Bottled Water Free Campuses and Communities

The Ottawa Water Study/Action Group has launched its Bottled Water Declaration! Sign on to urge Ottawa City Council to ban the sale of bottled water in municipal buildings!

Ottawa friends, in 3 weeks the Ottawa Water Study/Action Group will be delivering the Bottled Water Declaration to City Hall. Have you signed it to call on City Council to stop the sale of single-use plastic bottled water? https://www.owsagottawa.org/sign-the-bottled-water-declarat If you have signed, help get 3 of your friends to sign!

Ottawa area friends, we need your help to gather 500 more signatures for Ottawa Water Study/Action Groups bottled water declaration in the next two weeks! Well be delivering this to the Environment Committee on May 21. Please sign and share today!

""Dasani, owned by Coca-Cola; Real Canadian natural spring water, owned by Loblaws, one of Canadas largest grocery-store chains.. are just some of the brands w...hose water has been hit with complaints over foul smells, tastes or unusually high levels of sulphur.. Both Coca-Cola and Pepsi have contracts to sell bottled water with the City of Ottawa. Now is the time to call on the City of Ottawa to phase out the sale of bottled water at City Hall and other municipal buildings when Coca-Cola and Pepsis contracts expire." Sign the Bottled Water Declaration here: https://www.owsagottawa.org/sign-the-bottled-water-declarat

The Ottawa Water Study/Action Group has launched its Bottled Water Declaration! Sign on to urge Ottawa City Council to ban the sale of bottled water in municipal buildings!

""Dasani, owned by Coca-Cola; Real Canadian natural spring water, owned by Loblaws, one of Canada's largest grocery-store chains.. are just some of the brands w...hose water has been hit with complaints over foul smells, tastes or unusually high levels of sulphur..' Both Coca-Cola and Pepsi have contracts to sell bottled water with the City of Ottawa. Now is the time to call on the City of Ottawa to phase out the sale of bottled water at City Hall and other municipal buildings when Coca-Cola and Pepsi's contracts expire." Sign the Bottled Water Declaration here: https://www.owsagottawa.org/sign-the-bottled-water-declarat

Want to hear something scary? Nestl has taken more than 1.5 billion liters of groundwater on expired permits in Ontario. This Halloween: join the Nestl boycott! Take action here: https://secure.canadians.org/page/20925/petition/1

Want to hear something scary? Nestlé has taken more than 1.5 billion liters of groundwater on expired permits in Ontario. This Halloween: join the Nestlé boycott! Take action here: https://secure.canadians.org/page/20925/petition/1

Nestl is pumping millions of litres of water every day from southern Ontario without permits! Learn what local communities are doing to fight Nestls water grabs and protect water. Watch, share and take action!

Want to learn more about Nestle, Indigenous treaty and water rights and water privatization in the Great Lakes? Join us for this online event on March 14!

Today at approximately 12:15 p.m. ET Nestl is expected to extract the one billionth litre of water from their Aberfoyle well since the Permit to Take Water expired nearly 16 months ago.

Nestlé is pumping millions of litres of water every day from southern Ontario without permits! Learn what local communities are doing to fight Nestlé's water grabs and protect water. Watch, share and take action!

"Its outrageous and laughable that Nestl is claiming that its water bottling is sustainable," says Maude Barlow, Honorary Chairperson of the Council of Canadians. "Nestl is not only a member but also a founding partner of the Alliance for Water Stewardship, which Nestl is seeking certification from. Certifying Nestle makes the whole AWS scheme essentially meaningless. I think communities around the world will see right through Nestls blue-washing."

Today at approximately 12:15 p.m. ET Nestlé is expected to extract the one billionth litre of water from their Aberfoyle well since the Permit to Take Water expired nearly 16 months ago.

"Its time to end water-extraction permits for bottling. Water is for life, not for profit."

"It's outrageous and laughable that Nestlé is claiming that its water bottling is sustainable," says Maude Barlow, Honorary Chairperson of the Council of Canadians. "Nestlé is not only a member but also a founding partner of the Alliance for Water Stewardship, which Nestlé is seeking 'certification' from. Certifying Nestle makes the whole AWS scheme essentially meaningless. I think communities around the world will see right through Nestlé's blue-washing."

