I'm not a complete locavore purist, at least not yet. I do eat things shipped from the other side of the world, such as ginger, or (fair trade) chocolate. But water? Something that is plentifully piped into practically every building in America
To be fair, some communities have better drinking water than others. I am originally from a major city in the Southwest US, and the drinking water there is horrible. It's very hard, full of chemicals and tastes like an over-chlorinated swimming pool. Even with a filter getting the worst of it out, it still tasted bad. Plus, living in a desert, you need to drink lots of water, so bottled water was a constant in our house.
We have since moved to a city in another state with much better water, so we rarely buy bottled any more, but until every place has good drinking water, bottled water is going to be a necessary evil.
To be fair, some communities have better drinking water than others. I am originally from a major city in the Southwest US, and the drinking water there is horrible. It's very hard, full of chemicals and tastes like an over-chlorinated swimming pool. Even with a filter getting the worst of it out, it still tasted bad. Plus, living in a desert, you need to drink lots of water, so bottled water was a constant in our house.
We have since moved to a city in another state with much better water, so we rarely buy bottled any more, but until every place has good drinking water, bottled water is going to be a necessary evil.
To be fair, some communities have better drinking water than others. I am originally from a major city in the Southwest US, and the drinking water there is horrible. It's very hard, full of chemicals and tastes like an over-chlorinated swimming pool. Even with a filter getting the worst of it out, it still tasted bad. Plus, living in a desert, you need to drink lots of water, so bottled water was a constant in our house.
We have since moved to a city in another state with much better water, so we rarely buy bottled any more, but until every place has good drinking water, bottled water is going to be a necessary evil.
To be fair, some communities have better drinking water than others. I am originally from a major city in the Southwest US, and the drinking water there is horrible. It's very hard, full of chemicals and tastes like an over-chlorinated swimming pool. Even with a filter getting the worst of it out, it still tasted bad. Plus, living in a desert, you need to drink lots of water, so bottled water was a constant in our house.
We have since moved to a city in another state with much better water, so we rarely buy bottled any more, but until every place has good drinking water, bottled water is going to be a necessary evil.
Whole-heartedly agreed. Eliminating bottled water from our lives--meetings, conferences, workplace, vending machines, favorite stores and restaurants, homes, churches (what's your worship team drinking on stage each Sunday?)--is an easy first step in redeeming the planet.
While I agree wholeheartedly that oftentimes there is no point to bottled water, there are certain exceptions that we shouldn't forget. First would be the case where say the plumbing in the building is messed up, say leaching lead into the water (admittedly rare). In such cases, getting bottled water (but in large containers - overall less material is used) would make sense. Second would be the case where one is traveling, and needs water along the way. I recently helped do some traffic counts downtown on a hot day, and bicycled part of the way in. I got a 1 L bottle of water for the journey, and drank all of it by the time I was done. Subsequently I recycled the plastic. But yes, it makes little sense to drink bottled water most of the time.
Whole-heartedly agreed. Eliminating bottled water from our lives--meetings, conferences, workplace, vending machines, favorite stores and restaurants, homes, churches (what's your worship team drinking on stage each Sunday?)--is an easy first step in redeeming the planet.
While I agree wholeheartedly that oftentimes there is no point to bottled water, there are certain exceptions that we shouldn't forget. First would be the case where say the plumbing in the building is messed up, say leaching lead into the water (admittedly rare). In such cases, getting bottled water (but in large containers - overall less material is used) would make sense. Second would be the case where one is traveling, and needs water along the way. I recently helped do some traffic counts downtown on a hot day, and bicycled part of the way in. I got a 1 L bottle of water for the journey, and drank all of it by the time I was done. Subsequently I recycled the plastic. But yes, it makes little sense to drink bottled water most of the time.
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Whole-heartedly agreed. Eliminating bottled water from our lives--meetings, conferences, workplace, vending machines, favorite stores and restaurants, homes, churches (what's your worship team drinking on stage each Sunday?)--is an easy first step in redeeming the planet.
Whole-heartedly agreed. Eliminating bottled water from our lives--meetings, conferences, workplace, vending machines, favorite stores and restaurants, homes, churches (what's your worship team drinking on stage each Sunday?)--is an easy first step in redeeming the planet.
While I agree wholeheartedly that oftentimes there is no point to bottled water, there are certain exceptions that we shouldn't forget. First would be the case where say the plumbing in the building is messed up, say leaching lead into the water (admittedly rare). In such cases, getting bottled water (but in large containers - overall less material is used) would make sense. Second would be the case where one is traveling, and needs water along the way. I recently helped do some traffic counts downtown on a hot day, and bicycled part of the way in. I got a 1 L bottle of water for the journey, and drank all of it by the time I was done. Subsequently I recycled the plastic. But yes, it makes little sense to drink bottled water most of the time.
While I agree wholeheartedly that oftentimes there is no point to bottled water, there are certain exceptions that we shouldn't forget. First would be the case where say the plumbing in the building is messed up, say leaching lead into the water (admittedly rare). In such cases, getting bottled water (but in large containers - overall less material is used) would make sense. Second would be the case where one is traveling, and needs water along the way. I recently helped do some traffic counts downtown on a hot day, and bicycled part of the way in. I got a 1 L bottle of water for the journey, and drank all of it by the time I was done. Subsequently I recycled the plastic. But yes, it makes little sense to drink bottled water most of the time.
To be fair, some communities have better drinking water than others. I am originally from a major city in the Southwest US, and the drinking water there is horrible. It's very hard, full of chemicals and tastes like an over-chlorinated swimming pool. Even with a filter getting the worst of it out, it still tasted bad. Plus, living in a desert, you need to drink lots of water, so bottled water was a constant in our house.
We have since moved to a city in another state with much better water, so we rarely buy bottled any more, but until every place has good drinking water, bottled water is going to be a necessary evil.
To be fair, some communities have better drinking water than others. I am originally from a major city in the Southwest US, and the drinking water there is horrible. It's very hard, full of chemicals and tastes like an over-chlorinated swimming pool. Even with a filter getting the worst of it out, it still tasted bad. Plus, living in a desert, you need to drink lots of water, so bottled water was a constant in our house.
We have since moved to a city in another state with much better water, so we rarely buy bottled any more, but until every place has good drinking water, bottled water is going to be a necessary evil.
To be fair, some communities have better drinking water than others. I am originally from a major city in the Southwest US, and the drinking water there is horrible. It's very hard, full of chemicals and tastes like an over-chlorinated swimming pool. Even with a filter getting the worst of it out, it still tasted bad. Plus, living in a desert, you need to drink lots of water, so bottled water was a constant in our house.
We have since moved to a city in another state with much better water, so we rarely buy bottled any more, but until every place has good drinking water, bottled water is going to be a necessary evil.
To be fair, some communities have better drinking water than others. I am originally from a major city in the Southwest US, and the drinking water there is horrible. It's very hard, full of chemicals and tastes like an over-chlorinated swimming pool. Even with a filter getting the worst of it out, it still tasted bad. Plus, living in a desert, you need to drink lots of water, so bottled water was a constant in our house.
We have since moved to a city in another state with much better water, so we rarely buy bottled any more, but until every place has good drinking water, bottled water is going to be a necessary evil.
