[scargill]

The Co-operative ethical water pledge
Did you know that one billion people don’t have access to clean water and two million people – mostly children – die every year through water-related diseases?

Monday 21 April sees the launch of our first ever ethical water campaign to provide a million people in Africa with pure, clean water through sales of ethical water in The Co-operative stores.

We are asking you to make a pledge with us:
"If I buy a bottle of water I’ll make it a bottle of ethical water."
Find out more at:- www.co-operative.co.uk/water

[The_DADDY]

Originally Posted by scargill

The Co-operative ethical water pledge
Did you know that one billion people don’t have access to clean water and two million people – mostly children – die every year through water-related diseases?

Monday 21 April sees the launch of our first ever ethical water campaign to provide a million people in Africa with pure, clean water through sales of ethical water in The Co-operative stores.

We are asking you to make a pledge with us:
"If I buy a bottle of water I’ll make it a bottle of ethical water."
Find out more at:- www.co-operative.co.uk/water

Ethical water????

Whatever next???
Is it gonna be as cheap as tap water or will it be silly money like all the ethical rubbish?

[beansforyou]

Surely instead of selling it to people who already get it for free, you should be giving to to the millions that don't have any?

[scargill]

You can supply food to feed a man for a day, but give him a fishing line and he can feed himself for life, look at the web site the same principle applies.

Surely the chance of fresh clean water for life is better than a few bottles free, the cost of the well to enable this would not supply much bottled water shipped half way round the world.

beansforyou said "Surely instead of selling it to people who already get it for free, you should be giving to to the millions that don't have any?"


They are not asking anyone who does not buy bottled water to change, just the millions that do to change to ethical water

[dan_999uk]

"If I buy a bottle of water I’ll make it a bottle of ethical water."

Producing and delivering a litre of bottled water emits hundreds of times as much greenhouse gas as a litre of tap water.

while we have perfectly good tap water we spend approaching £2 billion on bottled water when a billion people around the world don't have safe water.

In effect, we treat water as a luxury bauble while others die from its absence.

Bottled Water: Who Needs It?

[purplepippa]

The thing to do is not buy bottles of water at all. We have taps! Save plastic and transport and all that junk.

[Spinoza3807]

I feel embarressed buying bottled water. necessary in India.
or even coca-cola, lucozade,

But when your thirsty, your thirsty,

If someone would like me to dig a well, I'll gladly do it.
I throw water away. In blessing.

But I've spent a week living from a dripping tap.
No harm.

Just realise I'm using far too much water!!!
Flush, flush, semi flush,

Ethical water?
Means don't waste it.

How long does it take to dowse for an aquifer?

[Spinoza3807]

Also sharing water?

It seems silly to buy bottled,
but you pay extra just for the colour and fizz,

mineral water is sometimes, better than tapped,

can i get involved,

I've built a loo,
but never dug a well...