We are a member group of Brown’s environmental umbrella organization, emPOWER Brown.
For more information about emPOWER and the other member groups, head to http://www.empowerbrown.org . We've successfully eliminated the sale of bottled water on Brown's campus eateries but our work is not done yet! We've been working on getting water fountains installed in buildings and with special events committees to find alternatives to bottled water; further reducing the demand for bottled wa
03/01/2015
What? DRAGONS?
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It's a five-question survey, which might allow us to sell discount bottles to students. If you would take it, that would be awesome!
https://brown.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_4VkVPXHOTDdtkWx
Feel free to share it. That would be awesome too.
Beyond The Bottle, say what? BTB is considering selling discount bottles, and wants your input
06/10/2013
Groups want cap on Nestle's water permit during droughts - Politics - CBC News Two non-governmental organizations are challenging the Ontario Environment ministry's decision to remove conditions on Nestle Waters Canada's permit to take water from its production well west of Toronto.
06/10/2013
Nestle is suing a small town because they refused give up the water rights to the community spring water. Sign this petition to help!
Poland Spring and Nestle: It's our water! Stop bullying my community! My name is Luke and I am 9 years old. I live in Fryeburg with my mom and our water comes from the Fryeburg Water Company. Nestle, the biggest...
05/17/2013
Hey Beyond the Bottle Fans. Check out our 2013 poster campaign. We'll be premiering the posters in the fall.
05/17/2013
The U.S. uses 2.5 million single-use water bottles every hour! Over 50 billion single-use plastic water bottles will be used by U.S. citizens in 2013 up from 3.3 billion in 1997. Help decrease the U.S.'s consumption of bottled water and think Beyond the Bottle!
05/01/2013
This is a great cause and we'd love to see it get some more support!
Stop Using Plastic Water Bottles at The White House Expense: Bottled water costs more than 1,900 times the amount of tap water Landfill: More than 80% of plastic water bottles end up in U.S. garbage...
Did you know 17 million barrels of oil are used in the production of water bottles yearly--that's enough to fuel 1 million cars for a year. Consider our dependence on oil and think Beyond the Bottle!!
Did you know the price of bottled water is up to 10,000 times the cost of tap water? Save your money, college students!! Think Beyond the Bottle!!
10/14/2012
Want to know more about what's in bottled water? Check out this link!
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/bolivia/waterbottle.html
FRONTLINE/WORLD . Bolivia - Leasing the Rain . What's In Your Water Bottle? | PBS HOME • STORIES • REACT • WATCH • ABOUT • EDUCATORS • DISPATCHES • NEWSLETTER • CONTACT US • FRONTLINE
Did you know Providence RI is ranked #2 in water quality? Drink tap water and think Beyond the Bottle!
09/24/2012
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