Bottled water pitfalls

It’s definitely healthy to drink more water, but that doesn’t have to mean buying plastic bottles of fancy water that’s shipped all over the world. Not only do these little bottles have a huge carbon footprint, they’re not healthy for us and they often represent violations of someone else’s right to water.
Marketers spend a lot of money to convince us that bottled water is superior to tap. That’s laughable, since so much of the bottled water on store shelves is just filtered tap water. Here's an infographic that really spells out a lot of bottled water’s pitfalls:

http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2010/07/30/a-case-against-bottled-water-infographic/

Like the graphic from the link suggests, one of our best weapons in the fight against bottled water is a reusable bottle. The other important step we can all take is to spread the word! Share this graphic with folks you know!

Save The Children & HydroPal partnering up

Every year almost 9 million children die before their 5th birthday. That's one child every 3 seconds. Most of these deaths are caused by basic preventable causes like pneumonia, malaria, diarrhoea, or problems during childbirth. 

Save The Children's EVERY ONE campaign is about getting healthcare to these children. So if you could do one thing to help save a life, what would you do?

Saven The Children & HydroPal have now partnered up for a special Do One Thing campaign. By doing one small thing, such as buying a HydroPal water bottle, you're making a contribution towards assisting child healthcare programmes worldwide. 

In a couple of weeks you will be able to support this partnership by getting your own branded Save The Children EVERY ONE filter bottle!

For more info visit www.do1thing.org.nz