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February 14th, 2012 | Category: Audio, Defending Water in the Media, Features, Grassroots Movements, Maine, Multimedia, News, Resources, Statewide, United States, Video |
DW4L has not yet had the chance to view this film, but it is a documentary about Nestle’s business of bottling water.
Here is a link to information about the film: http://www.bottledlifefilm.com/index.php/nestle-and-water.html
If you watch it, please write a review by selecting “comment” below this post. Thanks!
Making Quilt Squares at the Common Ground Fair
Defending Water for Life in Maine tabled for three days at the Common Ground Fair in Unity, ME. Organizers Denise and Chris spoke with hundreds of people about protecting water in Maine. We provided a couple interactive activities for fairgoers, including a poster sized “Anti-Bottled Water” pledge for folks to sign, as well as this art project to create quilt squares for our water quilt (pictured). Squares [...]
Continue reading Defending Water for Life in Maine at the Common Ground Country Fair
September 20th, 2011 | Tags: bottled water, mob action | Category: Resources, Video | Check out this great video that uses Mob Action to bring awareness to the impact of bottled water:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYnd5JRu86E
August 24th, 2011 | Category: Audio, Multimedia, Resources |
Speak Up, Speak Out radio host Jodie Buller talks with Sandra Spargo, of the citizen’s group Defending Water in the Skagit River Basin. Interview with Sanda Spargo (click Play icon to listen) The subject is the contract that the City of Anacortes signed with Tethys Enterprises to build what could become the largest bottled beverage plant in the U.S. The Tethys contract is for five million gallons of municipal Skagit River water per day and would involve 800 rail cars each day to transport materials and product. Sandra explains some of the context of the contract and citizen response and suggests an upcoming water summit to bring Skagit communities together to collectively decide what happens with the future of our water resources. [...]
Continue reading KSVR/Skagit Valley College Radio Interview of Defending Water in Washington
July 13th, 2011 | Category: Nestlé, Video | In this video, Terri Swier describes the battle between Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation and the local community, and Nestle Waters North America.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB0e3_DABgk
July 9th, 2011 | Category: News, Resources, Rights of Nature, Video | Watch the video of Amy Goodman interviwing Vandana Shive about the Rights of Mother Earth, and other related topics. This is a broadcast from Democracy Now!:
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/4/22/earth_day_special_vandana_shiva_and
July 7th, 2011 | Category: News, Resources, Video | by EZRA WINTON on JUNE 24, 2011
…the documentary focuses on…Maude Barlow, an activist who has dedicated most of her life to fighting for the access, preservation and protection of water. The doc has recently been released on DVD and should be immediately picked up by anyone interested in resource issues, the corporatization of the commons, and civic activism in general.
Water on the Table (WOTT) is impeccably photographed by Steve Cosens and Marshall with stunning images of water in [...]
Continue reading The fight to sell or save water? "Water on the Table" film review
July 7th, 2011 | Category: Nestlé, Resources, United States, Video | This is a link to a up to date forum where Route Drivers share their experiences working for Nestle around the country. Here are people talking about working with no union, doing back breaking work, with hardly any advancement opportunities…
Reports on this forum are in stark contrast to the Nestle recruiting video that is also part of this link.
http://www.indeed.com/forum/cmp/Nestle-Waters-North-America/Nestle-Waters-Recruitment-Video-Route-Drivers/t69303
June 27th, 2011 | Category: Photo, Resources |
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