The Story of Bottled Water (2010)

http://storyofbottledwater.org

The Story of Bottled Water, released on March 22, 2010 (World Water Day) employs the Story of Stuff style to tell the story of manufactured demand—how you get Americans to buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows from the tap. Over five minutes, the film explores the bottled water industrys attacks on tap water and its use of seductive, environmental-themed advertising to cover up the mountains of plastic waste it produces. The film concludes with a call to take back the tap, not only by making a personal commitment to avoid bottled water, but by supporting investments in clean, available tap water for all.

Our production partners on the bottled water film include five leading sustainability groups: Corporate Accountability International, Environmental Working Group, Food & Water Watch, Pacific Institute, and Polaris Institute.

And, for all you fact checkers out there, http://storyofstuff.org/pdfs/StoryOfBottledWater_pdfs.zip

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[JuliValen1]

Okay, I thought I was the only one who watched it because of Ian Somerhalder, and all I can say is, Thanks,Hero! ;D♥

[ThePixieBoop]

Ian Somerhalder brought me here :D

[MuskratandRatman]

WOW!! In one video she bashes the free market but then in this video she, inadvertently, admits that it works. She says bottled water is stupid, and i agree in some cases, but then at the end she proves that a the market will turn away bad products.

[tuxedomartini]

Pretty much the best video on YouTube.

[KeithEllwood]

@AlbatrossG Spring water = the best water. I've always thought about spring water though as a kind of iffy situation though. You never know what is lying up the stream a few miles. Could be a dead deer or some sort of other animal. Gotta be careful.

[KeithEllwood]

@braithmorgan And you think non-regulated bottled water is so much better? Also the amount of plastic you swallow from bottles will kill you before the so called "rat poison" you speak of.

[braithmorgan]

Ok... but there was no mention at all of the Flouride that is in tap water that is essentially "rat poison". Calcifying the pineal gland...

[TheAlanmania]

This lady seems like a real bummer to be around.

[KateLouise]

You should make this a video response to that idiotic video by BottledWaterMatters thats making fun of college students who've joined together to ban bottled water on their campuses. Love your work!