OK, so I lied. Not even two hours after hearing Fran Jabara’s inspiring speech and declaring I was going to try to be a better American, I bought a bottle of water.
But I was hot. And stressed. And frantic for quick relief.
Sorry, Fran. Sorry, America. I’ll try and do better.
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Hey, even I buy bottled water once in a while. I’m not much of a soda drinker and I hate 3.2 beer…
But seriously, bottled water is one of the most harmful things in the world. Outsourcing our water supply to coke and pepsi is never a good thing. And in many developing nations, they are taking over and privatizing the water supplies. Hell, privatization of water is happening right here in our country. A VERY bad thing.
Support your local businesses. My suggestion is always pack a good ol’ fashioned Coleman jug with ice water. And the ice should be made at home, in a small chunch, not purchased from a cooler. (Unlesss it’s to ice down REAL beer!).
I know, when you are rushing out of the house in the morning, the last thing you need to do is pack something else to tote along. But really, if you freeze the ice as the last thing at night, and fix up the water jug when you make the coffee in the morning, you can just grab it on the way out.
I imagine Carrie doesnt pack a lunch very often, given her posts about lunches, but you can save waaaaaay more money by packing your water than your lunch. Not that packing lunch isnt a good idea too.
Go to the farmers market. Stock up on fresh goodies for lunch. Take a Coleman jug of water along your lunch every day. You could save up to ten bucks a day depending on your habits.
Farmers and water advocates everywhere will thank you!
I agree ksfg. A very easy and convenient approach is to fill a plastic (flexible) bottle about 1/3 and put in the freezer. Then fill the rest of the way with water on the way out and you not only have water you have COLD water.
If I am going to be at work where a faucet is handy make that 1/3 more like 2/3 and have cold all day.
Dave Warren and his crew provide us with very high-quality drinking water here in Wichita.
Another idea to save is to use non-paper coffee cup for your morning Joe. People in my office mindlessly use multiple paper cups a day, often two a time to protect from burning their delicate hands, while plenty of perfectly good, reusable ceramic mugs sit in the cabinet three steps away from the coffee maker.
True enough Ben, and a great idea that is easier than mine. I just drink more water in a day than a bottle will hold. I NEED a Coleman jug!
Good point too about the paper cups. But I am waaaaay more alarmed at what is happening to our water supply than I am about biodegradable paper cups.
The water crisis is heading your way, Wichita. Western Kansas is just the canary in the coal mine.
ksfg – one thing we are doing here is to recharge the Equus aquifer. Since it is a water table shallow aquifer that can be done – unlike the Ogalalla.
Western KS, IMO, needs to be moving away from massive irrigation NOW – before the Ogalalla is empty.
If you can stop drinking bottled water that is one of the most important things you can do for the environment and for our local water supply.
What incentive do we have to be sure we have a safe drinking supply if we don’t ever use it? I know people who won’t drink tap water. At all.
If you refrigerate your water (and it doesn’t need to be a Brita filtration pitcher) the chlorine comes out of the water and you are left with cold, refreshing water… just like they sell at the store.