Peter Gleick: "Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water" (Island Press)
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2010-05-27/peter-gleick-bottled-and-sold-story-behind-our-obsession-bottled-water-island-press
Water went from being a free natural resource to one of the most successful products of the last century. The story of why that happened and how the daily choices we make about water affect our future and that of others around the world.
Guests
Peter Gleick
President, the Pacific Institute in Oakland California.
Recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship for his work on water issues.
Joseph Doss
President, International Bottled Water Association
Comments
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Suprisingly, the famous brand of bottled price in Jakarta - Indonesia is 575 higher than its municipal water tariff and most of jakartans are relying on the brand for their drinking purposes. the municipal water is not ready to drink with intermittent supply. finally, the bottled water industries are spreading everywhere from a branded bottled water to small scale business refill bottled water providers.
the business is not regulated well in which the price is established by themselves. yet the government only regulates the quality standard excluding the price itself. the price is control by the market.
actually, the business emerges when the government do not provide drinking water available from their municipal network. the problem is income elasticity meaning that if we are rich families we can buy the water as much as we can depending on our daily consumption, but how about the poor? they are trying to adapt to their income and to limit the consumption. hence, they are trying to conserve water. in these process, innovations occurred to cope with the water scarcity problems. how long do they still doing these? most of them are relying on non-piped water which is price is the fluctuated and controlled by unfair business.
they will become poorer in the future and the government did not care about it.
regards
I can't understand how a MacArthur Fellow can overlook recent research and discoveries (information that has always been known really) regarding fluoride and how there really is no real evidence supporting the alleged fact that it prevents cavities or does anything "good" for our bodies' health. In the end, fluoride is just another nuclear waste byproduct too expensive to dispose of and, as a result, fed to people as a means of convenient, inexpensive disposal (seemingly like everything else that's too expensive to properly get rid of).
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A great solution is Hydros Bottle. It is a water bottle with a built in filter. They are trying to reduce the environmental impact of bottled water. Also, some profits from each bottle sold go towards getting clean water to villages without it.
Help spread the word and support our cause on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/hydrosbottle
A great solution is Hydros Bottle. It is a water bottle with a built in filter. They are trying to reduce the environmental impact of bottled water. Also, some profits from each bottle sold go towards getting clean water to villages without it.
Help spread the word and support our cause on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/hydrosbottle