complacent about fresh water...with the Great Lakes in our back yard. But like the frog in the slowly heating water...if we don't pay attention soon...
Action I will do
-Boycott Nestle You will learn more if you watch FLOW but the bottom line is some big companies are doing some unethical things with our water and they are making huge profits at our..and the environments' expense. Here is one example of what's happening in Michigan.
-Read up on the WI River Alliance ...see if I want to join
-Talk to my family about hosting a showing of FLOW at our house
-Continue to work with WI League of Conservation Voters..since two of the priorities this year are about protecting our water.
I want to end by saying although FLOW points out some big problems related to water...it also points to some positive things that are already being done. At the end I felt hopeful...but also with a sense of urgency to take action.
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Julie and Co.,
This bottled water thing has been front-and-center on my mind the past couple of weeks. Thanks for the heads-up on the documentary.
I was at a sporting event this afternoon, which happened to be at a high school pool. Water bottles were throughout the stands, at the team benches, and in the hand of the official. The beverage fundraising table in the lobby was IN FRONT OF the drinking fountain... Hmmm, should I pay $1.50 for a bottle of water pumped OUT OF another region of the world at a WATER EVENT where the bubbler is blocked from usage. Hmmmm.
DaveS
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