http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Mon, 20 May 2013 17:55:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/02/02/should-universities-ban-bottled-water/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/02/02/should-universities-ban-bottled-water/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:00:34 +0000 Kavita Jain-Cocks http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=22401 Recently deciding to end the sale of bottled water on its campus, the University of Vermont joins a growing group colleges and universities attempting make more environmentally friendly decisions. Although largely student driven movements, these changes are not always met by acceptance and praise by everyone in the community.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/02/02/should-universities-ban-bottled-water/feed/ 6 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/12/bottled-water-big-business-in-indonesia/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/12/bottled-water-big-business-in-indonesia/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:30:02 +0000 Eve Warburton http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=17440 The movement to challenge the bottled water industry has come a pretty long way in countries like the USA, Australia and Canada. Public education campaigns by organizations like the Council of Canadians, Pacific Institute and Corporate Accountability International, have debunked the myth that bottled water is necessarily cleaner or healthier than tap water, and emphasized [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/12/bottled-water-big-business-in-indonesia/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/07/15/16268/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/07/15/16268/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:15:34 +0000 Benjamin Preston http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=16268 Time and time again, marketing teams have proven that people will buy pretty much anything. So many examples exist that the topic was enough for Brooks Jackson to write an entire book about it. One of the more recent flim-flam schemes is selling organic water. Wait a tick, did I just say that? Yes, I [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/07/15/16268/feed/ 7 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/24/clean-water-for-fiji/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/24/clean-water-for-fiji/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:00:40 +0000 Benjamin Preston http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=15798 Corporate giant Fiji Water makes millions of dollars every year selling bottled water, but only 47 percent of Fiji Islanders have access to clean drinking water. That may change.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/24/clean-water-for-fiji/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/16/attack-of-the-warzone-water-bottles/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/16/attack-of-the-warzone-water-bottles/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 13:00:59 +0000 Benjamin Preston http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=14744 Using bottled water in war zones uses oil and pollutes the environment. But Defense officials are looking to move toward sustainability.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/16/attack-of-the-warzone-water-bottles/feed/ 4 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/11/29/water-to-go/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/11/29/water-to-go/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:33:59 +0000 Renee Cho http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=9041 Many of us are already aware of the negative environmental impacts of bottled water and make a practice of carrying our own refillable water bottles. But what do you do when you’re out and about all day with no access to a tap? Tapit has the solution. The Tapit water network is an ever-expanding group of cafes and restaurants across the country willing to provide free tap water to anyone toting a reusable bottle.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/11/29/water-to-go/feed/ 3 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/01/in-support-of-the-neglected-drinking-fountain/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/01/in-support-of-the-neglected-drinking-fountain/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:20:15 +0000 Julia Apland Hitz http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=6083 The Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association built the first public drinking fountain in London in 1859, as an answer to some of the pressing problems of their times. Drinking fountains are also part of the answer to some of our own problems.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/01/in-support-of-the-neglected-drinking-fountain/feed/ 3 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/08/beat-the-heat-but-with-bottled-water/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/08/beat-the-heat-but-with-bottled-water/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:04:26 +0000 Daniel Stellar http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=3443 As temperatures in the Northeast finally begin to ease, we can assess the first heat wave of summer 2010. Here in New York, there was remarkably little drama. Through Herculean efforts, ConEd was able to avoid any serious blackouts or brownouts, and thankfully, there were no health emergencies. Neither were there any major heat-induced public safety disasters. One thing there was plenty of though, was bottled water.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/08/beat-the-heat-but-with-bottled-water/feed/ 4 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/24/concord-bans-bottled-water/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/24/concord-bans-bottled-water/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:16:45 +0000 Jennifer Vettel http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=3296 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/24/concord-bans-bottled-water/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/23/the-bottled-water-risk-tapped-awareness-event-photos/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/23/the-bottled-water-risk-tapped-awareness-event-photos/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:09:07 +0000 Julia Apland Hitz http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=2479 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/23/the-bottled-water-risk-tapped-awareness-event-photos/feed/ 0