Aquafinito

Why do consumers ignore our most "green" source of drinking water—the tap? A simple taste test yields eye-opening results.

More about Aquafinito from filmmaker Annalise Littman

In high school, I was a member and co-president of WaterAid International, a club dedicated to educating people about the world water crisis and fundraising for water infrastructure projects in developing countries.

I attended a talk given by Deborah Lapidus of Corporate Accountability International (CAI) with my club and learned about the environmental and human rights problems associated with bottled water. I was in a teen film program at the Institute of Contemporary Art at the time. I was so blown away by Deborah's talk that I decided to make a documentary about bottled water for my class project in the hopes that I could educate other people about what I had learned.

Deborah agreed to my filming her at a workshop she was giving, where I met Tina Clarke, Campaign Director for Massachusetts Clean Water Action. Tina agreed to be interviewed about corporation efforts to extract water for bottling purposes in Massachusetts.

I was invited by CAI to film a "Think Outside the Bottle" action at a Coke shareholders' meeting in Wilmington, Delaware. I also interviewed someone from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, who spoke about the high quality of Massachusetts tap water.

My film addresses the prevalence of bottled water, reasons people buy it and the environmental and social costs associated with it. Many people told me that they plan to stop drinking bottled water after seeing the film. Other people have either continued to drink bottled water or only stopped temporarily.
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Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• family & society
• environment
• politics / government
• youth
• recycle
• sustainability
• plastic
• oil
• water
• bottled water
• green

[stefharder]

If your tap water is clean and safe enough to drink, I don't see the need to buy bottled water. At times like these, we should all be practical. And try to save as much as we can.

[chsn09]

@STAdvocate So true.

[BreakingKW]

Great job with this video! The world needs more public education such as this video, we only have one planet. I will definitely share this video with friends and family to help spread the word.

[STAdvocate]

@multilovely78 Bottled water isn't necessarily any cleaner than tap water-they are essentially coming from the same location. Also, bottled water is not as strictly regulated the same way that tap water is...I was a die-hard Poland Spring water drinker. What we're buying is a false sense of security...

[multilovely78]

but isn't tap water becoming more polluted, though? not that i buy brands like aquafina, and the other mainstream water, except i do admit i do buy poland springs

[ragul1987]

well done!