Have you signed up for this message to be blasted out on World Water Day? Lets show that there is nothing more important than clean water! On #WorldWaterDay, I send this message to ON #PremierWynne: #Nestl & bottled water have to go! #boycottnestle http://thndr.me/YnJY3Y

"It's time to end water-extraction permits for bottling. Water is for life, not for profit."

Have you signed up for this message to be blasted out on World Water Day? Let's show that there is nothing more important than clean water! On #WorldWaterDay, I send this message to ON #PremierWynne: #Nestlé & bottled water have to go! #boycottnestle http://thndr.me/YnJY3Y

2-year ban on expansion of water bottling!

The Ottawa Water Study Action Group has sent letters to the Ontario government urging them to take action to stop further water extraction from Nestle and curb the use of bottled water provincially. You still have until Dec 1st to send your comments in. Here is a suggested action alert: https://secure.canadians.org/ea-action/action

Time to Boycott Nestle... who continues to draw water in periods of drought in Ontario, who just bought a new well in the same region, outbiding a MUNICIPALITY who wanted to buy it to increase its access to water and water security. Never forget that Nestles CEO famously said: Water is NOT a human right, it should be priviatized.

The international food and drink conglomerate based in Switzerland said that all Ontarians have a responsibility to preserve their profit margins for future generations.

'The international food and drink conglomerate based in Switzerland said that all Ontarians have a responsibility to preserve their profit margins for future generations.'

Grassy Narrows First Nations activists have called for allies to support their demand for cleaning of their river system. Today, supporters in Toronto answered ...their call. Watch what happened and share. #FreeGrassy Dec, 2016 Update: All charges were dropped: http://www.cbc.ca//grassy-narrows-protest-charges-1.3903811

HI folks! Learn how to ban bottled water and turn your community into a Blue Community on Wednesday!

"You might not know this but when you decide to go bottled water free, you get a lot of criticism from big corporations. More specifically, bottled water companies, who by the way love to send tonnes of letters about why you need to reconsider your decision."

Learn more about how to make your community a Blue Community!

Première municipalité (selon nos informations) à prendre action contre l'eau embouteillée au Nouveau Brunswick!

Amid arbitrary shutoffs, astronomically high bills and a mountain of late bills built on erroneous information, Pittsburgh residents have begun to organize against privatized water.

Community contribution: "Water in the wild".

Premire municipalit (selon nos informations) prendre action contre leau embouteille au Nouveau Brunswick!

Congrats to the Greater Saskatoon Catholic School Board for eliminating bottled water!

Belle initiative!

Check out this great water testing initiative by local group Aamjiwnaang and Sarnia Against Pipelines (ASAP)! It also includes a great video that describes the historic pollution and hardship faced by the community of Aamjiwnaang, for the profit of all the large chemical and oil corporations in Canadas Chemical Valley. Share widely and support their initiative!

Lets keep up the pressure!

Un kiosque de dégustation de l'eau a eu lieu au Collège Regina Assumpta dans le cadre de la Journée sans eau embouteillée et du projet Soif de savoir, soif d'agir! d'ENvironnement JEUnesse.

Shoal Lake 40 First Nation just declared a state of emergency today following the collapse of their only lifeline to the outside world. The aging community-owned ferry, the AMIK II, which provides summer access to the community has failed to meet Transport Canadas latest inspection and will require significant and lengthy hull repairs. All vehicular access, including normal health services and essential water delivery is now cut off. Shoal Lake 40 has been on a boil water order for 18 years and replacement potable water is trucked in from Kenora. The Council of Canadians is hosting an action alert where people can send messages demanding a resolution to this immediate need, and the better solution of freedom road.

Un kiosque de dgustation de leau a eu lieu au Collge Regina Assumpta dans le cadre de la Journe sans eau embouteille et du projet Soif de savoir, soif dagir! dENvironnement JEUnesse.